US12159428B2
There is provided an item detection device that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded and includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing surroundings of the item detection device, an information image creation unit creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image, and a computing unit computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
US12159420B2
Various methods and systems are provided for automatically registering and stitching images. In one example, a method includes entering a first image of a subject and a second image of the subject to a model trained to output a transformation matrix based on the first image and the second image, where the model is trained with a plurality of training data sets, each training data set including a pair of images, a mask indicating a region of interest (ROI), and associated ground truth, automatically stitching together the first image and the second image based on the transformation matrix to form a stitched image, and outputting the stitched image for display on a display device and/or storing the stitched image in memory.
US12159418B2
A medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a marker to be placed on a subject, at least one imaging unit configured to capture images of the subject and the marker, and a detection unit configured to detect movement of the marker from the images captured by the imaging unit. The marker includes a plurality of planar structures that can be detected by the detection unit, and the planar structures are spaced apart from each other with a distance no less than a predetermined distance.
US12159417B2
In various examples, an ego-machine may analyze sensor data to identify and track features in the sensor data using. Geometry of the tracked features may be used to analyze motion flow to determine whether the motion flow violates one or more geometrical constraints. As such, tracked features may be identified as dynamic features when the motion flow corresponding to the tracked features violates the one or more static constraints for static features. Tracked features that are determined to be dynamic features may be clustered together according to their location and feature track. Once features have been clustered together, the system may calculate a detection bounding shape for the clustered features. The bounding shape information may then be used by the ego-machine for path planning, control decisions, obstacle avoidance, and/or other operations.
US12159416B2
A system (1) is configured to determine a first level of dynamicity in video frames, determine a second level of dynamicity in each of a plurality of analysis areas (52,73) in the video frames, compare each of the second dynamicity levels with the first dynamicity level, select a subset (73) of the analysis areas based on the comparisons, determine image characteristics from the subset of analysis areas in the video content, determine one or more light effects based on the image characteristics, and control one or more lighting device to render the one or more light effects and/or store a light script specifying the one or more light effects. The light effects are to be rendered while the video content is rendered on a display device (9).
US12159415B2
In some implementations, a processing device may receive, from an optical sensor, a plurality of frames encoding images of an environment of a door. The processing device may estimate, using the plurality of frames, a direction and a speed associated with at least one person included in the plurality of frames. Accordingly, the processing device may transmit a command to a controller associated with the door based on the direction and the speed.
US12159409B2
A method comprises: obtaining a current initial image generated by an image generator of an imaging device based on current input signals of sensors of the imaging device; and applying a transformation model to the current initial image to generate a current transformed image, wherein the transformation model is a machine-learning model that has been trained to generate transformed images that more closely resemble reference images generated by a reference image generator.
US12159405B2
A method for detecting medical images implemented in an electronic device includes obtaining at least one image to be detected; obtaining a reconstructed image by inputting the at least one image to be detected as a target image into a pre-trained variational autoencoder model; determining a target area according to pixel values of pixels in the reconstructed image and the target image; obtaining a feature area and a lesion category of the feature area by inputting the target image into a pre-trained convolutional neural network model; when there is a feature area corresponding to the target area in the target image, determining a lesion area and a corresponding lesion category based on the target area and the feature area, and generating a detection result of the image to be detected.
US12159404B2
Systems and methods for detecting regions of interests (ROIs) in biomedical images are described herein. A computing system may identify a biomedical image having an ROI. The computer system may apply an object detection model to the biomedical image. The object detection model may generate a feature map using the biomedical image. The object detection model may generate an anchor box corresponding to a portion of the pixels in the feature map. The computing system may apply an instance segmentation model to identify a segment of the biomedical image within the anchor box corresponding to the ROI. The computer system may provide an output based on the segment to identify the ROI in the biomedical image.
US12159393B2
Methods and apparatus for grading images of collectables using image segmentation and image analysis
In some embodiments, a method can include augmenting a set of images of collectables to generate a set of synthetic images of collectables. The method can further include combining the set of images of collectables and the set of synthetic images of collectables to produce a training set. The method can further include training a set of machine learning models based on the training set. Each machine learning model from the set of machine learning models can generate a grade for an image attribute from a set of image attributes. The set of image attributes can include an edge, a corner, a center, or a surface. The method can further include executing, after training, the set of machine learning models to generate a set of grades for an image of collectable not included in the training set.
US12159389B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.
US12159377B2
An image processing method includes: obtaining a target image; performing blurring processing on an original image of a specified channel of channels of the target image to obtain a first blurred image; performing high pass processing on the original image of the specified channel and the first blurred image to obtain a high pass image; obtaining, for a channel, a second blurred image corresponding to the channel based on an original image of the channel and the high pass image; and obtaining a processed image corresponding to the target image based on the second blurred image of the channel and the high pass image.
US12159375B2
The present application discloses a tomosynthesis system and method that combines high dose gain maps directly, or high-resolution components of high dose gain maps, with low resolution components of low dose gain maps at a plurality of imaging parameters, to produce high quality gain map efficiently at the plurality of imaging parameters, to perform gain corrections to x-ray images.
US12159374B2
Provided is an information-processing device including: a CPU; and a memory storing instructions for causing the information-processing device, when executed by the CPU, to: select M (M≤N) images from N (N>1) images; generate a combined image by arranging the selected M images in M frames defined in advance, respectively; and determine a total assessment value in association with the generated combined image, the total assessment value including at least a linear sum of a selection assessment value being a linear sum of single image assessment values of the selected M images and a combination assessment value being a single image assessment value of the combined image.
US12159373B2
This application discloses an image processing method and apparatus, and relates to the field of image processing technologies, to help optimize a color, a contrast, or a dynamic range of an image, so that an optimized image can be more objective, and robustness is improved. The method is applied to a terminal including a first camera and a second camera. The method includes: when an ISO of the first camera in a current photographing environment is greater than a first threshold, capturing a first image for a first scenario in the current photographing environment; capturing a second image for the first scenario; and optimizing the first image based on the second image to obtain a third image. An image style of the second image is better than that of the first image.
US12159371B2
There is provided with an image processing apparatus that generates learning data for use in machine learning using a model. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain a first image for use in learning by the model. A generating unit is configured to, in a case where a first luminance of the first image is greater than a threshold, generate a second image with a second luminance different to the first luminance.
US12159369B2
A method of providing super-resolved images of a photon emitting particle is disclosed, which includes providing a machine-learning (ML) platform, wherein the ML platform is configured to receive pixel-based sparse autocorrelation data and generate a predicted super-resolved image of a photon emitting particle, receiving photons from the photon emitting particle by two or more photon detectors, each generating an electrical pulse associated with receiving an incident photon thereon, generating sparse autocorrelation data from the two or more photon detectors for each pixel within an image area, and inputting the pixel-based sparse autocorrelation data to the ML platform, thereby generating a predicted super-resolved image of the imaging area, wherein the resolution of the super-resolved image is improved by √n as compared to a classical optical microscope limited by Abbe diffraction limit.
US12159362B2
A facial model reconstruction method and apparatus, and a medium and a device are provided. The facial model reconstruction method comprises: determining an anchor point of a three-dimensional special effect element to be attached on a face; determining an attachment point on a three-dimensional facial model to which the three-dimensional special effect element is to be attached, wherein the three-dimensional facial model corresponds to the face; attaching the anchor point to the attachment point in a way that the anchor point overlaps the attachment point; and moving the anchor point to a center of a world coordinate system of the three-dimensional facial model, and binding the 3D special effect element with the 3D facial model.
US12159360B2
Virtual spaces can be added to both 2D and 3D representations of physical spaces allowing for enhancements of those spaces. The virtual spaces can belong to business locations, such as a bakery or coffee shop, and content for those spaces can be controlled by the owner or user of that location. Virtual spaces belonging to public spaces can be provided as digital space for content providers. Valuation of the virtual space can occur based on various requests and use metrics of that virtual space and provide a marketplace for the addition of virtual content. Layers or groups of virtual spaces can be created and enabled or disabled by a user viewing the representation with the virtual space.
US12159359B2
Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (smart phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event.
US12159358B2
A scene reconstruction model is disclosed that outputs a heightfield for a series of input images. The model, for each input image, predicts a depth map and extracts a feature map. The model builds a 3D model utilizing the predicted depth maps and camera poses for the images. The model raycasts the 3D model to determine a raw heightfield for the scene. The model utilizes the raw heightfield to sample features from the feature maps corresponding to positions on the heightfield. The model aggregates the sampled features into an aggregate feature map. The model regresses a refined heightfield based on the aggregate feature map. The model determines the final heightfield based on a combination of the raw heightfield and the refined heightfield. With the final heightfield, a client device may generate virtual content augmented on real-world images captured by the client device.
US12159342B2
Ray tracing hardware accelerators supporting motion blur and moving/deforming geometry are disclosed. For example, dynamic objects in an acceleration data structure are encoded with temporal and spatial information. The hardware includes circuitry that test ray intersections against moving/deforming geometry by applying such temporal and spatial information. Such circuitry accelerates the visibility sampling of moving geometry, including rigid body motion and object deformation, and its associated moving bounding volumes to a performance similar to that of the visibility sampling of static geometry.
US12159340B2
A method for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) character using the clothing image in an input image. The method generates a UV map based on the clothing image in an input image and a UV-map template, and then renders the 3D character using the generated UV map. Various methods may be used to fill the UV-map template based on the clothing image for generating the UV map. For example, the front-side clothing area of the UV-map template may be filled with the texture cloned from the clothing image using a registered mapping method, and the rear-side clothing area of the UV-map template may be filled with the texture of a homogeneous block of the clothing image using a homogeneous expansion method.
US12159336B2
A control method for an image processing apparatus that generates a plurality of pieces of album data including a common page, which is a page common to all of the plurality of pieces of album data, and an individual page, which is a page not common to all of the plurality of pieces of album data, includes performing control in such a manner that cover image data corresponding to an image to be placed in a cover of each album is selected as individual image data or common image data.
US12159334B2
A system and method of performing facial image anonymization may include: obtaining, by at least one processor of a first computing device, at least one first image data element, depicting a first face; using, by the at least one processor, a first neural network (NN), to encode the facial image into a first low-dimension, latent vector; using, by the at least one processor, a transformation module, adapted to modify the first latent vector, to produce an anonymized latent vector; and transmitting, by the at least one processor, the anonymized latent vector, via a communication network to a remote second computing device, wherein the second computing device is adapted to decode the anonymized latent vector into a second image data element, depicting an anonymized face.
US12159333B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for visualizing complex connectome interactions relevant to a medical condition. One of the methods includes receiving brain data for a brain of a patient, processing the brain data to determine multiple brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to a medical condition, determining, for each of multiple brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to the medical condition, a respective brain network affiliation, and providing, to a user device of a user, data for displaying a visualization that includes one or more respective brain network affiliations determined for each of multiple brain parcels that are predicted to be relevant to the medical condition.
US12159328B2
Systems and methods configured to determine appearance of woven and knitted textiles at the ply-level are presented herein. Exemplary embodiments may: obtain an input pattern of a textile, the input pattern comprising a two-dimensional weave pattern; obtain appearance information, the appearance information including one or more of color, transparency, or roughness; determine ply curve geometry based on ply-level fiber details making up individual plys; generate an image simulating an appearance of the textile based on the two-dimensional weave pattern, the appearance information, and the ply curve geometry so that the image simulating the appearance of the textile takes into account the ply-level fiber details; and/or perform other operations.
US12159320B1
A method includes accessing historic five-minute electricity data for a predetermined number of previous days, determining, using the historic five-minute electricity data for the predetermined number of previous days, a maximum charge price for the predetermined number of previous days, and determining, using the historic five-minute electricity data for the predetermined number of previous days, a minimum discharge price for the predetermined number of previous days. The method further includes determining a current amount of charge of a battery, accessing live five-minute electricity data for a current day, and communicating one or more instructions to discharge a battery when a next live five-minute electricity price is greater than the determined minimum discharge price and the current amount of charge of the battery is greater than zero. The method further includes communicating one or more instructions to charge the battery when the next live five-minute electricity price is less than the determined maximum charge price and the current amount of charge of the battery is greater than a maximum charge amount of the battery.
US12159306B2
A shopping support device includes a memory, a reading device, a network interface, and a processor. The processor is configured to, upon reading of a first code with the reading device at a store, decode the first code and acquire and, then store in the memory, first and second parameter values, and then control the network interface to connect to a store network using the first parameter value. Upon the reading of a commodity ID for a commodity with the reading device, the commodity ID is transmitted to a store server via the store network for registration. Upon receipt of a request from a user, checkout processing is performed based on the registered commodity ID on the server and the second parameter value.
US12159300B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that places customers into a plurality of clusters and tailors services provided to a customer based on the cluster in which the customer is placed. In one embodiment, the e-commerce system defines the clusters based on purchase history data for customers having sufficient purchase history data. The e-commerce system then places customers without sufficient purchase history data into one of the defined clusters based on demographic data for the customer and demographic data for the customers in the cluster.
US12159298B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for a predictive recommendation system based on an analysis of previous consumer behavior. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving data representing a user, the data including user identification and historical data; receiving a set of promotions recommended for the user; assigning the user to a consumer lifecycle model state based in part on the historical data and the user identification; selecting a ranking algorithm associated with the consumer lifecycle model state; and ranking the received set of promotions based on a predicted promotion relevance value associated with each promotion, the predicted promotion value being calculated using the ranking algorithm.
US12159290B2
Video of customer faces during checkouts are captured in real time and analyzed to assign identifiers for expressions of the customers. Simultaneously, transaction data and events being raised for the checkouts are correlated based on time stamps with the expression identifiers. A collection of data captured for the correlated transaction data, events, and identifiers are processed by a machine-learning algorithm to identify clusters and/or patterns between the expression identifiers and specific transaction events. The clusters are mined and reported to a retailer for identifying points during the workflow for the checkouts, transaction interface components, transaction terminal settings, transaction terminal peripherals, etc. that are potentially causing negative customer reactions during the checkouts.
US12159285B2
Application-based point of sale systems in mobile operating systems. A first application may generate a first URL directed to a second application, a parameter of the first URL comprising an identifier of the first application. A mobile operating system (OS) may access the first URL to open the second application. The second application may receive, from a server, a virtual account number (VAN). The second application may initiate a server on a port and generate a second URL directed to the first application, a parameter of the second URL comprising the port. The OS may access the second URL to open the first application. The first application may establish a connection with the server using the specified port and receive the VAN from the second application via the connection. The first application may autofill the VAN to a form field of a payment form in the first application.
US12159279B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for authenticating and authorizing mobile-One Time Password (m-OTP) based transactions. A cardholder (101) can generate the m-OTP in an issuer mobile application (301) and enter in a checkout page for completing the transaction. Once the m-OTP is entered, a merchant system (104) generates a transaction message comprising the m-OTP and a unique identifier indicating that the transaction message comprises the m-OTP. Is submitted to a directory server (106) which sends the transaction message to an issuer system (107) for authentication and authorization. The issuer system (107) generates a response message comprising a result of authentication and authorization of the transaction message. The directory server (106) routes the response message to the merchant system (104) via the acquirer system (105).
US12159276B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for generating virtual account-linked cards are described. A virtual account-linked card may be generated in response to a determination that a physical account-linked card has been forgotten at a card reader and ingested by the card reader. A virtual account-linked card may be restricted such that it can only be used to execute a transaction with authorized transaction partners identified in a database.
US12159275B1
A method of authenticating a card for use with a mobile pay function of a mobile device is provided. The method includes: receiving a payment transaction from the mobile device; identifying the payment transaction from the mobile device as an authentication request by determining that the payment transaction includes a payment amount less than or equal to a predefined amount, wherein the authentication request includes a cryptogram; decrypting the cryptogram; verifying and approving the authentication request that was generated by the card and wirelessly transmitted to the mobile device from the card based on the decrypted cryptogram; transmitting an authentication decision to the mobile device based on the approval; and, enabling the mobile pay function for the card for the mobile device to complete mobile pay transactions utilizing the card.
US12159274B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving position data from a mobile device associated with a user, determining a location of the mobile device based on the position data, wherein the location is within a geographic location of a merchant, monitoring a position of the user within the geographic location based on the position data, determining movements of the user within the geographic location based on monitoring the position of the user within the geographic location, identifying an action performed by the user based on the movements of the user, wherein the action is indicative of a purchase of a good from the merchant, determining the user exiting the geographic location, and transferring payment from an account associated with the user to an account associated with the merchant for the purchase of the good via a payment network based on determining the user exiting the geographic location.
US12159273B2
Wireless communication and proximity-based feedback technologies are disclosed. In some examples, a system identifies, based on analysis of signal(s) (e.g., conveying transaction object information) received by a reader interface from a transaction object in response to physical proximity between the transaction object and the reader interface, an indication of a movement of the transaction object relative to the reader interface. The system generates, based on the indication, feedback indicating a recommended change to the movement to improve an ability of the reader interface to read the transaction object. The system sends the feedback to an output device that to output the feedback to indicate the recommended change. The system reads the transaction object information from the transaction object using the reader interface in response to an improvement in the ability of the reader interface to read the transaction object and in response to the output of the feedback.
US12159270B2
A vending machine system includes: a vending machine including at least one legacy payment module configured to process payment using a credit card, a wireless communication module configured to pay for a product by communicating with a user terminal through short-range wireless communication, and a control module configured to discharge a product when the product is selected and paid for; a service server configured to provide information of the vending machine; and a user terminal configured to execute a user application to request the vending machine connected thereto through short-range wireless communication to receive information about products on sale of the vending machine from the service server, display a list of products on sale, and discharge a selected product after payment of the selected product. Products may be purchased continuously through the user application without canceling short-range wireless communication established with the vending machine.
US12159265B1
A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.
US12159263B2
According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, a project management device includes: a division unit configured to divide a project into n construction work packages (CWPs) based on a construction type constituting the project, a minimum unit area for managing the project, and design information; and a display unit configured to classify the n CWPs according to construction statuses and work front statuses and display the n CWPs in a grid form.
US12159257B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically prioritizing supply chain-related demand using artificial intelligence techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing supply-chain related data using a first set of artificial intelligence techniques trained based at least in part on historical demand availability data; processing supply-chain related data using a second set of artificial intelligence techniques trained based at least in part on historical supply availability data; processing supply-chain related data using a third set of artificial intelligence techniques trained based at least in part on historical production availability data; prioritizing multiple orders within a supply chain environment by processing, using a fourth set of artificial intelligence techniques, results from the first set of artificial intelligence techniques, the second set of artificial intelligence techniques, and the third set of artificial intelligence techniques; and performing one or more automated actions based on the prioritization of the multiple orders.
US12159251B2
The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for event identification. In some aspects, a method includes receiving data including text and performing natural language processing on the received data to generate processed data that indicates one or more sentences. The method also includes generating, based on a first keyword set, a second keyword set having more keywords than the first keyword set. The method further includes, for each of the first and second keyword sets: detecting one or more keywords and one or more entities included in the processed data, determining one or more matched pairs based on the detected keywords and entities, and extracting a sentence, such as a single sentence or multiple sentences, from a document based on the one or more sentences indicated by the processed data. The method may also include outputting at least one extracted sentence.
US12159243B2
To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.
US12159240B2
Provided is a system and method which decomposes a predicted output signal of a time-series forecasting model into a plurality of sub signals that correspond to a plurality of components, and determines and displays a global contribution of each component. In one example, the method may include iteratively predicting an output signal of a time-series data value via execution of a time-series model, decomposing the predicted output signal into a plurality of component signals corresponding to a plurality of components of the time-series machine learning algorithm, respectively, and displaying the plurality of global values via a user interface.
US12159238B2
An approach to identifying architectures of machine learning models meeting a user defined constraint. The approach can receive input associated with evaluating machine learning models from a user. The approach can determine acceptable architectural templates to evaluate the machine learning models based on the input and determine a list of architectures and metrics based on a calculation of maximum neural network sizes of the acceptable architectural templates not exceeding the constraint. The approach can send the list of architectures and metrics to the user for selection.
US12159237B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for real-time anomaly detection over sets of time-series data. One method comprises: obtaining a state-space representation of a plurality of states and transitions between said states based on sets of historical time-series data; obtaining an anomaly detection model trained using a supervised learning technique, wherein the anomaly detection model associates sequences of states in the state-space representation with annotated anomalies in the sets of historical time-series data and assigns a probability to said sequences of states; and, for incoming real-time time-series data, determining a likelihood of a current state belonging to a plurality of possible states in the state-space representation; and determining a probability of incurring said annotated anomalies based on a plurality of likely current state sequences that satisfy a predefined likelihood criteria. Anomalous behavior is optionally distinguished from previously unknown behavior based on a predefined likelihood threshold.
US12159235B2
A method and apparatus for verifying accuracy of a judgment result, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method may include: acquiring user description information and a judgment result corresponding to the user description information; extracting at least one descriptive element from the user description information; determining a matching degree between each of the at least one descriptive element and the judgment result using a preset verification model to obtain each actual matching value respectively; the verification model being obtained by training based on a term frequency-inverse document frequency relationship between the descriptive element and the judgment result; and determining the descriptive element having the actual matching value exceeding a preset matching value as a first element, and determining accuracy of the judgment result based on the number of the first element.
US12159231B2
There is a need for solutions that predictive data analytics with improved training efficiency and/or accuracy. This need can be addressed by, for example, processing an original feature entry to generate a group of low-order feature values, including performing a first number of iterations of a feature engineering transformation to generate a group of engineered feature values and determining the group of low-ordered feature values based on a number of feature values from the group of engineered feature values; processing the original feature entry to generate a group of high-order feature values; merging the group of low-order feature values and the group of high-order feature values to generate a processed feature entry corresponding to the original feature entry; and providing the processed feature entry as an input to a prediction unit.
US12159227B2
Disclosed are a system for predicting optical properties of molecules based on machine learning and a method thereof. More particularly, the system for predicting optical properties according to an embodiment includes a preprocessor that receives molecular information of a target molecule and surrounding molecules, and vectorizes the molecular information of a target molecule and surrounding molecules; a feature extractor that receives the vectorized information of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and extracts the features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules; an integrated feature extractor that receives both features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and extract the integrated features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules by using an algorithm; and an optical property predictor that receives the integrated features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and predicts optical properties of the target molecule affected by surrounding molecules.
US12159223B2
A method of processing image data of a neural network is performed by a data processing apparatus and comprises writing a first tensor to first storage of the data processing apparatus using a row stride, wherein the first tensor comprises at least one data group, the at least one data group comprising a plurality of data samples and having height, width, and depth dimensions [h, w, c]. The method further comprises transforming the first tensor into a second tensor using a first stride such that the second tensor is a column tensor comprising a plurality of rows, and writing the second tensor to second storage using a second stride that is related to a multiple of the first stride, δn, such that the second stride covers a first set of memory elements in the second storage into which data samples of a first row of the second tensor are stored and a second set of memory elements into which no data samples from the second tensor are stored.
US12159221B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a memory-based prediction system configured to receive an input observation characterizing a state of an environment interacted with by an agent and to process the input observation and data read from a memory to update data stored in the memory and to generate a latent representation of the state of the environment. The method comprises: for each of a plurality of time steps: processing an observation for the time step and data read from the memory to: (i) update the data stored in the memory, and (ii) generate a latent representation of the current state of the environment as of the time step; and generating a predicted return that will be received by the agent as a result of interactions with the environment after the observation for the time step is received.
US12159205B2
A need to retrain a machine learning model is determined based on identification of either a new scenario (i.e., new grouping/population of data variables) or a modification to an existing/trained scenario (i.e., addition and/or deletion of data variables in an already trained scenario). Change occurring across all of the data variables used in training the machine learning model are monitored as opposed to monitoring only the data variables on an individual basis. When concurrent change occurs across multiple inter-related data variables, the need to add or modify a scenario (i.e., retrain a machine learning model) is identified.
US12159197B2
Methods for qubit detection include: imaging, via an imaging device, a qubit to obtain an image; inputting the image to a machine learning model; and outputting, by the machine learning model, prediction information based on the image. Systems for qubit detection include: a test module including an imaging device configured to provide an image of a qubit; and a prediction module communicatively coupled to the test module and including a machine learning model configured to output prediction information based on the image provided by the test module. Devices for qubit detection include: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an instruction set; and a processor configured to execute the instruction set to cause the device to perform controlling an imaging device to image a qubit to obtain an image; inputting the image to a machine learning model; and controlling the machine learning model to output prediction information based on the image.
US12159186B2
A data processing device is provided that includes an enclosure, a circuit board, a data capture assembly, a sound generator housing, and a sound generator. The enclosure has an internal cavity in which the circuit board is disposed. The sound generator housing is operably coupled with the circuit board and includes at least one wall having at least one sound port and extending upwardly from the circuit board to form a sound chamber. The sound generator is operably coupled with the circuit board and is at least partially disposed within the sound chamber to generate a sound at a resonant frequency. The sound generator housing is dimensioned to amplify the resonant frequency of the sound generator and port the generated sound to the internal cavity of the enclosure.
US12159184B2
The invention relates to a code reading apparatus for detecting an at least one-dimensional optoelectronic code, said code reading apparatus comprising an illumination device that is configured to transmit a transmission light beam for generating a transmission light spot on the optoelectronic code to be detected; a scanning apparatus that comprises an oscillating mirror that is pivotable in an oscillating manner at least about a first pivot axis and that is configured to sequentially scan the optoelectronic code with the transmission light spot in at least a first scanning direction by deflecting the transmission light beam; an optoelectronic sensor that is configured to detect transmission light remitted by the optoelectronic code and to convert it into electrical reception signals; and a control device that cooperates with the optoelectronic sensor and the scanning apparatus to control the scanning apparatus and to generate an electronic code from the reception signals that comprises information encoded in the optoelectronic code.
US12159180B1
A transaction card for dual interface communication of a transaction includes a front metal layer without a front discontinuity, a rear metal layer having a rear discontinuity, a chip opening, a transponder chip module, and a booster antenna circuit. The transponder chip module has a module antenna and is received within the chip opening. The booster antenna circuit includes a coupler coil disposed between the front and rear metal layers. In addition, the coupler coil is configured to inductively couple with the rear metal layer for harvesting energy from an electromagnetic field.
US12159178B2
An example Internet of Things (IoT) sensor application hosted on a mobile device is configured to add the mobile device as a data sensor or source in the IT system. The IoT sensor application is configured to provide an interface between an input or output component of the mobile device and a data pipeline or application and/or to cloud data storage associated with an IoT system. The IoT sensor application is configured to connect to an edge device of the IoT system and search for a data source identifier associated with the type of data source component, and corresponding application(s) and/or data pipeline(s) to which the data source is connected. Once connected, the IoT sensor application provides captured data to or receives processed or playback data from the data source.
US12159172B2
Systems and methods for managing user engagement during collaboration sessions in heterogenous computing platforms are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform comprising a plurality of devices and a memory coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the memory includes a plurality of sets of firmware instructions, where each set of firmware instructions, upon execution by a respective device, enables the respective device to provide a corresponding firmware service, and where at least one of the plurality of devices operates as an orchestrator configured to receive a user engagement cue during a collaboration session and process the user engagement cue.
US12159169B2
An information processing apparatus calculates a first load value indicating the load of a plurality of first jobs whose used node counts are less than or equal to a threshold among jobs waiting for execution, and a second load value indicating the load of a plurality of second jobs whose used node counts exceed the threshold among the waiting jobs. If load conditions including one where the first load value exceeds the second load value are satisfied, the information processing apparatus combines two or more first jobs among the plurality of first jobs to create a combined job whose used node count exceeds the threshold. The information processing apparatus causes a first node group to execute the remaining first jobs among the plurality of first jobs and causes a second node group to execute the combined job and the plurality of second job.
US12159158B2
A gateway performs silent authentication refreshes with an identity management platform in order to extend the expiration of a cookie provided to an endpoint that accesses network applications through the gateway.
US12159157B2
Systems and methods for memory management for virtual machines. An example method may comprise running, by a host computer system, a Level 0 hypervisor managing a Level 1 virtual machine running a Level 1 hypervisor which manages a Level 2 virtual machine. The Level 1 hypervisor may detecting execution of an operation that prevents modification to a set of entries in a Level 2 page table and generate a shadow page table where each shadow page table entry of the plurality of shadow page table entries maps a Level 2 guest virtual address of a Level 2 address space associated with the Level 2 virtual machine to a corresponding Level 1 guest physical address of a Level 1 address space associated with the Level 1 virtual machine. The Level 0 hypervisor may generate a Level 0 page table.
US12159154B2
The technology of this application relates to a memory management method and apparatus. When garbage collection is performed by using the method, stored information about a first reference cycle is first obtained, where the first reference cycle is a cyclic reference formed by a plurality of objects, and the information about the first reference cycle includes the plurality of objects in the first reference cycle and a reference relationship between the plurality of objects. The method further includes determining that a second reference cycle exists, where information about the second reference cycle matches the information about the first reference cycle, and the information about the second reference cycle includes a plurality of objects in the second reference cycle and a reference relationship between the plurality of objects. The method further includes reclaiming memory occupied by the plurality of objects in the second reference cycle.
US12159152B2
A mini-cloud system with a mobile device host has been described to enable subscription or service model for computing infrastructure, software, and digital content. The system enables a thin laptop, or tablet that can be stateless devices to connect to instances of virtual machines or virtual devices running on the smartphone or mobile devices. The system allows device consolidation to support a mobile environment to build devices used on the go as modular components by removing duplicative components to reduce cost or electronic waste.
US12159150B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a computing system, an expression in a formula language to generate a user interface to be displayed, where the expression includes data to be retrieved. The computing system may determine whether a first portion of the data for the expression has been retrieved from at least one data source when the user interface is to be generated based on a signal received by the computing system from the at least one data source. When the first portion of the data is available, the user interface may be output. When the signal is received by the computing system that the first portion of the data for the expression is not available, the computing system outputs the user interface without the first portion of the data and revises the user interface to include the first portion of the data when the first portion of data becomes available.
US12159142B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to predicting values for load operations. In some embodiments, front-end circuitry is configured to predict values of load operations based on multiple value tagged geometric length predictor (VTAGE) prediction tables (based on program counter information and branch history information). Training circuitry may adjust multiple VTAGE learning tables based on completed load operations. Control circuitry may pre-compute access information (e.g., an index) for a VTAGE learning table for a load based on branch history information that is available to the front-end circuitry but that is unavailable to the training circuitry, store the pre-computed access information, and provide the pre-computed access information from the first storage circuitry to the training circuitry to access the VTAGE learning table based on completion of the load. This may facilitate VTAGE training without pipelining the branch history information.
US12159132B2
An example method of upgrading a host in a cluster under management of a lifecycle manager in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, from the lifecycle manager at a host in the cluster being upgraded, a desired software specification for a hypervisor of the host; determining, by the host, a list of required software installation bundles (SIBs) to satisfy the desired software specification; identifying a neighboring host in the cluster for the host; downloading, from the neighboring host to the host, at least a portion of the required SIBs; and executing an upgrade of the hypervisor in the host using the required SIBs.
US12159124B2
In a method for developing a child application, an interface of a child application developer tool is displayed. The child application developer tool is configured to provide a plurality of child application development modes. Each of the child application development modes is associated with a different run-time environment. A user selection of one of the plurality of child application development modes is received via the interface. Based on the selected one of the plurality of child application development modes, development mode information of a parent application that is associated with the one of the plurality of child application development modes is obtained. The run-time environment of the parent application is created based on the obtained application development mode information. At least one of code editing or code debugging of the child application is performed via the child application developer tool.
US12159122B2
A method comprising a deep learning based translation system translating a source sentence from language A to a target sentence in language B, placing constraints on the target sentence in language B.
US12159116B1
A computing device receives user selection of a data source. In accordance with the user selection, the device generates one or more initial natural language utterances according to metrics of data fields in the data source and/or previous user interaction with the data source. Each of the initial natural language utterances corresponds to a respective suggestion to guide visual analysis of the data source. The device displays the initial utterances in a graphical user interface. The device receives user selection of a first initial utterance of the initial utterances. In response to the user selection, the device generates and displays a first data visualization in accordance with data fields and/or analytical operations specified in the first initial utterance. The device also generates updated natural language utterances in accordance with the first initial utterance and the first data visualization, and displays the updated utterances with the first data visualization.
US12159115B2
Examples described herein generate training data for machine learning (ML) for natural language (NL) processing (such as semantic parsing for translating NL). A formula tree is generated based on sampling both a formula grammar and NL templates. Using the formula tree, an ML training data instance pair is generated comprising a formula example and an NL example. A context example may also be used during instantiation of the formula tree. An ML model is trained with training data including the ML training data instance pair, and ML output is generated from NL input. The ML output includes, for example, a machine-interpretable formula, a database querying language command, or a general programming language instruction. Some examples support context-free grammar, probabilistic context-free grammar, and/or non-context-free production rules.
US12159114B2
In some examples, matrix based bot implementation may include obtaining, for a plurality of bots that are used to respond to a query, a matrix that includes entries including a plurality of scenarios, a plurality of questions corresponding to the plurality of scenarios, and a plurality of responses. Each response may correspond to a specified question. A plurality of scripts may be generated based on an analysis of the matrix. Each script may include at least one question followed by at least one response, and further followed by at least one scenario. For each script, a closest pre-existing script may be identified based on a comparison of the script to pre-existing scripts. For each script, a modification to the matrix may be generated based on a difference in the script from the closest pre-existing script. The bots may be utilized to respond to the query based on the modified matrix.
US12159110B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for utilizing a concept graphing system to determine and provide relationships between concepts within document collections or corpora. For example, the concept graphing system can generate and utilize machine-learning models, such as a sparse graph recovery machine-learning model, to identify less-obvious correlations between concepts, including positive and negative concept connections, as well as provide these connections within a visual concept graph. Additionally, the concept graphing system can provide a visual concept graph that determines and displays concept correlations based on the input of a single concept, multiple concepts, or no concepts.
US12159106B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of text analytics to transform, analyze, and visualize data, including support for data flows of unstructured text or other types of textual data input. Additionally described are various examples of algorithmic processes and user interfaces that can be used to enable text analytics in particular environments or use cases. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can be implemented within a cloud environment that enables self-service text analytics. A user, for example an organizational business user who may not be expert in the use of machine learning as applied to data processing, can interact with the system via a user interface, to apply natural language processing or other text analysis techniques to a data flow or set of input data, to generate visualizations or other types of useful information associated with the data.
US12159103B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the comparison of multiple HTML documents in a user interface. The HTML documents may comprise web pages, emails, or other forms of documents. A user interface presents differences between the documents in a way that is visible to the user.
US12159098B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a format agnostic document viewer with document translation that provide the ability for a user to either select a portion of the viewed document text in the format agnostic viewer and have it translated into a selected language, or for the user to have the entire document presented in the format agnostic viewer in translated form. The translated text may be shown side-by-side with the original document text in the format agnostic viewer, or can replace the original text on the visible page in the format agnostic viewer. The translated text may be formatted according to, or displayed with, some enhancements to account for differences in the original text and translated text or other differences.
US12159089B1
In one embodiment, a system derives non-equilibrium thermophysical values for phase property changes of a material from equilibrium thermophysical values of the material for a manufacturing process which involves heating and/or cooling of the material (such as an additive manufacturing, 3D printing, welding, or joining process). The system performs a simulation of the manufacturing process based upon the derived non-equilibrium and/or equilibrium thermophysical values. The system generates a set of results based on the simulation, the set of results indicating predicted physical properties of the material for the manufacturing process.
US12159087B2
A process including: obtaining a set of images compositable to depict different design configurations; providing a first user interface to a first client computing device by which members of the set are overlaid responsive to user inputs to depict different design configurations; obtaining a first design configuration specified via the first user interface; providing, to a first client computing device, a second user interface depicting a first field of view depicting the first design configuration; and providing, to a second client computing device that is included in a design session with the first client computing device, a third user interface depicting a second field of view depicting the first design configuration.
US12159070B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select, based on a selection criterion, one or more first colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; an input/output control unit configured to receive a first user input for selecting one or more second colorimetric regions from the one or more first colorimetric regions selected by the selection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job including information indicating the one or more second colorimetric regions and the image data, to an image forming apparatus.
US12159057B2
Implementing data flows of an application across a memory hierarchy of a data processing array includes receiving a data flow graph specifying an application for execution on the data processing array. A plurality of buffer objects corresponding to a plurality of different levels of the memory hierarchy of the data processing array and an external memory are identified. The plurality of buffer objects specify data flows. Buffer object parameters are determined. The buffer object parameters define properties of the data flows. Data that configures the data processing array to implement the data flows among the plurality of different levels of the memory hierarchy and the external memory is generated based on the plurality of buffer objects and the buffer object parameters.
US12159043B2
In embodiments, a system includes a first and a second processing unit, a memory, and a firewall device. The first processing unit operates in a secure mode and generates memory access requests having a secure level. The second processing unit operates in a non-secure mode and generates memory access requests having a non-secure level. The memory includes a first memory area that can be shared between the first and second processing units. The firewall device includes a first firewall circuit with a first configuration authorizing access to the first memory area in the presence of a secure or non-secure level access request. The firewall circuit includes a second configuration prohibiting access to the first memory area in the presence of a secure level access request and authorizing access to the first memory area only in the presence of a non-secure level access request.
US12159039B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses to log memory errors in memory devices that can perform wear leveling based on physical addresses used in the memory devices to address select memory cells. For example, a controller of a memory sub-system communicates with a memory device installed in the memory sub-system to access memory cells in the memory device. During the communication to access memory cells in the memory device, the controller can determine a memory error at a first address. If the controller transmits the first address to the memory device for memory access at the time of the memory error, the memory device converts the first address to a second address to perform the memory access. The controller can be configured to determine the second address and record, in an error log, the memory error in association with the second address.
US12159032B2
In an embodiment, before modifying a persistent ORL (ORL), a database management system (DBMS) persists redo for a transaction and acknowledges that the transaction is committed. Later, the redo is appended onto the ORL. The DBMS stores first redo for a first transaction into a first PRB and second redo for a second transaction into a second PRB. Later, both redo are appended onto an ORL. The DBMS stores redo of first transactions in volatile SRBs (SLBs) respectively of database sessions. That redo is stored in a volatile shared buffer that is shared by the database sessions. Redo of second transactions is stored in the volatile shared buffer, but not in the SLBs. During re-silvering and recovery, the DBMS retrieves redo from fast persistent storage and then appends the redo onto an ORL in slow persistent storage. After re-silvering, during recovery, the redo from the ORL is applied to a persistent database block.
US12159021B1
Systems and methods for determining semantic relationships in digital content are provided. Digital content may be processed to detect and extract one or more entities present in at least a subset of the digital content. The entities may include at least one image and at least one body of text. One or more aspects of the entities may be analyzed to filter out a subset of the entities based on a determined importance of the entities to the subset of the digital content. An anchor entity may be determined from one or more remaining entities after the filtering. Relationships between the one or more remaining entities and the anchor entity may be determined, and a presentation pattern for presenting the related entities may be determined. The presentation pattern may be stored to a repository and used as training data to detect future relationships within digital content.
US12159020B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system render a plurality of applications and tabs thereof on a plurality of displays. The method includes determining the applications and the tabs thereof that are open across the displays and keywords associated with the tabs. The method includes generating a data structure corresponding to a current view across the displays comprising information associated with the displays, the applications, the tabs, and summarized contents based on the keywords. The method includes monitoring a user operation context provided by a user indicative of requested information in a selected tab among the tabs. The method includes updating the data structure with the user operation context indicative of the selected tab, a corresponding application, and a corresponding display. The method includes rendering an updated view across the displays in which the selected tab is positioned to be viewed by the user.
US12159019B2
Systems and methods for improved visualization of events logged by an asset management system are provided herein. In one aspect, a priority index can be determined for respective assets based upon the events they experience. In another aspect, one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) can be generated by a computing device for navigation between different assets. The GUIs can allow a user to choose from multiple navigation options for display of assets and respective asset information. As an example, asset views can include views based upon one or more of an asset hierarchy within a fleet, a priority index, or a shortlist of assets based upon personal interests of a user or shared interests of a group, also referred to as a watchlist herein. The GUIs can further allow a user to view summaries of events and/or details regarding events for selected assets, such as alarms and case assignments.
US12159016B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for three dimensional room modeling. In various examples, a three-dimensional (3D) room model comprising at least a first wall and a floor may be received. A first sphere sized and shaped such that the 3D room model fits within the first sphere may be determined and a virtual camera may be positioned on the first sphere at a first position. A first command may be received to move the virtual camera in a first direction. The virtual camera may be translated in the first direction along a surface of the first sphere to a second position. A view of the interior of the 3D room model may be displayed from a second viewpoint of the virtual camera at the second position.
US12159012B2
A display apparatus includes a digitizer and a display panel disposed on the digitizer and including display elements, wherein the digitizer includes a body layer including a glass fiber or a resin, and a pattern layer disposed on the body layer. The display apparatus as described herein increases display quality by hiding the visibility of the pattern layer disposed on the body layer, and increases the folding quality of the display by having and increased rigidity from the digitizer.
US12159011B2
Provided is a display device comprising a display area including a plurality of pixels and a pad area disposed outside the display area, wherein the pad area includes a plurality of pads, and anchor structures positioned between two adjacent pads among the plurality of pads, the pad area includes a substrate, and at least one insulation layer that is positioned on the substrate and includes a first opening positioned between the two adjacent pads when viewed on the cross-section, and the anchor structure includes a first insulation layer that is positioned in the first opening, and does not overlap the pad.
US12159009B2
A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a display panel including a display surface, a light guide plate disposed over the display surface of the display panel and formed to emit light incident into one side surface of the light guide plate through an upper surface of the light guide plate, a first light source array disposed on one side of the light guide plate and including a plurality of infrared light sources configured to emit infrared rays to an one side surface of the light guide plate, a camera disposed on at least one side of the first light source array and configured to photograph infrared rays emitted through an entire area of the upper surface of the light guide plate, and a processor configured to recognize coordinates of an input object adjacent to the upper surface of the light guide plate using infrared rays images captured by the camera.
US12159007B1
An electronic device including a touch screen (e.g., an integrated touch screen using chiplets) can be configured for low-noise reference voltage sampling and subsequent touch sensing using the sampled reference voltage. An integrated touch screen can include multiple regions, and each of the multiple regions can include multiple touch node electrodes. Chiplets can be configured to sample one or more reference voltage pins during an analog quiet time to obtain one or more sampled low-noise reference signals localized to each chiplet. The chiplets can then be configured to sense capacitance at some of or at each of the regions (e.g., using chiplets coupled to some of the touch node electrodes of each of the regions and configured to operate in a touch sensing configuration) using the one or more sampled low-noise reference signals.
US12159003B2
A method for electronic device identifier assignment at a host computing device includes receiving a current local identifier of a separate electronic device and a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device. A host-specific identifier is assigned to the separate electronic device by, based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment, assigning the host-specific identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier. Based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is already assigned by the host computing device to a different separate electronic device, the host-specific local identifier is selected from the set of local identifier values available for assignment and assigned to the separate electronic device.
US12158995B1
A posture recognition method is applied to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a visual inertial unit and an accompanying unit different from the visual inertial unit, and the accompanying unit is started earlier than the visual inertial unit. The method includes: acquiring by the accompanying unit initialization parameters used by the visual inertial unit for initialization when the mobile terminal is in a stable state; and acquiring by the visual inertial unit the initialization parameters from the accompanying unit when an initialization condition is met, and initializing the visual inertial unit based on the acquired initialization parameters, to output posture data of the mobile terminal based on an initialization result.
US12158993B2
An input device may include a housing, a scroll wheel having an arresting surface, and a lever pivotable about a pivot axis between first and second lever arms of the lever for moving a first free end portion of the first lever arm to engage or disengage the arresting surface. The input device may further include a motion converter in engagement with a second free end portion of a second lever arm. The motion converter configured to convert a rotational movement of a rotary member of the motion converter into an output motion to move the second free end portion of the second lever arm so as to pivot the lever about the pivot axis for engaging or disengaging the first free end portion of the first lever arm and the arresting surface of the scroll wheel.
US12158979B2
The technology disclosed herein enable consumer devices to verify the integrity of services running in trusted execution environments. An example method may include: establishing, by a computing device, a trusted execution environment for a service, wherein the trusted execution environment comprises an encrypted storage area; loading, by the computing device, data of the service into the trusted execution environment, wherein the data comprises executable data; detecting, by a computing device, a change of the trusted execution environment that is executing the service; generating, by the computing device, integrity data that represents a state of the trusted execution environment after the change; and transferring, by the computing device, the integrity data to another computing device.
US12158977B1
Devices and methods to obtain values usable to verify the geographic location of a device. In at least one embodiment, a device comprises a positioning circuit and a cryptoprocessor. The device obtains geographic coordinates of the device's location, using the positioning circuit. The device stores, in the cryptoprocessor, information indicating the state of the device and the geographic coordinates. The device uses the cryptoprocessor to obtain values usable to validate the geographic location of the device.
US12158962B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for managing data in view of data controls are provided. A request can be received from a client located in a jurisdiction to utilize a portion of data with a service. Based on a rule applicable to the jurisdiction, it can be determined that the service to utilize the portion of data is unavailable in the jurisdiction. To comply with the rule, a virtualized instance of the service can be deployed on hardware in the jurisdiction.
US12158960B2
A computer-implemented method of securing vulnerabilities in a program, the method including receiving, by a computer, state information generated by an executed application program, training, by the computer, a constraints model based on the state information, generating, by the computer, one or more constraints with the constraints model, each of the one or more constraints describing an execution constraint for executing the application program, wherein the execution constraint enforces an intended operation of the application program, and applying, by the computer, the one or more constraints to the application program.
US12158957B2
The methods and systems relate to improvements to threat modeling systems through the use of crowdsourcing. Specifically, the methods and systems relate to generating recommendations based on crowdsourced threat modeling contributions. For example, the methods and systems automate the threat modeling process by leveraging data in order to drive consistent and measurable quality of threat models and enable threat models to provide aggregated views of risk concentration at any altitude.
US12158954B2
One example method includes receiving a data stream at a node of a data confidence fabric that comprises a group of nodes that are each operable to assign trust metadata to data of the data stream, inspecting the data stream to determine a data type of data in the data stream, accessing a configuration file that applies to all the nodes of the data confidence fabric, and obtaining an equation from the configuration file, mapping the equation to the data, performing a trust insertion process on the data, as specified in the equation, and generating trust metadata that is associated with the data and based on the trust insertion process.
US12158951B2
What is provided is a method of generating a minimal forensic image of a target dataset to reduce upload demand. The method includes storing a set of criteria in an investigator device, wherein the set of criteria determines target data files of the target dataset which are to be included in the minimal forensic image, and wherein the set of criteria includes a plurality of file types and at least a first upload format for each file type in the plurality of file types, locating the target data files of the plurality of file types in the target dataset using the set of criteria, storing a representation of each target data file in the minimal forensic image in an MFI upload format determined according to the set of criteria, and transferring the minimal forensic image to a cloud server.
US12158950B1
Described herein are technologies related to generation of a summary of a function in binary code for review by an analyst. A first sequence to sequence model is configured to receive binary code (or a derivative thereof) and translate the binary code to an intermediate representation of the binary code, wherein the intermediate representation approximates source code for the binary code. A second sequence to sequence model is configured to receive the intermediate representation of the binary code and translate the intermediate representation to a human-readable summary of the binary code.
US12158947B2
A set of virtual machines (VMs) with different guest operating systems installed is initially booted and prepared to facilitate rapid creation, or “forking,” of a child VM(s) for malware analysis of a software sample. Because malicious code may be packaged for a specific operating system version, subsets of the VMs may have different versions of the same guest operating system installed. Upon detection of a sample indicated for malware analysis, a child VM(s) running the appropriate guest operating system is created based on a corresponding one(s) of the set of VMs. A process in which the corresponding VM(s) has been booted is forked to create a child process. A child VM which is a copy of the VM booted in the parent process is then created in the child process. The sample is then sandboxed in the child VM for analysis to determine if the sample comprises malware.
US12158941B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for authenticating instructions and operands in an electronic system comprising a controller. The method includes extracting instructions and operands via a first circuit of the controller from at least a first memory internal to the controller using a matrix bus of the controller, collecting, on the matrix bus, via a second circuit internal to the controller, instructions and operands during their transmission to the first circuit, and generating a word representative of the instructions and operands.
US12158938B2
A system and method for establishment of a universal, secure identity for online communications, interactions, and exchanges that uniquely associates an image, sound, or other digital asset with a person's identity using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A digital asset is stored on a blockchain as an NFT, which uniquely and immutably associates the digital asset with the account owning that digital asset, thereby establishing a unique, secure personal identifier (a “personal non-fungible token” or PNFT) of the person owning that account for online communications and interactions. Links to the PNFT (also herein called “calls to action” or CTAs) can be customized via an online platform such that interaction with a given link or type of link initiates automated actions.
US12158936B2
A control system for a technical installation, in particular a process or manufacturing installation, includes at least one component upon which a certificate service is computer implemented, wherein the certificate service is configured to check a certificate store that is assigned to the component or a further component to determine whether two or more certificates, which only differ from one another in terms of their validity period, are stored in the certificate store, and in the event of the check identifying two or more certificates of this type, to initiate revocation and removal from the certificate store of the certificate or certificates with the validity period that ends the earliest, such that only the certificate with the validity period that ends the latest remains stored in the certificate store.
US12158934B2
A photographing control device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a first photographed image obtained by a first photographing device; a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to perform first facial authentication of the first photographed image; a calculating unit that calculates, in the first photographed image, a proportion of an area of a facial region; a second acquiring unit that acquires a second photographed image capturing the person and obtained by a second photographing device installed within a predetermined range from the first photographing device and having a wider angle than the first photographing device, if the proportion is no smaller than a predetermined value; a second authentication controlling unit that causes the authentication device 200 to perform second facial authentication of the second photographed image; and an output unit that outputs the second photographed image to the outside.
US12158931B2
An identifying device includes a light source, an image sensor, a memory that stores biometric data indicating a feature of a body of a user, and a processor. The processor causes the light source to emit pulsed light having a pulse duration of more than or equal to 0.2 ns and less than or equal to 1 μs to illuminate the user with the pulsed light, causes the image sensor to detect at least part of reflected pulsed light that returns from the user and to output a signal corresponding to two-dimensional distribution of an intensity of the at least part of the reflected pulsed light, and verifies the signal against the biometric data to identify the user.
US12158928B1
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a commutative encryption and watermarking method based on a chaotic system and a zero watermark for vector geospatial data. According to the method, firstly, the vector geospatial data are scrambled and encrypted by using chaotic sequences generated by a composite chaotic system. Then, vector geospatial elements are randomly combined in pairs. A feature matrix is constructed according to the number of vertex coordinates of the vector geospatial elements in combinations, and the parity of the number. Finally, an XOR operation is performed on the feature matrix and the watermark image to construct a zero watermark image, and the zero watermark is constructed through invariant features of the vector geospatial data.
US12158926B2
Embodiments described herein provide for determining a probability distribution of a three-dimensional point in a template feature map matching a three-dimensional point in space. A dual-domain target structure tracking end-to-end system receives projection data in one dimension or two dimensions and a three-dimensional simulation image. The end-to-end system extracts a template feature map from the simulation image using segmentation. The end-to-end system extracts features from the projection data, transforms the features of the projection data into three-dimensional space, and sequences the three-dimensional space to generate a three-dimensional feature map. The end-to-end system compares the template feature map to the generated three-dimensional feature map, determining an instantaneous probability distribution of the template feature map occurring in the three-dimensional feature map.
US12158922B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for performing machine learning, comprising: determining a plurality of vertices in a neighborhood associated with a mesh including a target vertex; determining a linear transformation configured to parallel transport signals along all edges in the mesh to the target vertex; applying the linear transformation to the plurality of vertices in the neighborhood to form a combined signal at the target vertex; determining a set of basis filters; linearly combining the basis filters using a set of learned parameters to form a gauge equivariant convolution filter, wherein the gauge equivariant convolution filter is constrained to maintain gauge equivariance; applying the gauge equivariant convolution filter to the combined signal to form an intermediate output; and applying a nonlinearity to the intermediate output to form a convolution output.
US12158921B2
Dynamic link preview generation techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques by supporting link preview generation by a content provider system that proves the digital content via a respective network address. In one example, a content provider system, based on a request received from a service provider system, identifies a communication platform of the service provider system that is to be used to communicate the shared link. Upon identifying the communication platform, the content provider system locates customization data that describes how the link preview is to be generated for the communication platform. In response, the content provider system renders digital content available via the network address to generate the link preview.
US12158917B2
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving user input that defines a search query, and providing the search query to a server system. Information that a search engine system determined was responsive to the search query is received at a computing device. The computing device is identified as in a first state, and a first output mode for audibly outputting at least a portion of the information is selected. The first output mode is selected from a collection of the first output mode and a second output mode. The second output mode is selected in response to the computing device being in a second state and is for visually outputting at least the portion of the information and not audibly outputting the at least portion of the information. At least the portion of information is audibly output.
US12158914B2
This disclosure relates to digital video analysis. In one aspect, a method includes providing a user interface that enables a user of the computing system to select one or more seed video groups and one or more keywords, wherein each seed video group comprises one or more videos. The user interface is updated to provide candidate video groups selected based on the one or more seed video groups and the one or more keywords and, for each candidate video group, a first user interface control that enables the user to refine the set of candidate video groups to include video groups classified as being similar to the candidate video group. Data indicating user interaction with a given first user interface control for a first candidate video group is received. The user interface is updated to provide an updated set of candidate video groups.
US12158913B2
The present disclosure discloses an image/video feature descriptor extraction method and apparatus for image/video search. An image/video feature descriptor extraction method may comprise obtaining a search requested image/video from a user, performing spatio-temporal transformation on the search requested image/video, extracting a feature map from the image/video subjected to the spatio-temporal transformation, and extracting an image/video feature descriptor by applying TNIP (Temporal Nested Invariance Pooling) to the feature map.
US12158908B1
Disclosed are methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable memory for systems engineering. For instance, a method may include: receiving, via an input graphical user interface or one or more data connectors, engineering information, wherein the engineering information includes data for a plurality of entities stored on a datastore; processing, using a language model, the engineering information to output entity information, wherein the entity information includes one or more data attributes of a first entity of the plurality of entities; querying an ontological framework using the entity information, wherein querying the ontological framework determines a relationship between the first entity and a second entity of the plurality of entities; and generating an output based, at least in part, on the relationship between the first entity and the second entity.
US12158904B2
A method for removing unauthorized information associations from an LLM including identifying real UD instances training data, identifying UD associations for the UD instances, generating synthetic UD instance-UD association pairs to reduce or remove influence of a real UD instance-UD association pair on an output of the LLM, an adversarial dataset including synthetic UD instance-UD association pairs and the real UD instance-UD association pairs, and generating a fine-tuned LLM by iteratively fine-tuning the LLM using the adversarial dataset.
US12158901B2
A computer-implemented method can receive a search query to search a database table comprising data values organized in rows and columns. The search query includes one or more search entries that specify column names and search criteria associated with the column names. The method can generate hash tables corresponding to selected columns of the database table. A hash table includes hash values and tuples respectively mapped to the hash values. The hash values are unique data values in a selected column of the database table. A tuple includes one or more row indexes corresponding to a specific hash value. Responsive to the search query, the method can search the hash tables to identify result row indexes. The result row indexes and the column names specified by the search entries can locate data values in the database table that satisfy the search criteria specified by the search entries.
US12158900B2
Mechanisms for document processing and analysis can include receiving a document and identifying, in a data structure, a record corresponding to the document. The record can include one or more entries, where each entry contains data reflecting a respective item of information extracted from a corresponding part of the document. The mechanisms can include determining for each entry of the record, a corresponding degree of association between the entry and a respective item of information referenced by the entry. They can further include updating the corresponding degrees of association, and selecting, among the corresponding degrees of association, a set of corresponding degrees of association whose aggregate degree of association satisfies a criterion.
US12158897B2
Methods and systems of managing database failure based on transaction request time is disclosed. A method includes copying a first dataset stored in a primary deployment to a secondary deployment to generate a second dataset. The method includes determining a first arrival time of a first request to perform a first transaction. The method includes determining a second arrival time of a second request to perform a second transaction. The method includes executing the first transaction on the first dataset at the primary deployment in response to determining the first arrival time of the first request to perform the first transaction. The method includes executing the second transaction on the second dataset at the secondary deployment in response to determining the second arrival time of the second request to perform the second transaction.
US12158891B2
A cognate specification system manages and enforces digital, canonical representations of entities that are added to and in the system by creating a composite entity key (“EntityKey”) that uniquely and immutably identifies each entity within the system, and that is created based upon the attributes of the entity rather than being arbitrarily assigned. Entities may be organized into various types or cognates, each associated with distinct sets of attributes. A physical or digital referent may be added to the system as an entity by specifying attributes. In such a system, any entity, whether a physical or digital referent, a process, or other type, is uniquely and verifiably identifiable, and may be linked to or associated with other entities, allowing users of the system to produce and access specification granularity beyond traditional approaches focused on systems interoperability.
US12158888B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatically associating additional content with sports games. The systems and methods obtain game schedule data for a plurality of sports games, and for each scheduled game, the systems and methods select articles published within a timeframe of the game date of the scheduled game. The systems and methods identify sports articles associated with the sports game based on entities and event phrases extracted from the sports articles matching the schedule game data. The systems and methods classify the sports articles into a plurality of clusters and use the clusters to associate the sports articles to the game schedule data and store the associated sports articles with the game schedule data.
US12158883B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving data records from a plurality of different data sources, in which the data records include information regarding elements or components in one or more systems; consolidating the data records; extracting information from the consolidated data records to identify a plurality of nodes and connections between the plurality of nodes in the one or more systems; storing information identifying the plurality of nodes and the connections; and visually presenting the plurality of nodes and the connections in a user interface.
US12158882B1
A method for generating query response comprising receiving, by a processor, an input query from a first user; performing, by the processor, query parsing on the input query to generate a parsed query; determining, by the processor, a query type associated with the parsed query; for the query type being determined as initial query, performing: generating, by the processor, a first follow-up query to the input query based on the parsed query, and generating, by the processor, responses to the parsed query and the first follow-up query; and for the query type being determined as follow-up query to a previous query entered by a second user, performing: performing, by the processor, learning of a query sequence from the previous query to the input query, and generating, by the processor, responses to the parsed query and a second follow-up query.
US12158878B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a document processor node, a document and a signed digital receipt identifying an owner of a version of the document associated with a blockchain transaction, verifying, by a document processor node, the version of the document based on the signed digital receipt, and executing a smart contract to enable a conflict-free document versioning based on a hash of the document recorded on a ledger of the blockchain.
US12158875B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for heterogeneous database replication from a remote server, for example a remote database server. A capture process can be registered as a replication slave to the remote server, and configured to receive transaction event data from that server. Transaction log events associated with a modification to the database at the remote server can be processed, and output as change data, in a canonical format output, for use with one or more heterogeneous targets, for example a target database server or message queue. The process enables capture of transaction log events associated with database transactions at a remote server that may be located on a different computer or network, or within an access-restricted environment such as a cloud environment, without the need to create additional copies of its transaction logs.
US12158872B2
A method and system for adaptive video streaming receives inputs by a deep learning neural network engine. The inputs may include a previous lookahead buffer size, previous download time(s), a current buffer size, next available stream size(s), a last chuck quality, a current buffer size, previous download speed(s), a previous lookahead buffer size, a number of chunks remaining, and/or network condition statistics based upon geolocation information. The inputs are processed by the deep learning neural network engine using a neural network machine learning model to adjust a capacity of a buffer lookahead.
US12158866B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for performing a delta merge with location data. An embodiment operates by receiving a command to merge a delta storage with an original main storage. A coordinate system corresponding to a plurality of data entries of data in the delta storage is identified. A coordinate system specification, corresponding to one of the identified coordinate system, is added to a metadata of a new version of the main storage. A merge operation is performed between the delta storage and the original main storage, in which the plurality of data entries of the delta storage are copied to a container portion of the new version of the main storage, separate from the metadata. The plurality of data entries of the delta storage are deleted and the original main storage is replaced with the new version of the main storage.
US12158863B2
Pieces of information on multiple file management systems are managed by one contract in a distributed ledger. An administrator terminal includes: a file management system generation unit that issues a contract generation transaction for generating, in blockchain data, a contract in which a network identifier that identifies a file management system is associated with an identifier of a participant terminal in a blockchain system, and notifying the participant terminal of the network identifier and an identifier of the contract; and a file management control unit that issues a registration transaction for registering, in the contract, connection information of the administrator terminal in the file management system, acquires connection information of the participant terminal in the file management system from the contract, and establishes a P2P connection with the participant terminal based on the acquired connection information.
US12158862B1
Software configured to receive a first record is provided. The first record includes first record data, a first identification code in an identification code field, a first hash in a record hash field, and a second hash in a previous record pointer field. The first hash is calculated based on the first record data, the first identification code, and the second hash. The second hash is included in a record hash field of a second record. The second record includes the first identification code in its identification code field. A first block is generated having the first record in a first record field, a third hash in a block hash field, and a fourth hash in a previous block pointer field. The third hash is calculated based on the first record and the fourth hash. The fourth hash is included in a block hash field of a second block. The second block is part of a main ledger that includes a third block having the second record in its record field. The third block is positioned prior to the second block in the main ledger.
US12158853B2
A method for data access control among multiple nodes and a data access system are provided. The data access system includes a data interconnect controller circuit that allocates resources of one or more slaves by one or more masters according to operating parameters of an interleaver, and includes an intelligent control module that collects use efficiency data of the one or more slaves and obtains a current setting of the data interconnect controller circuit via a monitor. The monitor calculates scores of use efficiency data. The scores and the setting are inputted to a neural network model. Parameters of the neural network model are adjusted according to the scores, and a new setting generated by the neural network model is applied to the interleaver of the data interconnect controller circuit, so that the data interconnect controller circuit performs access control among the multiple nodes with the new setting.
US12158850B2
A control device may include a processor may include a core, a timer peripheral, and a peripheral direct memory access controller. The processor may include a receive port coupled to a communication port of the reporting device via a communication line. The control device may include a timer peripheral that can generate an enable signal and a timing signal, and a buffer circuit that may include an enable port for the enable signal for enabling/disabling the buffer circuit, an input port for the timing signal, and an output port coupled to the communication line. The processor may enable/disable the buffer circuit to control the timing of data bit(s) transmission across the communication line by the reporting device. The peripheral direct memory access controller may store the data bit(s) in a receive buffer during the bit period, and the core may subsequently retrieve the data bit(s) from the receiver buffer.
US12158849B2
A method is provided for data communication between at least one subregion of an FPGA and another region, in which the data communication is resource efficient. This is achieved by the fact that the data communication, i.e., the reading and writing of a Block RAM from a location to any Block RAM or from any Block RAM to any Block RAM of the FPGA takes place via command sequences of an internal configuration interface of the FPGA.
US12158848B2
Combining PCIe partial store commands along cache line boundaries, including: receiving a plurality of Peripheral Component Interface express (PCIe) packets; splitting the plurality of PCIe packets along cache line boundaries to generate a plurality of partial store commands; and combining one or more sets of partial store commands to generate one or more combined partial store commands aligned to the cache line boundaries.
US12158844B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to maintaining transaction consistency when using a columnar cache. The columnar cache can be initially loaded with all-visible data, and as the data gets modified, respective data is invalidated in the columnar cache. As more data gets invalidated in the columnar cache, respective data can be refreshed in the columnar cache. As part of the refresh, the latest all-visible data can be populated while the queries are still using the old data in the columnar cache. When all the queries transition to use the newly populated data, old data can be removed from the columnar cache. A query can use valid blocks of columnar cache and go to a row store for invalid blocks. When a query starts to use the columnar cache, a request can be submitted to asynchronously prefetch the invalid blocks from the row store.
US12158842B2
A processing system allocates memory to co-locate input and output operands for operations for processing in memory (PIM) execution in the same PIM-local memory while exploiting row-buffer locality and complying with conventional memory abstraction. The processing system identifies as “super rows” virtual rows that span all the banks of a memory device. Each super row has a different bank-interleaving pattern, referred to as a “color”. A group of contiguous super rows that has the same PIM-interleaving pattern is referred to as a “color group”. The processing system assigns memory addresses to each operand (e.g., vector) of an operation for PIM execution to a super row having a different color within the same color group to co-locate the operands for each PIM execution unit and uses address hashing to alternate between banks assigned to elements of a first operand and elements of a second operand of the operation.
US12158831B2
A computer-implemented method can receive a software update for a software application deployable on a target system and perform an automatic performance test of the software application incorporating the software update on the target system. The automatic performance test can be integrated in a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The method can collect a plurality of performance metrics measured when performing the automatic performance test and determine a performance score based on the plurality of performance metrics. Responsive to detecting the performance score is below a predefined performance threshold, the method can cause the CI/CD pipeline to reject the software update to the software application.
US12158830B2
One example method includes identifying a source of a performance issue in a virtualized environment. Telemetry data is collected relative to the flow of a request/response in the virtualized environment. The collected telemetry data can be compared to normal data. A probability can be generated for each layer to identify which of the layers is the most likely source of the performance issue. The layers can be prioritized based on their probability. The most likely layer or virtual machine is recommended for analysis to determine the cause of the performance issue.
US12158825B2
Mirrored pairs in a RAID-1 are distributed in a balanced and deterministic way that increases data access parallelism. For a group of k+1 disks that can be represented as a matrix of disk rows indexed 0 through k, where each disk is organized into k same-size subdivisions, in columns indexed 1 through k, corresponding mirrors of data members on the first disk (row index 0) are distributed across all other disks along a matrix diagonal such that the row index is the same as the column index for each mirror. Additional mirror pairs are created and symmetrically distributed in two submatrix triangles that are defined and separated by the diagonal. The two triangles are populated with symmetrically distributed mirrors that are flipped around the matrix diagonal such that for any mirror data in one triangle, its corresponding mirror data can be found in the other triangle by swapping the row and column indices.
US12158821B2
A data management system (DMS) may perform techniques for snapshotting a host environment data store using a resource volume. The DMS may transmit, to the host environment a first request for a full backup of a data store of the host environment, where the first request results in mounting of a resource volume in an empty state. The DMS may generate a snapshot of the resource volume after completion of the backup at the host. The DMS may transmit one or more second requests for incremental backups, where the second requests result in mounting of the volume in a state corresponding to a previous backup of the host. The DMS may generate a second snapshot of the resource volume. For a subsequent full backup, the DMS may cause mounting of the volume in the empty state to the host rather than mounting the resource volume corresponding to a prior snapshot.
US12158801B2
A method of responding to an operation, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, which relate to a field of cloud computing, and in particular to a field of cluster technology. The specific implementation solution includes: performing, in response to determining that a target operation performed by a target client on a shared resource has timed out, a fault detection on the target client to obtain a fault detection result; and implementing, in response to determining that the fault detection result represents that the target client has a fault, an update operation to obtain a target authority identifier, so that the target client is prevent from continuing to perform the target operation by using the target authority identifier.
US12158799B2
A method for detecting a deadlock of a database management system and recovering from the deadlock includes: updating data stored in a first server and a second server; determining whether the database management system is in a deadlock state by comparing data of the first server with data of the second server; and recovering from the deadlock state by changing data of the first server or the second server so that the data of the first server and the second server are identical.
US12158791B2
The disclosure relates to a portable device for unlocking a vehicle, a method, and a storage medium. The portable device includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to scan a pairing request signal from the vehicle, and transmit a locking/unlocking signal to the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to: receive a motion status signal indicating a motion status of the portable device and a temperature signal indicating an ambient temperature of the portable device; and switch an operating mode of the portable device based on at least one of the motion status signal and the temperature signal. The portable device for unlocking a vehicle proposed in the disclosure can switch its operating mode in response to a change in the motion status and the ambient temperature, thereby solving a problem of fast power consumption and a short service life of a smart key, and solving a problem of failure of a function of the smart key at high temperature in summer or at low temperature in winter.
US12158790B2
An electronic wake-up device and a wake-up method thereof are provided. The electronic wake-up device includes: a power switch device, an electronic device, a gravity sensor, and a wake-up circuit. The wake-up circuit is coupled to the gravity sensor and the electronic device. The wake-up circuit is configured to generate an execution signal according to a sensing activation signal, and generate an electronic device control signal according to the execution signal and a gravity signal to wake up the electronic device.
US12158785B2
A thermal islanding heatsink (a monolithic heat sink that includes a thermal insulating barrier is provided within a memory sub-system. The memory sub-system can be a solid state drive that can include a memory device, such as a volatile memory device and/or a non-volatile memory device, a power regulation area, and/or a controller. The thermal insulating barrier is deployed between the memory device and the power regulation area or between the memory device and the controller.
US12158784B2
A drive box includes a power source, a drive group which is constituted of a plurality of storages, a canister which can be replaced, and a midplane which couples the canister and the drive group, wherein the midplane includes a storage apparatus having a memory unit in which data related to at least the drive group is stored, the canister has a communication channel which is coupled to at least one of the plurality of storages, the canister performs I2C communication with the storage apparatus, power is supplied to the canister from the power source by a first supply line which is a power line passing through the midplane, and power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power source via the canister.
US12158778B2
An accessory device for a tablet computing device may include a base portion having one or more input devices (e.g., keyboards, trackpads, touchscreen displays, and the like) for providing inputs to the tablet computing device. The accessory device may include a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the base portion of the accessory device to a tablet computing device in multiple different installation modes. The coupling mechanism may include an auxiliary display for providing a graphical output along a surface of the coupling mechanism. Additionally or alternatively, the coupling mechanism may include a recess for receiving a stylus.
US12158764B2
An autonomous unmanned road vehicle and how it can be used to make deliveries. The unmanned vehicle is capable of operating autonomously on paved roadways. The vehicle has a control system for autonomous driving and a perception system for detecting objects in its surroundings. The vehicle also has one or more cargo compartments for carrying the delivery items. The vehicle may have a flashing light beacon to increase the conspicuousness of the vehicle. In consideration that the vehicle does not carry passengers, the size and/or motor power of the vehicle may be reduced as compared to conventional passenger vehicles.
US12158760B2
A method includes receiving a worksite plan to be executed by at least one machine at a worksite from a computing device of a supervising entity, the controller being located at a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) location with respect to the worksite. The worksite plan may include a boundary of the worksite at which the worksite plan is implemented, at least one task defining the worksite plan, and a selection of at least one machine to perform the task. The method may include receiving a validation signal from a device located at the worksite, the validation indicating that the worksite is ready for implementation of the worksite plan based on at least one parameter of worksite readiness. The method may include selecting a first mode of operation of the machine to perform the task and transmitting first instructions to the machine to perform the task based on the first mode of operation.
US12158748B2
The present disclosure provides an industrial Internet of Things for controlling a supply of accessories and control methods. The industrial Internet of Things comprises a user platform, a service platform, a management platform, a sensor network platform, and an object platform interacting in sequence. The object platform is configured to include different accessory supply devices, each of which is configured with a data collector. The sensor network platform receives and sends accessory supply data to different management sub-platforms. The different management sub-platforms receive the different accessory supply data, after data processing, store and send at least one processing result data to different service sub-platforms. The different service sub-platforms receive and send corresponding processing result data to the user platform separately. The user platform generates a first instruction to a corresponding service sub-platform based on the at least one processing result data.
US12158725B2
A toner comprises a toner particle comprising a core particle comprising a resin component, a shell coating the surface of the core particle, and a polyvalent metal. The resin component comprises a polyester resin, and the shell comprises an amino resin; in an electron image of a cross section of the toner acquired using a transmission electron microscope, a polyvalent metal content P(M) obtained by energy-dispersive x-ray analysis at the core/shell interface and in the vicinity of this interface is 0.0010 to 2.00 atomic %; and the surface storage elastic modulus of the toner at a load of 30 μN at 25° C., according to nanoindentation measurement of the toner, is from 6.50 GPa to 12.00 GPa.
US12158723B2
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a sheet conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction includes a frame including a first side plate and a second side plate disposed in parallel in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction, an intake unit disposed on an outer side of the frame in the width direction and configured to draw air into an interior of the frame, an exhaust unit disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate and configured to discharge air outside of the frame, and a cooling object unit disposed on a path of the air which is drawn into the interior of the frame by the intake unit and moves toward the exhaust unit.
US12158716B2
A fixing device includes first and second rotary members to form a nip portion, a heating unit, a frame, a bearing member, a moving mechanism, and a restricting member. At the nip portion, the first and second rotary members apply heat and pressure to fix a toner image to a recording material. The moving mechanism moves the second rotary member between a contact position where the first and second rotary members contact to form the nip portion and a separated position where the first and second rotary members are separated from each other. The restricting member includes a restricting portion to restrict the movement of the second rotary member toward the first rotary member. When the first rotary member is supported by the frame and the second rotary member is at the separated position, the restricting member is attachable and detachable between the bearing member and the frame.
US12158712B2
A transfer device includes a pressed unit, a rotatable roller, and a pressing member. The pressed unit is movably supported and includes a first non-rotatable shaft portion and a second non-rotatable shaft portion. The rotatable roller is rotatably supported by the first non-rotatable shaft portion of the pressed unit. The pressing member contacts the second non-rotatable shaft portion of the pressed unit and presses the pressed unit. The second non-rotatable shaft portion has an axial center aligned with an axial center of the first non-rotatable shaft portion.
US12158711B2
An electrophotographic member comprising a base layer and a surface layer, the surface layer including at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, perfluoropolyether having a specified structure and a fluorine-containing copolymer, the fluorine-containing copolymer having a first polymerized unit of at least one of methyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate, and a second polymerized unit of at least one of methyl acrylate having a fluoroalkyl group and methyl methacrylate having a fluoroalkyl group, a molar ratio between the first polymerized unit and the second polymerized unit being 7 to 12, the fluorine-containing copolymer having Mw of 80000 or more and 150000 or less, and the ratio between Mn and Mw (Mw/Mn) being 3.0 or more and 6.5 or less.
US12158694B2
Disclosed in an embodiment is a camera module comprising: a housing; a lens module coupled to the housing; a holder disposed in the housing; an elastic member connecting the housing and the holder; a magnet part and an optical member that are coupled to the holder; and a coil part facing the magnet part, wherein the holder includes a first protrusion that extends in an optical axis direction so as to be coupled to the elastic member, and the elastic member includes a first coupling portion coupled to one surface of the first protrusion; the first protrusion includes a guide protrusion which protrudes from the one surface of the first protrusion in the optical axis direction, wherein the guide protrusion is disposed outside the elastic member and has a shape corresponding to at least a portion of the outer circumference of the first coupling portion.
US12158693B2
A photographing device support having an auxiliary handle includes: a telescopic support body, a connecting apparatus, and a clamping apparatus; and an auxiliary handle for an operator to grip, one end of the auxiliary handle is provided with a hinge joint, and the auxiliary handle is up-and-down rotatably connected to the connecting apparatus by the hinge joint, the hinge joint is provided with a first convex platform, and the connecting apparatus is provided with an elastic locking piece, the elastic locking piece cooperates with the first convex platform, so that when the auxiliary handle rotates downwards to fold relative to the telescopic support body, the elastic locking piece is elastically deformed at first to enable the first convex platform to rotate upwards and cross over the elastic locking piece, and then is reset to prevent the first convex platform from rotating back, so as to lock the auxiliary handle.
US12158691B2
A camera mount with three magnetic pads acting as a tripod. Each of the magnetic pads is flexibly mounted to a base allowing them to move to conform with a curved surface thus maximising magnetic attachment. The base includes a thread on which a camera can be mounted directly or via a ball mount.
US12158684B2
An electro-optic display comprising at least two separate layers of electro-optic material, with one of these layers being capable of displaying at least one optical state which cannot be displayed by the other layer. The display is driven by a single set of electrodes between which both layers are sandwiched, the two layers being controllable at least partially independently of one another. Another form of the invention uses three different types of particles within a single electrophoretic layer, with the three types of particles being arranged to shutter independently of one another.
US12158677B2
A display device includes a first conductive layer having a first region extending in a first direction and a second region intersecting the first region on a first substrate, a first insulating film arranged on the first conductive layer, an oxide semiconductor layer arranged along the second region on the first insulating film, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and arranged along the second region, a second insulating film arranged on the third conductive layer, and a pixel electrode arranged on the second insulating film, wherein the third conductive layer has a third region along the first direction and a fourth region along the second region, and the pixel electrode is connected to the third conductive layer in the third region via an opening in the second insulating film.
US12158674B2
In a liquid crystal display device in which a first light shielding film extending in a first direction and an image signal line are formed on a TFT substrate, the image signal line includes: in a region that does not overlap the first light shielding film, a first portion extending at a first angle with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and, in a region that overlaps the first light shielding film, a second portion extending at a second angle with respect to the second direction, a third portion extending in the second direction, and a fourth portion extending at a fourth angle with respect to the second direction, and the second angle and the fourth angle are larger than the first angle.
US12158670B1
Various arrangements described herein relate to a dual-sided display with improved light scattering. In one embodiment, a display is disclosed. The display includes an inside transparent layer disposed parallel to and spaced apart from an outside transparent layer. The display also includes a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the inside transparent layer and the outside transparent layer and together forming a waveguide that is planar. The display includes ground electrodes disposed between the LC layer and the outside transparent layer and arranged in strips along the transparent layer, the strips being spaced apart and parallel. The display includes inside electrodes and outside electrodes disposed between the inside transparent layer and the LC layer and defining a geometric pattern that is in plane with the waveguide and a light source disposed at an edge surface of the waveguide and providing light along the waveguide.
US12158669B2
An electro-optical device is an display device provided with a display region for displaying an image and a peripheral region provided outside the display region, and includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixel electrodes provided in the display region, a second substrate including a counter electrode facing the plurality of pixel s, a seal member being provided in the peripheral region, and containing a UV-curable material, and an electro-optical layer being arranged in a region surrounded by at the first substrate, the second substrate, and the seal member and having optical characteristics that change in accordance with an electric field, wherein one substrate of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a non-conductive region that overlaps with the seal member in plan view, is in the same layer as the plurality of pixel electrodes or the counter electrode, and is not provided with a film having conductivity.
US12158652B2
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. In the display panel, a first substrate includes a substrate and a thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate, and the thin-film transistor includes an active layer. The second substrate is disposed on the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first filter layer is disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and at least part of the first filter layer overlaps with the active layer. The first filter layer is a metal oxide film layer.
US12158646B2
The present application discloses a display panel, a display module, and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, and the first substrate includes a metal wiring located in a non-display area; wherein the first substrate includes a black shielding layer, and by providing the black shielding layer in the display panel, wherein the black shielding layer covers the metal wiring in an orthographic projection direction of the first substrate, appearance effect of the display panel is thereby improved.
US12158643B2
The present disclosure discloses a display device including a display panel and a dimming apparatus located on a light-emitting side of the display panel. The dimming apparatus includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; when the display device is in an anti-peek mode, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is in a reflective state.
US12158639B2
Driving an optical modulator is described. A control circuit generates first and second target voltages based on a target phase modulation between first and second optical waveguide arms of the optical modulator. An offset control circuit generates first and second offset signals. A linear modulator driver receives the first and second target voltages and the first and second offset signals, and generates a first output voltage for biasing the first optical waveguide arm and a second output voltage for biasing the second optical waveguide arm. Feedback circuitry can feed the first and second output voltages to the offset control circuit, which can generate the first and second offset signals using the first and second output voltages. The output voltages bias the waveguide arms so the optical modulator operates close to the target phase modulation, even in the presence of manufacturing errors.
US12158637B2
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person includes a prescription portion having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power. The lens element further includes a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
US12158636B2
A method of eyewear manufacture including: adhering frame material onto a surface of a corrective lens, the frame material extending along at least 10% of an edge circumference of the lens; and attaching the lens to a second lens.
US12158627B2
The present disclosure describes a network switch design that includes a vertical switch circuit board that is mounted parallel to the front panel of the network switch. The vertical circuit board supports switch chip(s) to process and forward packets and pluggable module connectors to receive pluggable optics modules that provide connections to other network switches. The pluggable module connectors are horizontally oriented to facilitate routing of electrical signal traces. The arrangement of the circuit board, switch chip(s) and pluggable module connectors achieves reduced lengths for the electrical signal traces that connect the switch chip(s) to the pluggable module connectors. The design improves cooling by providing separate airflow regions between the switch chip heatsink(s) and the optics modules.
US12158611B2
An optical fiber guide structure includes a guide member uprightly provided on a connection surface of an optical waveguide device and forming a space for housing a tip of an optical fiber when the optical fiber is connected to the optical waveguide device. The guide member is made of a photocurable resin. On the plane perpendicular to the direction in which the optical fiber is inserted into the space, the diameter of an inscribed circle within an inner wall of the guide member configured to form the space is substantially identical to the outer diameter of the optical fiber. The center of the inscribed circle coincides with the center of the core exposed from the connection surface of the optical waveguide device when viewed in the direction in which the optical fiber is inserted.
US12158610B2
Optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices include an optical chip having a number of waveguides therein, with a common optical fiber and single wavelength channel optical fibers optically coupled to the waveguides. Wavelength sensitive filters are disposed between the chip and the fibers, or across waveguides within the chip to reflect light at certain wavelengths and to transmit light at other wavelengths. In some embodiments, all of the fibers are located at the same end of the chip, in others the common fiber is located at one side of the chip and the single channel fibers located at another side, while in others the common fiber is located at a first side of the chip and the single channel fibers are located either at the first side of the chip or at a second side of the chip.
US12158604B2
An optical film, an optical film set, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The optical film includes a main body, plural first prism structures and plural second prism structures. The main body has a first optical surface and a second optical surface. The first prism structures are disposed on the first optical surface. Each of the first prism structures extends along a first direction. The second prism structures are disposed on the second optical surface. Each of the second prism structures extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction.
US12158602B2
A directional illumination apparatus comprises an array of light emitting diodes formed on a support substrate, a waveguide and a light turning optical component. An array of light input wells are arranged in the waveguide to receive light from the respective aligned array of light emitting diodes. An array of light deflecting wells are arranged in the waveguide to reflect guided light in the region around each light emitting diode. Extracted light from the waveguide is output by means of refraction and total internal reflection by a light turning optical component. A directional illumination output may be provided. A backlight for a high dynamic range display may achieve high efficiency and luminance. A privacy display with high security factor and high dynamic range may be achieved.
US12158598B2
A display of the present invention includes a multilayer film and at least one reflective surface. The multilayer film includes a laminate of at least two dielectric layers having refractive indices different from each other, and the laminate has a first major surface and a second major surface. The laminate has at least one recess formed in the first major surface. At least one reflective surface which faces the second major surface of the laminate, and is configured to direct light in a visible range, which has entered the multilayer film and then emerged at an angle of emergence from the second major surface, to be incident on the second major surface at an angle of incidence which is different from the angle of emergence of the light.
US12158592B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to haptic feedback systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems. A head worn computer includes a frame adapted to hold a computer display in front of a user's eye, a processor adapted to present digital content in the computer display and to produce a haptic signal in coordination with the digital content display, and a haptic system including a plurality of haptic segments, wherein each of the haptic segments is individually controlled in coordination with the haptic signal.
US12158591B2
A head mounted wearable computing device includes a frame including arm portions rotatably coupled to a front frame portion, with electronic components housed in and/or on the front frame portion and the arm portions. Cables run through hinge mechanisms rotatably coupling the arm portions and the front frame portion for connection of electronic components in the arm portions and the front frame portion. The hinge mechanism includes a dual pivot structure that guides the bending of cables through the hinge mechanism through approximately 90 degrees of bending through two pivot points. The dual pivot structure reduces localized strain on the cable through the range of motion of the hinge mechanism. The dual pivot structure allows for a rotation through the range of motion with little to no extra cable length to accommodate the bending of the cable.
US12158581B1
An electronic device may provide images to an eye box. The device may include first and second sets of holograms that sequentially diffract light along an optical path. Each hologram in the first set may have a respective grating vector oriented along a common axis. Each of the grating vectors may have a respective magnitude. The magnitudes may be non-uniformly spaced across the first set of volume holograms. Similarly, each hologram in the second set may have a respective additional grating vector oriented along an additional common axis. Each of the additional grating vectors may have a respective additional magnitude. The additional magnitudes may be non-uniformly spaced across the second set of holograms. This may serve to produce diffracted light within filaments of k-space that mitigate angular harmonic sight lines in angle space, thereby preventing formation of non-uniformities in the images at the eye box.
US12158573B2
A contactless visualization system is for a surgical microscope for eye surgery. The system includes an ophthalmic loupe positionable in front of a patient's eye and for supplying a real and vertically and laterally inverted image of an eye fundus of the patient's eye in an intermediate image plane observable by the surgical microscope. The ophthalmic loupe includes a first and a second lens element. In a state positioned in front of the patient's eye, the first lens element is closer to the patient's eye than the second lens element. A wall extends from the first to the second lens element. The wall has a free end in a form of a mount in which the second lens element is held. The mount includes at least one cutout in which an edge of the second lens element is exposed in order to give a surgeon operating space.
US12158570B2
Apparatus include a plurality of laser diodes configured to emit respective laser diode beams having perpendicular fast and slow beam divergence axes mutually perpendicular to respective beam axes, and beam shaping optics configured to receive the laser diode beams and to circularize an ensemble image space and NA space of the laser diode beams at an ensemble coupling plane. In selected examples, beam shaping optics include variable fast axis telescopes configured to provide variable fast axis magnification and beam displacement.
US12158565B2
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens with seven-piece lenses including, from an object side to an image side in sequence, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a negative refractive power and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. Herein the camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: −10.00≤f4/f≤10.00, 4.00≤d5/d6≤8.00, and 2.00≤(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)≤10.00. The camera optical lens according to the present invention has excellent optical characteristics, such as large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thin.
US12158562B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with positive or negative refractive power, a third lens with positive or negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens with negative refractive power, a sixth lens with positive refractive power, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, wherein said first lens has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, said third lens has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, said fifth lens is formed in a biconcave shape having an object-side surface and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and said seventh lens has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US12158553B2
The adjustable voltage regulator under control of a microcontroller applies controlled amplitude voltage in the range of 5 to 9 VDC to the sensor transmitter to adjust the output amplitude of the transmitter. The adjustable amplitude transmitter allows an occupancy sensor to have its total output energy adjusted to reduce environmental noise-induced false triggering and to conform to the area to be covered. Lowering the total ultrasonic energy in the monitored space lowers the sensitivity of the receiver to inappropriate activations. Lowering the input power to the transmitter also lowers the total internal system noise and provides an improved signal to noise ratio in the receiver.
US12158549B2
A method of reading out data in a radiation detector having pixels and associated readout circuits, which each have a register. After the pixels detect radiation, data indicative of the radiation is stored in the register(s) of each readout circuit, each time during a plurality of data acquisition periods. Data is read out from the register(s) of each readout circuit, each time during a plurality of readout periods. Each readout period follows a data acquisition period, and each readout period being either a low energy readout period or a high energy readout period. Only data from a single register of each readout circuit indicative of radiation energy above a low energy level is read out during each low energy readout period. Data indicative of radiation energy above a high energy level, higher than the low energy level, is read out during each high energy readout period.
US12158548B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with acoustic fingerprint identification of devices are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a target acoustic fingerprint from acoustic output of a target device. A similarity metric is generated that quantifies similarity of the target acoustic fingerprint to a reference acoustic fingerprint of a reference device. The similarity metric is compared to a threshold. In response to a first comparison result of the comparing of the similarity metric to the threshold, the target device is indicated to match the reference device. In response to a second comparison result of the comparing of the similarity metric to the threshold, it is indicated that the target device does not match the reference device.
US12158544B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that utilize an internal optical path in lidar applications. An example method includes causing at least one light-emitter device to emit a plurality of light pulses toward a rotatable mirror. The rotatable mirror (i) reflects at least a first light pulse of the plurality of light pulses into an external environment; and (ii) reflects at least a second light pulse of the plurality of light pulses into an internal optical path. The method also includes receiving, by a photodetector, (i) a reflected light pulse comprising a reflection of the first light pulse caused by an object in the external environment; and (ii) the second light pulse received via the internal optical path. The internal optical path is defined at least in part by one or more internal reflectors that reflect the second light pulse toward the rotatable mirror such that the rotatable mirror reflects the second light pulse toward the photodetector.
US12158539B2
A method for detecting angle measuring errors in an angular-resolution radar sensor for motor vehicles. For stationary radar targets, in each instance, the radial velocity and at least one locating angle are measured, and with the aid of the measured locating angle, an expected value of the radial velocity is calculated and compared to the measured value. Measurements of the radial velocities and the locating angles for one or more stationary targets are taken. For each of these targets, an individual indicator value is calculated, which indicates the difference of the measured radial velocity from the expected radial velocity. The individual indicator values obtained are subjected to angle-dependent scaling to compensate for the angular dependence of distortive angle errors. An indicator of the angle measuring error is calculated from the scaled, individual indicator values.
US12158533B2
A device includes a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry, in operation, generates an indication of a predicted difference in a direction of arrival (DoA) of a signal using a trained autoregressive model. A predicted indication of a DoA of the signal is generated based on a previous indication of the DoA of the signal and the indication of the predicted difference in the DoA of the signal. The processing circuitry actuates or controls an antenna array based on predicted indications of the DoA of the signal.
US12158532B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for autonomously detecting and correcting anomalies in position information provided to aircraft using radio-frequency signals. By enabling autonomously detecting and correcting for anomalies in the operation of a ground-based solution entirely independent of GPS, systems of the present disclosure can make the provided position information more accurate and robust, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and safety of navigation systems using the provided position information. More precisely, systems of the present disclosure may employ a series of ground-based beacon transmitters to provide radio-frequency (RF) signal pulse with a highly regular frequency. A locating receiver can detect the arrival times of these pulses and use this information to detect and report certain anomalies. These reports may then be used to autonomously correct the detected anomalies.
US12158529B2
A vehicle with an automatic report function includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to a server apparatus for requesting emergency dispatch, emergency information of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver configured to receive signal waves and generate a location of the vehicle, a storage configured to store the location generated by the GNSS receiver, and a controller configured to collect information from the vehicle and cause the transmitter to transmit the information as the emergency information when the collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted. When the collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted, the controller determines whether the location is acquirable from the GNSS receiver and, when the location is not acquirable, collects a previously generated location and causes the transmitter to transmit the previously generated location to the server apparatus.
US12158510B2
A method of designing a magnetic sensor that can easily accommodate various design conditions is provided. The method has: preparing magnetic sensors, wherein, for each magnetic sensor, magnetization directions of the first to fourth magnetically pinned layers form first to fourth angles θ1 to θ4 relative to a specific reference angle, respectively, and θ1=θ3, θ2=θ4, θ1≠θ2, and each magnetic sensor has a value of θ1−θ2 that is different from values of θ1−θ2 of remaining magnetic sensors, for each magnetic sensor, obtaining a relationship between an angular range of the magnetization direction of the first to fourth magnetically free layers and an output range of the magnetic sensor, wherein the angular range satisfies a specific linear relationship between the magnetization direction and the output of the magnetic sensor, and selecting a magnetic sensor that satisfies required conditions for the angular range and the output range from among the magnetic sensors.
US12158506B2
Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage.
US12158497B2
An electronic circuit includes a ramp signal generator, an oscillator, a monitoring circuit and a logic controller. The ramp signal generator generates a ramp signal. The oscillator generates a clock signal. The monitoring circuit operates in an operation mode selected from a first mode of monitoring an external output voltage and a second mode of performing an analog built-in self-test (ABIST), and generates a comparator output. The logic controller controls the monitoring circuit to operate in the operation mode. When the monitoring circuit operates in the second mode, the logic controller counts the clock signal, controls the monitoring circuit to perform the ABIST based on the ramp signal, and generates an ABIST output indicating whether the monitoring circuit operates normally based on a value of the counting and the comparator output.
US12158491B1
A test circuit for measuring phase distortion includes a first laser, a second laser and a photo diode. The first laser is tuned to a first frequency f1 and generates a first optical signal. The second laser is tuned to a second frequency f2 and generates a second optical signal and phase modulates the second optical signal with a periodic signal with a repetition frequency fM. The photo diode receives and mixes the first optical signal and the second optical signal, and produces a first tone at a third frequency f3, which is a carrier frequency equal to an absolute value of a difference between the second frequency f2 and the first frequency f1, a second tone at a fourth frequency f4 at a difference between the third frequency f3 and the repetition frequency fM, and a third tone at a fifth frequency f5 at a sum of the third frequency f3 and the repetition frequency fM.
US12158485B2
An estimation apparatus for estimating internal resistance of an engine starting battery includes a processor that executes first estimation processing for estimating the internal resistance of the battery by a first estimation method based on a current change and a voltage change of the battery at the time of cranking by an engine starting apparatus, and second estimation processing for estimating the internal resistance of the battery by a second estimation method different from the first estimation method for a period from the cranking by the engine starting apparatus to the next cranking.
US12158478B2
We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring.
US12158472B2
Methods of analyzing glycosylated biomolecules include the steps of producing a deglycosylation mixture of biomolecules deglycosylated by natural or synthetic enzymatic or chemical techniques; providing a reagent solution having a labeling reagent in a polar aprotic, non-nucleophilic organic solvent; and mixing the deglycosylation mixture with the reagent solution in an excess of labeling reagent to produce derivatized glycosylamines. The method steps can be carried out purposefully without depletion of protein matter. A quenching solution can be added to the reaction mixture so that the pH of the reaction mixture is shifted to above 10. The yield of derivatized glycosylamines can be in an amount of about 80 to about 100 mole percent of the reaction mixture with minimal overlabeling, less than 0.2 mole percent. The derivizated glycosylamines can be separated from the reaction mixture and detected by chromatographic detection, fluorescence detection, mass spectrometry (“MS”), or Ultra Violet (“UV”) detection and/or a combination thereof.
US12158469B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of medical diagnosis, and specifically, relates to a synthetic peptide for detecting HIV-1. The synthetic peptide is obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1. The synthetic peptide can better detect anti-HIV-1 antibodies, and can better avoid potential “false negative” and “false positive” results.
US12158465B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for sample preparation and collection. More closely the invention relates to a device to isolate DNA, RNA and proteins or other biomolecules in one single step from the same undivided sample.
US12158460B2
Environmental conditions affecting a sensor having a thermal coefficient are compensated by applying an adaptive filter to an environmental condition reference signal. The resulting adaptive cancellation signal may be used to provide feedback control to a first heating element.
US12158439B1
The present disclosure provides a drain-gate voltage excitation and source-drain current acquisition system and method for gas-sensitive organic field effect transistors (OFETs). The system includes an acquisition device and a gas-sensitive OFET array. The device includes a microcontroller module, a power supply management module, a voltage excitation module, a voltage regulation module, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) module, a fully-differential low-side current detection module, a voltage acquisition module, a signal transmission module and an array switching module. In the present disclosure, the real-time monitoring of various harmful gases and the performance testing of the gas-sensitive OFETs are realized. The device has two current detection modes, thereby not only stabilizing drain electric potentials, but also enabling drain-source currents to be measured with sufficient accuracy.
US12158429B1
A method of increasing a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal of a compound is provided. The method includes dissolving the compound in water to form a solution, adding a substrate at least partially coated with gold nanoparticles to the solution to form a mixture, removing the substrate from the mixture and washing with water to form a SERS sample having at least a portion of molecules of the compound adsorbed to the gold nanoparticles on the substrate, and recording a SERS spectrum of the SERS sample. The gold nanoparticles are in a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer assembly on the substrate and are 10-250 nm in size. The SERS signal of the SERS spectrum is higher than a SERS signal of a SERS spectrum of the compound on the substrate without the gold nanoparticles.
US12158428B1
A method of increasing a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal of a compound is provided. The method includes dissolving the compound in water to form a solution, adding a substrate at least partially coated with gold nanoparticles to the solution to form a mixture, removing the substrate from the mixture and washing with water to form a SERS sample having at least a portion of molecules of the compound adsorbed to the gold nanoparticles on the substrate, and recording a SERS spectrum of the SERS sample. The gold nanoparticles are in a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer assembly on the substrate and are 10-250 nm in size. The SERS signal of the SERS spectrum is higher than a SERS signal of a SERS spectrum of the compound on the substrate without the gold nanoparticles.
US12158417B1
A spectrometry device 1 includes: a collimating optical system 15 configured to collimate object light from a measurement point a on a sample S; a photodetector 21 having a light-receiving face in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a predetermined direction; a conjugate plane imaging optical system 11 provided between the sample and the collimating optical system to form a plane optically conjugate with respect to a surface of the sample; an amplitude-type diffraction grating 1 disposed on the conjugate surface and having a light incident face on which the object light is incident or a light emission face from which the object light is emitted, the light incident face or the light emission face being formed by a light-shielding member made of a material having a light shielding rate higher than that of silicon in a wavelength band of the object light and provided with a plurality of openings, an optical path length differentiating optical system 16 configured to divide collimated object light into a first light beam and a second light beam to provide an optical path length difference; and an interference optical system 17 configured to cause the first light beam and the second light beam provided with the optical path length difference to interfere with each other to form an interference image on the light-receiving face along the predetermined direction.
US12158405B2
A TBM-mounted system and method for quickly predicting compressive strength of rocks based on rock mineral composition and fabric characteristics. The system is mounted on gripper shoe's side surface of an open-type TBM, and includes a protective device, hydraulic device, servo motor, detection device, control system and a data comprehensive analysis platform. The hydraulic device is mounted on the protective device's side wall, for controlling movement of detection device horizontally. The servo motor controls rotation of detection device. The detection device collects a variety of geological parameters of target surrounding rock affecting compressive strength of rock and providing basic data for compressive strength prediction of rock. The control system controls work of hydraulic device, servo motor and each detection device. The data comprehensive analysis platform is connected to each detection instrument, receives geological parameters collected, processes and analyzes each parameter, and gives a prediction of compressive strength of rock.
US12158404B2
A histology system includes a microtome configured to produce a tissue section from a tissue block, where the tissue section includes a tissue sample, a transfer system including a transfer medium to transfer the tissue section to a slide, and a vision system. The vision system includes an illumination system configured to illuminate the tissue section on the transfer medium and an imaging system configured to create imaging data of the tissue section on the transfer medium illuminated by the illumination system. The histology system further includes a processor to receive the imaging data and perform one or more quality control analysis based on the imaging data, where the one or more analysis includes a comparative analysis of the tissue section on the transfer medium with at least one of the tissue section on the tissue block or the tissue section on the slide.
US12158401B2
An aldehyde fixative solution at a first temperature is caused to contact a tissue sample for a first time period, additionally an aldehyde fixative solution is caused to contact the tissue sample at a second temperature higher than the first temperature for a second time period. The first time period typically ranges from about 15 minutes up to about 4 hours, and the first temperature typically is from greater than 0° C. to at least 15° C. The second temperature typically is from greater than about 22° C. to about 55° C., and the second time period ranges from about 1 hour to about 4 hours. Using this process, improved tissue morphology and IHC staining as well as superior preservation of post-translation modification signals have been accomplished in approximately 4 hours compared to 24 hours for room temperature protocols, and more even morphology and antigen preservation are observed.
US12158396B2
A system and method of ultrasonic acoustic source location is provided. The method comprises receiving an ultrasonic acoustic signals at an ultrasonic detector having a multiple arrays. Each array comprising multiple transducers. The acoustic signals are pre-processed to triangulate a location of a source. Sensor data of a mobile device is associated with the determined location; and identify a location of the source on a display of the mobile device. The ultrasonic leak detector provides improved accuracy and performance efficiencies over traditional solutions.
US12158392B2
Disclosed is a test rig (1) for testing vehicle tires. In one embodiment, the test rig includes a rotating drum (2) on a drum axle (3) and force pick-ups (4, 5, 6) for the determination of a radial force acting on the drum axle (3) and a lateral force acting on the drum axle (3). In one embodiment, the test rig (1) has three uniaxial force pick-ups (4, 5, 6), such that a first and a second force pick-up (4, 5) are arranged so as to determine a radial force, where a third force pick-up (6) is arranged so as to determine a lateral force, and where the first force pick-up (4) and the third force pick-up (6) are coupled. Also disclosed is a method for testing vehicle tires.
US12158385B2
An anti-overload torque sensor based on thin film sputtering includes an output cable, a circuit board, a cushion column, a shell, an elastic body, strain beams and thin film strain gauges. The elastic body is sequentially divided into an inner edge section, a mounting ring section and an outer edge section from inside to outside, and the mounting ring section is provided with integrally formed rectangular protrusions as the strain beams. The shell is coaxially installed on the mounting ring section of the elastic body. Strain resistors of the thin film strain gauges are sputtered on the strain beams of the elastic body by the sputtering coating technology.
US12158382B1
A force measurement system is disclosed herein. The force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly including at least one load transducer and a data processing device. The at least one load transducer including a load transducer frame portion, the load transducer frame portion including a first transducer beam section and a second transducer beam section, the first transducer beam section being connected to a middle portion of the second transducer beam section, and one or more deformation sensing elements are disposed on the load transducer frame portion. The data processing device is operatively coupled to the one or more deformation sensing elements of the at least one load transducer, the data processing device is configured to receive the first output signals from the one or more deformation sensing elements of the at least one load transducer, and to determine a first output force from the first output signal.
US12158374B2
A method of processing a substrate that includes: exposing the substrate in a plasma processing chamber to a plasma powered by applying a first power to a first electrode of a plasma processing chamber; turning OFF the first power to the first electrode after the first time duration; while the first power is OFF, applying a second power to a second electrode of the plasma processing chamber for a second time duration, the second time duration being shorter than the first time duration, an energy of the second power over the second time duration is less than an energy of the first power over the first time duration by a factor of at least 2; and detecting an optical emission spectrum (OES) from species in the plasma processing chamber.
US12158369B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a new and improved system and method for determining a weight rating for a surface road transporter by using a computing system and digital camera to identify various attributes of the transporter and then, based on those attributes, to determine a maximum allowable load limit for that transporter in a given jurisdiction. In addition, embodiments of the present invention may include a digital optical device and related software configured to scan and decipher a QR code printed on an “overweight” permit issued by a local jurisdiction, where the overweight permit authorizes a specific transporter to carry a load that exceeds its normal gross allowable weight by a specified amount or percentage. Embodiments of the present invention may incorporate the specified overage amount or percentage in its determination of the gross allowable weight rating for that transporter.
US12158366B2
This liquid surface detection device comprises: a liquid retention part in which hydrogen peroxide water is retained, the hydrogen peroxide water to be atomized by a vibrating plate in which a through-hole is provided; a float positioned inside the liquid retention part; and a sensor that detects, via the float, the arrival of the liquid surface of the hydrogen peroxide water retained in the liquid retention device at a prescribed position.
US12158355B2
An apparatus obtains instances of positioning quality information comprising respective position estimates, respective positioning approach indicators, and respective characteristics of the respective position estimates. The apparatus partitions the instances of positioning quality information into a plurality of groups, where each group corresponds to a geographic area, and partitions the instances of each group into clusters corresponding to positioning approaches. For each respective cluster of each respective group, the apparatus determines a respective positioning index based at least in part on respective characteristics of the respective instances of positioning quality information assigned to the respective cluster. The apparatus provides at least one instance of positioning index information, such that performance of a positioning and/or navigation-related function for a mobile apparatus may be controlled at least in part by the instance of positioning index information.
US12158348B1
Techniques are discussed herein for determining low-cost and/or optimal driving trajectories for autonomous vehicles between various states in a driving environment. A lattice subgraph of lowest-cost trajectories associated with road segments in an environment may be precomputed off-vehicle, and provided to vehicles in the environment along with map data, lane graphs, etc. An autonomous vehicle may use the lattice subgraphs to determine costs associated with discrete entry points of the road segments along a driving route, and may perform additional computations using motion primitives and/or cost plots to determine costs associated with controlling the vehicle between various states to the discrete road segment entry points. The lattice subgraphs may be grouped and cost computations for the states within the various lattice subgraphs can be performed by the vehicle in parallel, to provide reduced computational complexity and faster computations of low-cost driving trajectories.
US12158347B1
Provided is a multi-objective path planning method for an intelligent public transport system, includes: generating a shortest path network topology for connecting bus stops by analyzing a traffic network topology and bus drivable paths; dynamically and evenly allocate bus routes according to passenger waiting periods, road lengths, and the shortest path network topology, to thereby allocate different routes for different buses; and determining an optimal bus route configuration according to average passenger travel distances, passenger experience, and the bus routes. The method can minimize a passenger waiting period while ensuring a high passenger load rate, thereby improving the overall efficiency of the public transport system and the travel experience of passengers.
US12158346B1
A system and method include server computer which may generate a route service request to service a route with a vehicle and identify a start location for the route and one or more stop locations of the route based on historical data associated at least with one of the route or the vehicle. The server computer may proceed to determine a probability that each of the one or more stop locations for the route will be serviced by the vehicle for the route and automatically select, based on the probability associated with each one of the one or more stop locations for the route, a subset of stop locations among the one or more stop locations. The server computer may then assign the subset of stop locations to the route, and transmit routing navigation instructions to a device associated with the vehicle.
US12158340B2
Disclosed are a device and a method for measuring laser displacement. The device comprises an interferometric measurement module, a laser light source module, a signal modulation module, a control processing module and an optical vernier demodulation module. The control processing module controls the signal modulation module to apply a light source modulation signal to the laser light source module, so that the laser light source module provides two laser beams with fixed frequency difference to the interferometric measurement module. The control processing module controls the interferometric measurement module to perform interferometric measurement. During measurement, lasers respectively interfere in two Fabry-Perot cavities in the interferometric measurement module, and are detected by two photodetectors to form main and secondary measurement interference signals. The optical vernier demodulation module demodulates the main and secondary measurement interference signals obtained by the interferometric measurement module.
US12158338B2
A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The spring-based retraction system is driven by a spiral spring, that has a variable preformed stress profile along the length of the spring.
US12158331B2
A system for measuring a length of a work piece including a leveling fixture disposed at a first end of the work piece and a range target disposed at a second end. The leveling fixture includes a precision stop abutting against the first end and range finders configured to be substantially aligned with the first end. The range target includes a target stop abutting against the second end and a vertical portion substantially aligned with the second end when the target stop abuts the second end. The range finders are each configured to take measurements between the range finders and the vertical portion of the range target so as to provide a measurement of the length of the work piece.
US12158328B2
A fireworks kit can have a set of fireworks having multiple fireworks of different types and a plurality of detonators in communication with the fireworks that are configured to launch or detonate a firework attached thereto. A remote controller or mobile device can be in communication with the detonators and operable to provide dynamic or user customizable control of detonation, launching, or ignition of the fireworks.
US12158327B2
Provided is a frangible munitions device optimized for a dome and cylinder that yields fragments having shapes corresponding to a predetermined embossment pattern upon explosive rupture. The embossment pattern includes a first set of inner regular hexagonal embossments formed into the dome and cylinder that are aligned with the axis of the cylinder, and a second set of outer pre-deformed hexagonal shapes that distort to produce regular hexagonal shapes after drawing into the cylinder wall. The second set of shapes are separated by sharp transition regions. The shapes are embossed in a repeated pattern around the hollow cylinder and the dome top. The dome yields a plurality of fragments having shapes corresponding to the first set of inner regular hexagonal embossments upon explosive rupture, while the cylinder yields a plurality of fragments having shapes corresponding to the second set of outer pre-deformed hexagonal embossments upon explosive rupture.
US12158321B2
An archery assembly and method are disclosed herein. The archery assembly, in an embodiment, includes an archery riser mount. The archery riser mount has a riser mounting portion that is configured to be secured to a rear surface of a riser of an archery bow. The archery riser mount also has an adjustment assembly supported by the archery riser mount. The adjustment assembly includes first and second portions that are moveably interfaced with each other. The first portion is configured to be moved, relative to the second portion, along an axis that intersects with a vertical plane. The archery assembly has a projectile support device supported by the first portion.
US12158315B2
A bolt hold open mechanism assembly is disclosed. The bolt hold open mechanism assembly contains a connector rod, a follower lever associated with the connector rod, a bolt stop associated with the connector rod, and a lifter lever comprising at least one protrusion configured to interact with a magazine follower.
US12158313B2
A liquid cooling jacket includes a base portion and a protruding portion protruding from an end surface on a first side in a third direction of the base portion in the third direction. A heat dissipation assembly includes a recessed portion recessed from an end surface on a second side in the third direction. A refrigerant flow path having a width in the second direction is between the end surface on the first side in the third direction of the base portion and the end surface on the second side in the third direction of the heat dissipation assembly. A position of the recessed portion coincides with a position of the protruding portion. An end portion of the protruding portion is farther on the second side in the first direction than an end portion on the first side in the first direction of the recessed portion.
US12158310B2
Heat pipes and low-pressure working fluids used for heat pipes are described, by charging the low pressure working fluids with a level of non-condensable gases of less than 1% by volume, and the heat pipes can provide better thermal performance than aluminum plates while little or no additional cost is introduced for degassing.
US12158309B2
A heat pipe including a pipe body, a first capillary structure and a second capillary structure. The pipe body has an evaporation portion and a condensation portion. The condensation portion is connected to the evaporation portion. The first capillary structure is disposed in the evaporation portion. The second capillary structure is disposed in the condensation portion and is connected to an end of the condensation portion that is located away from the evaporation portion. The second capillary structure is not in direct contact with the first capillary structure.
US12158301B2
Described herein are apparatuses and systems related to at-shore liquefaction of natural gas. The at-shore water-based apparatuses can include a hull, an air-cooled electrically-driven refrigeration system (“AER System”), and a plurality of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) storage tanks that are on a lower deck of the hull. The AER System can be supported by a plurality of support structures extending through an upper deck of the hull.
US12158296B2
A refrigerator includes a storage space, a cooler, a first tray constituting a part of a cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold, a second tray, which constitutes another part of the cell, a water supply valve to adjust the flow of water to be supplied to the icing cell, a water supply amount detection unit or sensor, and a controller configured to control the supply valve.
US12158289B2
A solar tracker system comprising a plurality of on sun trackers and a plurality of off sun tracker. Each tracker is selectively adjusted to achieve a desired power output of the solar power plant system in an example.
US12158286B2
Disclosed is a flow heater with a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a heating plate delimiting a flow path for fluid to be heated to flow from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, and a flow guidance plate that is arranged inside the housing, the flow guidance plate extending along the heating plate at a distance from it thereby delimiting the flow path.
US12158284B2
A windband for an exhaust fan system. The windband comprises an elongate housing receivable about an exit nozzle of the exhaust fan system, an air inducer formed from a perforated material and positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the elongate housing, and a discharge sleeve positioned adjacent and secured to the top portion of the elongate housing. The discharge sleeve is formed from a perforated material and forms a passageway through which gas from the nozzle and induced ambient air passing through the elongate housing are discharged. The perforated air inducer and discharge sleeve together assist in the minimization of a pressure differential between an upwind side of the windband and a downwind side of the windband when the windband is subjected to wind striking the windband at an angle.
US12158282B2
An apparatus includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a reheater, a first valve, a second heat exchanger, a four-way valve, a cap tube, and a blower. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The blower moves air proximate the second heat exchanger to the reheater. During a cooling mode of operation, the four-way valve is configured to direct refrigerant from the first heat exchanger to the compressor; the compressor compresses the refrigerant received from the first heat exchanger; and the cap tube is configured to allow refrigerant to bypass the reheater.
US12158278B2
Systems and methods for monitoring air quality of a geographic area are provided. Digital signage units include an electronic display and an air quality monitoring device located along an open loop pathway for ambient air. A monitoring subsystem receives air characteristic measurement data from the air quality monitoring devices of the digital signage units, which are installed at discrete locations within the geographic area, and subsequently generates a data summary of air characteristic measurements from the air characteristic measurement data from some or all of the digital signage units.
US12158273B2
A cooktop is designed to be operated either in a cooking operation or in a lighting operation, with the modes of operation not being able to occur together. Within cooking operation, the cooktop controller controls heating devices of the cooktop and light sources of the cooktop in a cooking lighting mode, wherein a luminosity of the light sources is limited to a cooking luminosity below the maximum luminosity in the process. Within lighting operation, the light sources are not controllable by the cooktop controller but can only be controlled by the light controller in an illumination lighting mode, wherein to this end the light controller receives the corresponding commands for the light sources from an external control apparatus by way of a communications device. In this case, a luminosity of the light sources can be maximal.
US12158266B2
An abatement method is disclosed. The method comprises: supplying a combustion chamber of an abatement apparatus with an effluent stream containing a perfluoro compound, together with combustion reagents and a diluent; heating a combustion zone of said combustion chamber by reacting said combustion reagents to perform abatement of said perfluoro compound to stable by-products, said diluent being selected to remain inert during said abatement. In this way, the perfluoro or other compound is abated in the combustion chamber during the combustion of the combustion reagents, but without creating undesirable compounds such as, for example, NOx or other compounds.
US12158262B1
An improved light fixture includes a housing that connects to a power source at one end and interfaces with a heat sink, lighting module, and associated lens at the other end. A lens retainer includes an aperture that allows water to flow into a cavity formed within the lens retainer when installed. A portion of the heat sink is exposed to the cavity and can form a surface of the cavity. As a result, the exposed surface of the heat sink can come into direct contact with water that flows through the aperture of the lens retainer. The lens retainer can use multiple apertures in fluid communication with the cavity, providing a path for water to provide a cooling flow to the heat sink.
US12158260B2
A lamp control box and a lamp are provided. The box includes a power color temperature control board, electrically coupled to at least one light of a lamp body of the lamp, with a plurality of power setting levels and color temperature setting levels; a power color temperature control board for generating a corresponding power level trigger signal according to the power setting levels selected and triggered by the user, and adjusting the color temperature of the lamp body according to the color temperature level selected and triggered by the user; a power control board, electrically coupled to the at least one light and the power color temperature control board respectively, and the power control board is configured to output the corresponding power to the at least one light according to the power level trigger signal.
US12158235B2
Installation of a removable tripod foot is facilitated by a cross-axis aperture in the foot and loosening of the threaded connection of the foot and the tripod's leg is resisted by a resilient element engaging interfacing surfaces of the foot and the leg.
US12158229B2
A component retention clip includes a body, a grip element, and bottom slide-coupling elements. The body has a base wall and two side walls forming a planar slot therebetween. The grip element is in the slot and coupled with at least one of the two side walls. The bottom slide-coupling elements are on an outer surface of at least one of the two side walls, each bottom slide-coupling element having a tapered cross-sectional profile in a longitudinal plane that narrows in a sliding axis towards an edge of the respective side wall and having a trapezoidal cross-sectional profile in a lateral plane that is orthogonal with the longitudinal plane. The bottom slide-coupling elements include first and second bottom slide-coupling elements, each having a first or second longitudinal plane in a first or second sliding axis.
US12158228B2
A hanger for use with mining operations in an underground or surface mine is provided. The hanger includes a J-shaped body configured to receive a water line. The hanger further includes a hanger portion connected to the J-shaped body. The hanger portion is configured to attach to a channel located within the underground or surface mine.
US12158223B2
A first peripheral wall end portion of a conversion adapter is connected to a tubular body across a gasket, and has either an annular protrusion to be pressed into an annular groove on a side surface of the gasket, or an annular groove to allow an annular protrusion projecting from a side surface of the gasket to be pressed thereinto. The first peripheral wall end portion has either an internally threaded portion to allow an externally threaded portion of the tubular body to be screwed thereinto, or an externally threaded portion to allow a nut to be screwed thereonto. The nut also allows an externally threaded portion of the tubular body to be screwed thereinto. A second peripheral wall end portion of the conversion adapter has an externally threaded portion to allow another nut to be screwed thereonto, and then, to allow the sleeve to make contact with the inside.
US12158218B2
A method is provided. The method can be used to perform valve testing for pneumatic valves. The method can include receiving, by a pressure controller including a data processor, data cauterizing an air flow through a valve coupled to the pressure controller. The method can also include determining, by the data processor, valve operation data associated with the valve. The method can further include providing, by the data processor, the valve operation data in a display coupled to the pressure controller. The valve operation data can include an opening point of the valve, a closing point of the valve, or an indication of stiction of the valve. The valve operation data can also be determined based on a rate of pressure change through the valve. Related systems and computer readable mediums performing the method are also provided.
US12158207B2
There is provided a gasket (100) for sealing two mating surfaces, the gasket comprising: a rigid non-metal core (102) defining an aperture (104), the core comprising a first face (106) extending away from the aperture and a second face (122) opposite the first face; and at least one sealing layer (108); wherein the first face comprises: a substantially flat inner region (112) defining a plane; and a serrated region (110) comprising a plurality of serrations (118) that extend substantially perpendicular to the plane, wherein the substantially flat inner region is located between the aperture and the serrated region, wherein the serrations are recessed in the first face such that they do not cross the plane, wherein the at least one sealing layer overlays at least part of the serrated region of the first face.
US12158203B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle drive train having a drive aggregate, an automated group transmission connected between the drive aggregate and a drive output, and a disconnect clutch connected between the drive aggregate and the group transmission. The group transmission has a plurality of sub-transmissions, including a main transmission, a splitter group upstream from the main transmission, and a range group downstream from the main transmission. When the disconnect clutch cannot be shifted to carry out a shifting operation in the group transmission, an emergency shifting program is activated. Shifting from a current gear to a target gear is carried out automatically, as a function of input rotation speed of the group transmission or as a function of rotation speed of the drive aggregate, while the disconnect clutch is closed and where the main transmission and/or the range group participate exclusively, but not the splitter group.
US12158192B2
A flexible pulling rope includes a main rope body and a main rope sleeve. The main rope body is formed by connecting a rope from head to tail. The main rope body includes a connecting part formed by two parallel ropes and two pulling parts located at two ends of the connecting part. The main rope sleeve sleeves the connecting part. Two ends of the main rope sleeve are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting part. A method for manufacturing a flexible pulling rope is also provided. By the arrangement of the above structure, the two ends of the main rope sleeve are respectively connected to the two ends of the connecting part. This can not only form a whole by the connecting part and the main rope sleeve, improve the strength of the product, and make the product bear higher loads when pulling heavy objects.
US12158187B2
An electromechanical brake system includes: a pair of pad plates to which a brake pad is attached, respectively, to press a disc that rotates with a wheel; a carrier on which the pair of pad plates are installed; a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier; a piston movably installed in forward and backward direction inside the caliper housing; a power transfer part configured to press the pair of pad plates onto the disc by moving the piston; a brake actuator including a drive motor configured to provide a rotational force of the drive motor to the piston, and a reduction gear part configured to decelerate the rotational force of the drive motor and transmit the decelerated rotational force to the power transfer part; a parking actuator connected to the brake actuator to maintain a parking braking state of a vehicle; a force sensor configured to detect a clamping force due to a contact between the disc and the brake pad; and a controller configured to control the brake actuator and the parking actuator, wherein the controller is configured to control the parking actuator based on the clamping force detected through the force sensor.
US12158185B2
A connecting rod includes a hollow body with a ring at each end and a centre, a thickness wall e, the wall defining an outer perimeter pe and an inner perimeter pi, a surface section s being contained between the outer and inner perimeters, wherein the outer perimeter pe increases from the ends of the hollow body to the centre of the connecting rod, the hollow body maintaining a constant surface section s, the thickness e decreasing from the end to the centre of the connecting rod.
US12158184B2
An insulated bearing includes an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements, and an insulating cap. The outer ring has an inner rolling surface and an outer spiral groove, the rolling elements are in rolling contact with the inner rolling surface, and the insulating cap is screwed onto the outer ring. The insulating cap has an inner spiral, complementary to the outer spiral groove. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove comprises a cross-section having a shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a triangle, and a trapezoid. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has between 2 and 4 revolutions. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has a width of 4 millimeters or less.
US12158182B2
A plain bearing of a planetary gearbox has first and second rotationally connected components. Oil adjacent an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into the bearing clearance between the components by a first line that opens into the pocket. The line includes a first portion and a downstream second portion. The flow cross section of the first portion is smaller than the flow cross section of the second portion. The flow cross section for the oil, in the feed direction, in the circumferential direction of the clearance and in the main rotation direction of the second component relative to the first component increases more than counter to the main rotation direction of the second component, or in the circumferential direction of the clearance and counter to the main rotation direction of the second component increases more than in the main rotation direction of the second component.
US12158180B2
A conical bearing member includes a communication hole communicating an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the conical bearing member, and the inner peripheral surface includes a press-fit region in contact with a shaft and an enlarged diameter region having a diameter greater than a diameter of the press-fit region and including an inner opening part of the communication hole. A tapered part having a diameter increasing toward the enlarged diameter region is provided at an end part of the press-fit region on the enlarged diameter region side.
US12158179B1
A ball mount comprises a rigid insert extended through a region of the ball mount traversing an intersection of a ball and a neck portion to reinforce and strengthen the area of intersection. A rigid insert can be threaded to allow for mechanical attachment of the ball mount to a supporting surface.
US12158176B2
An attachment system to secure an enclosure cover over an enclosure opening is provided. The attachment system includes an outer insert, an anchor block, and a locking body. The outer insert extends through the enclosure cover and includes an anchor portion that extends at least partly to an inner side of the enclosure. The anchor block, which includes one or more flexible arms that are configured to engage an interior structure of the enclosure, can be secured to the anchor portion of the outer insert. The locking body can be rotatably secured relative to the anchor block and can be rotated from an outer side of the enclosure cover between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation.
US12158172B2
A fastener assembly is provided. The fastener assembly comprises, in one example, a sleeve in an enclosure, the sleeve including an interior threaded section and a sleeve opening with a periphery forming a closed shape. The fastener additionally includes a collet body at least partially enclosed within the sleeve, the collet body comprises at least one flexible leg including a foot mating with the sleeve opening, where the sleeve opening extends around the foot and a stud including a threaded section engaging the interior threaded section.
US12158168B1
A venturi-style vacuum-boosting hose attachment includes a single and unitary body having a centrally registered longitudinal axis, a primary inlet located at a proximal end of the body and having a first venturi passageway, a secondary bell-mouth inlet contiguous with the primary centrally disposed inlet and having a second venturi passageway, and a tail cone contiguous with the secondary inlet and having a third passageway terminating at an outlet located at a distal end of the body. The secondary inlet is configured to feed smooth air through the throat to the tail cone with increased velocity and egress via the outlet. The first venturi passageway, the second venturi passageway, and the tail cone are configured to modify a high-volume, low vacuum airflow source into a low-volume, high-vacuum airflow upstream of the primary inlet.
US12158162B2
A centrifugal blower assembly including a blower housing having a scroll wall defining a blower chamber, the scroll wall extending circumferentially between a cutoff point to an end point defining a blower circumference, the blower housing further having a surface adjacent to the cutoff point; and a modular cutoff configured to attach to the surface of the blower housing, the modular cutoff having an abutting surface and a cutoff surface configured to extend the cutoff point of the blower by the cutoff surface to an extended cutoff surface. The abutting surface of the modular cutoff further includes an attachment feature configured to mate to an attachment feature of the blower housing.
US12158161B2
A blower of the present disclosure includes: a lower case having a suction port; an upper case which has a pair of towers that are spaced apart from each other and form a space through which a discharge air flows therebetween; and a blower fan which is disposed inside the lower case and discharges air to the upper case, wherein each of the pair of towers has a discharge port that is elongated in an up-down direction and disposed closer to a rear end of the tower than a front end, and has an air guide, which is disposed therein, that guides the air discharged by the blower fan to the discharge port, wherein the air guide is convex upward, has one end disposed near a middle between the front end and the rear end of the tower, and has the other end disposed near a middle of a vertical height of the discharge port, wherein the other end is disposed higher than the one end, so that the direction of air flow discharged from the fan can be smoothly switched to the discharge port side by only a single air guide, thereby minimizing the flow resistance inside the blower and greatly improving the economic efficiency and manufacturability of the blower.
US12158158B2
A turbocompressor includes at least one rotor the axis of which includes at least one preloading element permanently maintaining the diameter of the axis larger than its natural diameter, a high speed rotor and a method of manufacturing the same.
US12158142B2
A system and method for providing one or more pressurized fluid barriers for a fluid end of a reciprocating pump can comprise energization of, using a clean fluid, one or more components provided at distinct different locations of the reciprocating pump to a pressure greater than a cyclical pressure of the reciprocating pump associated with operation of the reciprocating pump to output fracking fluid.
US12158141B1
A chamber for pumping relatively small volumes of fluid is provided. The chamber includes a plug moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. When the plug is in the retracted position, the plug may be positioned and located toward a first end of the chamber such that fluid may enter into the chamber through an inlet. Once the fluid is received into the chamber, the plug may be moved toward the extended position. As the plug moves toward the extended position, the plug may be pressed into a variable volume plate. As the plug is pressed into the variable volume plate, the plug may deform and enter into a cavity. When the plug enters the cavity, the plug may push fluid out from the cavity. Thus, a known volume of fluid may exit the chamber when the plug is moved from the retracted position to the extended position.
US12158136B2
A portable device for hoisting/lowering/storing a rope from a tall structure, such as a is described. The device is formed of an assembly of a rope storage container and a rope driver reversibly connected thereto. The rope storage container defines a rope storage volume bound between a bottom surface and an outer side wall. The rope driver is reversibly connectable to the container and comprises a rope passage having a dimension matching a diameter of the rope. The passage is formed between a pair of adjacent rollers or between a drive coil and a clamp. The rope is driven (hoisted and stored or provided and lowered) by an electric motor arranged to drive at least one of the rollers or the drive coil.
US12158134B2
An energy conversion device for converting water energy, in some cases water energy from waves and/or a flow such as an ocean current, into electric energy, comprises at least one rotor having a rotor rotational axis, the alignment of which is in some cases fixed by a supporting frame, and a flow housing which comprises a rotor shell which surrounds the rotor radially to the rotor rotational axis.
US12158129B2
A fluid distributor. The fluid distributor includes a base body, a high pressure output, and a connecting piece which is joined to the base body and is used for the high pressure output. The base body is formed by a forging operation. An interior space of the base body is formed at the base body by a machining operation after the forging operation. The connecting piece is processed by a machining operation. A holding element is provided, that, as a result of the machining operation, an accommodating opening, which leads from an outer side of the connecting piece through a wall of the connecting piece and is used for at least partially accommodating the holding element, and an accommodating space, into which, during assembly, a connector of an injector is at least partially insertable in a mounting direction, are formed at the connecting piece.
US12158127B2
Provided is an air cleaner including: a first case and a second case each having a case wall; and a flat plate filter element sandwiched between the first case and the second case, wherein the flat plate filter element has an annular sealing portion on a peripheral edge of the flat plate filter element, at least a partial section of a peripheral edge of at least one of the first case or the second case has a flange portion and a guide wall inside the case wall, the flange portion contacts the sealing portion and extends inside at least one of the first case or the second case substantially perpendicular to the case wall from an end of the case wall, and the guide wall extends substantially parallel to the case wall and facing the case wall from an inner end of the flange portion.
US12158122B2
A nacelle for an aircraft propulsion assembly includes an actuator, a secondary door subject to the actuator and contributing to defining an external aerodynamic surface of the nacelle in a first position, a main door contributing to defining the external aerodynamic surface and including a recess that the actuator passes through in a deployed position but not in a retracted position, and a flap connected to the main door. The flap is movable between a closed position wherein the flap closes off at least a first region of the recess through which the actuator passes in the deployed position whereby the flap contributes to defining the external aerodynamic surface, and an open position wherein the flap is moved away from the recess so as to clear the passage for the actuator through the first region of the recess.
US12158121B2
An engine system includes a cylinder block, and a cylinder head attached to the cylinder block and including exhaust ports. Exhaust collection passages are formed in the cylinder head and each fluidly connect to one of the exhaust ports. An unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) emissions mitigation conduit fluidly connects to the exhaust ports to route UHC to an oxidation catalyst or for recirculation.
US12158119B2
The present disclosure describes an engine system that can achieve at least one of the followings: suppressing of generating of nitrogen oxides and suppressing of remaining of uncombusted hydrocarbons. The engine system has a combustion chamber to which air and a gas fuel are supplied, and is configured to combust the gas fuel. The engine system includes a liquid fuel injecting unit, and a control unit. The liquid fuel injecting unit is configured to inject a liquid fuel thereby to ignite the gas fuel. The control unit is configured to control the liquid fuel injecting unit. The control unit is configured to control the liquid fuel injecting unit so that injection of the liquid fuel is performed after a flame propagation after ignition of the gas fuel is ended.
US12158117B2
An engine system includes an engine including first and second cylinders, and a control device configured to execute automatic stop of the engine and restart of the engine. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the engine and a time during the automatic stop of the engine, a fuel cut control unit configured to execute a specific cylinder fuel cut process for stopping supply of fuel to the first cylinder and for supplying fuel to the second cylinder when there is a request to restart the engine, and an injection amount control unit configured to increase a fuel injection amount in the second cylinder as the time during the automatic stop of the engine is longer and as the temperature of the engine is lower, during execution of the specific cylinder fuel cut process.
US12158115B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine including: a combustor arranged to combust a fuel; and a fuel management system arranged to provide the fuel to the combustor, wherein the fuel management system includes two fuel-oil heat exchangers through which oil and fuel flow, which are arranged to transfer heat between the oil and fuel and include primary and secondary fuel-oil heat exchangers; a fuel pump arranged to deliver the fuel to the combustor, wherein the fuel pump is located between the heat exchangers; and a recirculation valve located downstream of the primary heat exchanger, the recirculation valve arranged to allow a controlled amount of fuel which has passed through the primary heat exchanger to be returned to the inlet. The method includes selecting one or more fuels such that the calorific value of the fuel provided to the gas turbine engine is at least 43.5 MJ/kg.
US12158114B2
A dispatch advisor for operating a power plant having at least one gas turbine with flexibility is described. The dispatch advisor can generate a representation of a flexible base load map for operating the power plant. The representation can include an aggregation of a primary base load operating space and an expanded portion of the base load operating space. The representation offers a range of operating values for operational parameters of the power plant during base load at various base load settings at predetermined ambient conditions and corresponding power output and efficiency values that are attained while operating the power plant at the range of operating values. This offers an operator of the power plant with flexibility in controlling the plant during base load.
US12158112B1
An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly includes a geartrain, a first bladed rotor, a second bladed rotor and a rotating structure. The geartrain includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of intermediate gears and a carrier. The ring gear circumscribes the sun gear and is rotatable about an axis. Each of the intermediate gears is between and meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. Each of the intermediate gears is rotatably mounted to the carrier. The carrier is rotatable about the axis. The first bladed rotor is coupled to the ring gear. The second bladed rotor is coupled to the carrier. The rotating structure is coupled to the sun gear. The rotating structure includes a turbine rotor. The rotating structure is configured to drive rotation of the first bladed rotor and the second bladed rotor through the geartrain.
US12158107B2
A core section and nacelle assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a compressor located at an engine central longitudinal axis, a core case enclosing the compressor, and a nacelle located radially outboard of the core case and defining a core compartment between the nacelle and the core case. One or more vent openings are located in the nacelle to circulate a cooling airflow through the core compartment, and one or more fans are positioned at the one or more vent openings to urge the cooling airflow through the one or more vent openings to cool the core compartment.
US12158104B2
A gas turbine engine is provided defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order; a fan section including a fan rotatable by the turbomachine; a nacelle enclosing the fan; and an oil tank positioned within the nacelle, wherein the oil tank defines an effective length (LT) along the axial direction, a circumference span (CS) along the circumferential direction, and a radial height (ΔrT) along the radial direction, and wherein these parameters are related by a tank sizing factor (TSF) equal to the effective length (LT) times the circumference span (CS) divided by the radial height (ΔrT) squared LT×CS/ΔrT2), wherein the tank sizing factor (TSF) is between 20 and 2200.
US12158102B2
A rotary drive apparatus includes a housing, within which is located a first rotor and second rotor. The first rotor is rotatable about a first axis and has a rotor element projecting radially therefrom. The second rotor is rotatable about a second axis parallel to the first axis and in a direction opposite to the first rotor. The second rotor includes a recess able to receive the rotor element. The first rotor and the second rotor and housing define a chamber around the first rotor through which the rotor element passes. The chamber has an inlet and an outlet through which a fluid can enter and exit the chamber.
US12158097B2
A thermal accumulator assembly (TAA) for a vehicle waste heat recovery system (WHRS) utilizing a two-phase coolant includes a hermetically sealed housing having a separator plate dividing an interior of the housing into a higher pressure first chamber and a lower pressure second chamber. A pressure control valve is disposed between the first and second chambers. A first inlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to receive a first flow of coolant. A first outlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to a second flow of liquid coolant to a heat generating component in the WHRS. A second inlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to receive a third flow of heated coolant from the heat generating component. A second outlet port is connected to the second chamber and configured to supply a fourth flow of vapor coolant to the WHRS.
US12158092B1
An exhaust system includes an engine configured to produce an exhaust stream; a contactor column configured to cause the exhaust stream and a lean dehydration fluid to interact such that the lean dehydration fluid absorbs water molecules from the exhaust stream to produce a dry exhaust gas and a rich dehydration fluid including absorbed water molecules; a carbon capture system including carbon capture media configured to receive the dry exhaust gas and capture carbon dioxide from the dry exhaust gas to produce a depleted flue gas; and a fluid regeneration system configured to receive the rich dehydration fluid from the contactor column, convert the rich dehydration fluid into the lean dehydration fluid by removing the absorbed water molecules from the rich dehydration fluid, and provide the lean dehydration fluid to the contactor column for absorbing additional water molecules from the exhaust stream.
US12158087B2
Fairing assemblies and methods for assembling gas turbine engine fairing assemblies are provided. For example, a fairing assembly comprises a plurality of fairings, an annular inner band defining a plurality of inner pockets, and an annular outer band defining a plurality of outer pockets. Each fairing has an inner end radially spaced apart from an outer end. Each inner pocket is shaped complementary to each fairing inner end and has forward and aft ends. Each outer pocket is shaped complementary to each fairing outer end and has forward and aft ends. The inner and outer bands are each a single piece structure. Each fairing inner end is received within one of the plurality of inner pockets, and each fairing outer end is received within one of the plurality of outer pockets. Some embodiments also comprise an inner ring positioned against the inner band to close the inner pockets.
US12158083B2
An airfoil includes a platform and an airfoil section that extends from the platform. The airfoil defines leading and trailing ends and suction and pressure sides. The airfoil section has a transition region through which the airfoil section blends into the platform. The trailing end of the airfoil section has an axial cooling slot opening through the transition region and defines a circumferentially diverging ramp in the transition region.
US12158082B2
A turbine engine with an engine core defining an engine centerline and comprising a rotor and a stator. The turbine engine including a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline and defining at least a portion of the rotor. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils including a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge and a leading edge protector coupled to the composite portion.
US12158081B2
Disclosed is a fairing element intended to be placed in a passage for flow of a fluid, in order to surround an obstacle which crosses the passage so that the fairing element guides the flow of the fluid on two opposite sides of the obstacle. The fairing element is designed such that the pressure of the flowing fluid is constant or approximately constant in an upstream part of the suction surface of the fairing element. A fairing element of this kind can be incorporated into a stator of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft turbomachine.
US12158079B2
A turbine ring assembly extending about an axis, includes a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure held by a turbine casing, each ring sector including a base from which an upstream lug and a downstream lug spaced axially from each other extend radially outwardly, the ring support structure including a spacer having a clamp against which the downstream lug of the ring sectors is held, a first upstream flange against which the upstream lug of the ring sectors is held, and upstream of the first upstream flange, a second upstream flange for absorbing forces against which the first upstream flange is held.
US12158072B1
A turbine shroud assembly includes a first shroud segment, a second shroud segment, and a damping strip seal. The first shroud segment has a first carrier segment arranged circumferentially at least partway around a central axis and a first blade track segment supported by the first carrier segment. The second shroud segment is arranged circumferentially adjacent the first shroud segment about the central axis. The damping strip seal extends circumferentially into the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment to block gases from passing between the first shroud segment and the second shroud segment.
US12158064B1
A method for the controlled delivery of a fracturing fluid to a well bore comprises formulating an aqueous base fluid such that it meets or exhibits desired physical and chemical characteristics for an optimal fracturing fluid. The formulation of the aqueous base fluid max involve commingling one or more sources of waste water with a source of fresh water followed by controlled injection of one or more additives. This process is substantially completed prior to delivering the aqueous base fluid to the well site. This allows the delivery of an optimal volume of the aqueous base fluid with homogeneously blended additives to the well bore.
US12158061B1
End cap assemblies for retaining the through-pin of a tandem sub are disclosed. An electrical contact attachment is attached or mounted to an end cap, having an opening for receiving the through-pin, and one or more pin contact tabs in the opening. The contact attachment also includes an aperture for passing a first wire therethrough, and an insert for securing an electrically conductive wire to the electrical contact attachment itself.
US12158060B1
A dampening housing that may comprise a tubular structure, a chamber disposed within the tubular structure, and a first port disposed within the tubular structure about a first end of the chamber and providing fluid communication between the chamber to a wellbore. The dampening housing may further include a piston disposed within the chamber and configured to traverse the length of the chamber.
US12158047B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product for controlling flushing in rock drilling, and a rock drilling rig. The apparatus includes a control unit and a computer program for controlling feeding of a liquid component in an air mist flushing system in response to detected penetration rate of executed drilling. An operator may set a desired moisture target value for drilling cuttings removed from a drill hole and the control system automatically adjusts the flushing system to control the feeding of the liquid component.
US12158046B2
A method includes generating a model for predicting a remaining service life of a gripping member of a torque wrench based in part on a number of connections of one or more types of tubulars that are made or broken using the torque wrench before slippage of the torque wrench occurs, counting a first number of connections of a first type of tubular that are made using the torque wrench, predicting, using the model, the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench based in part on the first number of connections of the first type of tubular that were made using the torque wrench, and performing maintenance on the torque wrench based on the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench that is predicted, before slippage of the torque wrench occurs.
US12158038B2
Interface strips and methods of making interface strips for structural framing are disclosed. The interface strips comprise at least one thin, elongate pliable and malleable layer, and at least one thin, elongate resilient and compressible outer layer extending over at least one face of the malleable layer. The at least one malleable layer is configured to maintain a three-dimensional shape of the interface strip, and at least one face of the interface strip includes a plurality of spaced visual framing location indications. The interface strip is configured to extend over first and second framing plates, and includes a cutting reference indication positioned at and extending along an interface of the first and second framing plates such that when cut, the interface strip forms first and second interface strip portions coupled to the first and second plates, respectively, each including at least a portion of the visual framing location indications.
US12158036B2
A drive device for a protective hood of a machine includes a counterweight, a pulling means connecting the protective hood to the counterweight, a motor, and a freewheel. The freewheel connects the motor to the pulling means and is arranged to block when a weight force of the protective hood is greater than a weight force of the counterweight. The freewheel may be a linear freewheel or the freewheel may operate between two rotatable elements. The freewheel may be a frictionally locking freewheel or a positive locking freewheel.
US12158028B2
A lockset includes a housing, a rotary hook, a driving device, and a lock body. The rotary hook is disposed in the housing and includes front end portions and rear end portions. At least part of the front end portions extends out of the housing. The driving device includes a force application member, a first driving member, and a second driving member. The force application member includes a force bearing portion and a force application portion respectively disposed outside and inside the housing. The force bearing portion is connected to and is rotatable with the force application portion. The first driving member is rotatable with the force application portion. The second driving member is rotatable with the first driving member to change an opening width of the front end portions. The lock body restricts a movement of the driving device when closed.
US12158021B2
A three-dimensional isolator for vibration-seismic dual control. The three-dimensional isolator comprises an isolator body and isolator components, wherein the isolator body comprises a plurality of middle-layer connecting plates and a plurality of rubber module units, the middle-layer connecting plates are vertically arranged at intervals, and the rubber module units are arranged on the upper surfaces and the lower surfaces of the middle-layer connecting plates in parallel and connect the middle-layer connecting plates into a whole; and the isolator components comprise cover plate components and pre-tightening pieces, the cover plate components comprise an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and side walls which define an isolator cavity, a flange plate is arranged on the top of the side wall, a gap is reserved between the upper cover plate and the flange plate.
US12158006B1
The present pet ramp apparatus includes a base, a ramp, and a support between the base and the ramp. The base and ramp are swingably engaged to each other. The support and ramp are swingably engaged to each other. The support is removably engaged to the base at spaced apart receptors, where changing the receptors changes the height of the upper end of the ramp and further changes the angle of inclination of the ramp.
US12157999B2
A retention system may comprise a bracket, a bar system, a seal and a bonded washer. The bracket may have a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion may be operatively coupled together at an angle θ. The bracket may also have a texture. The bracket may define a mounting surface. The bar system may comprise a bar installable in the bracket. The seal may be installable in the bracket and disposed beneath the mounting surface. The bonded washer may be installable on and compressible against the mounting surface.
US12157996B2
A construction systems for building a post frame building structure using a rapid framing system. The post frame building structure including a plurality of posts and a wall assembly coupled to said plurality of posts. The wall assembly including an elongated horizontal top member with a first end and a second end, an elongated horizontal bottom member with a first end and a second end, a first end member abutting both the first end of the elongated horizontal top member and the first end of the elongated horizontal bottom member, a second end member abutting both the second end of the elongated horizontal top member and the second end of the elongated horizontal bottom member, a plurality of horizontal girts positioned between the elongated horizontal top member and the elongated horizontal bottom member. The elongated horizontal top and bottom members, first and second end members, and plurality of horizontal girts are coupled to one another using a plurality of coupling plates, and wherein a gap is formed between a lower edge of the elongated horizontal bottom member and the ground, whereby said wall assembly is suspended above the ground.
US12157995B1
Systems, devices, and methods for drain cleaning using high voltage, high frequency AC electrical power supplied through a video push-cable are disclosed. In one embodiment, a drain cleaning system may include a cable for carrying electrical control and/or data signals as well as alternating current (AC) power at a high voltage and high frequency relative to AC mains frequencies.
US12157994B1
A dissolvable urinal splash guard positionable into a bowl of a urinal includes a splash guard assembly including a base having a top and a bottom, wherein the base is at least partially defined by a periphery therearound. A discharge assembly has a discharge aperture formed through a portion of the base. A support assembly including at least one support member is attached to the base and is operative with a drain of the urinal to maintain the dissolvable urinal splash guard in an operative position above the bowl of the urinal during use. At least one of the splash guard assembly, the discharge assembly, or the support assembly is constructed of a material which dissolves in liquid and comprises at least one cleansing agent which is released into a drain pipe of the urinal upon dissolving to help prevent buildup and reduce odors.
US12157989B2
An electric powertrain includes an electric power source, an electric motor and a multi-speed transmission. The powertrain has an electronic controller. The controller determines a respective rimpull torque limit for the operating gear of the multi-speed transmission and determines whether the rimpull torque demand exceeds the rimpull torque limit. Upon determining that the rimpull torque demand exceeds the rimpull torque limit, the controller acts to either (i) shift the multi-speed transmission to a gear in which the respective rimpull torque limit is at or above the rimpull torque demand or (ii) reduce the electric motor torque command to a level for which the rimpull torque is below the respective rimpull torque limit for the operating gear of the multi-speed transmission.
US12157978B2
A method for stabilizing a track having sleepers supported on a track ballast and rails secured to the sleepers, includes using a stabilizing unit which is connected to a machine frame that can be moved on the rails and has a vibration exciter and rollers that can roll on the rails. The vibration exciter generates in particular horizontal vibrations which run transversely to the track longitudinal direction. The course of a force exerted onto the track by the stabilizing unit is recorded over a vibration path during a vibration cycle by sensors. At least one parameter is derived from the course by an evaluation device and is used to evaluate the stabilizing procedure and/or the quality of the track ballast. A device for implementing the method is also provided.
US12157970B2
Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.
US12157969B2
A drying appliance includes a cabinet. A blower directs process air through a closed-loop airflow path and through a processing chamber and a condensing unit. The condensing unit is attached to an external surface of the cabinet. An open airflow path directs ambient air through the condensing unit and to an area exterior to the cabinet. The ambient air remains separated from the closed-loop airflow path. The condensing unit is configured to exchange heat between the process air within the closed-loop airflow path and the ambient air moved through the open airflow path. The ambient air cools and dehumidifies the process air to form condensate on an interior surface of the condensing unit.
US12157963B2
A floral sewing needle assembly for sewing flower petals into a garland includes a sewing needle that has a diameter being no greater than 0.81 mm. In this way the sewing needle can pierce a flower petal without damaging the flower petal. The sewing needle has a length of at least 233.0 mm to facilitate a plurality of flower petals to be positioned on the sewing needle.
US12157957B2
Degradable extruded nettings include a plurality of interconnected strands, at least some of the strands being made from a polymeric blend, the polymeric blend including polylactic acid polymer composition, polybutyrate adipate terephthalate polymer composition, polylactic acid-polybutyrate compatibilizer, and a degradation additive, the degradation additive including a degrader in a carrier resin.
US12157948B2
This invention relates to apparatuses, systems and methods for the production and separation of gases in membraneless liquid alkaline electrolysis, and particularly to electrodes and electrode assemblies for use in a divergent electrolytic flow-through apparatus. The apparatus according to the invention comprises an inlet chamber; first and second permeable electrodes each having first and second sides and defining an inner aperture surrounding the inner region, the first sides of the first and second electrodes arranged to face each other to define an electrode gap within the inlet chamber; a first electrolytic solution inlet into the outer region and a second electrolytic solution inlet into the inner region; a first outlet in fluid flow communication with the second side of the first electrode, and a second outlet in fluid flow communication with the second side of the second electrode.
US12157942B2
A versatile high throughput deposition apparatus includes a process chamber and a workpiece platform in the process chamber. The workpiece platform can hold a plurality of workpieces around a center region and to rotate the plurality of workpieces around the center region. Each of the plurality of workpieces includes a deposition surface facing the center region. A gas distribution system can distribute a vapor gas in the center region of the process chamber to deposit a material on the deposition surfaces on the plurality of workpieces. A magnetron apparatus can form a closed-loop magnetic field near the plurality of workpieces. The plurality of workpieces can be electrically biased to produce a plasma near the deposition surfaces on the plurality of workpieces.
US12157925B2
A martensitic steel including the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight 0.1%≤C≤0.4%; 0.2%≤Mn≤2%; 0.4%≤Si≤2%; 0.2%≤Cr≤1%; 0.01%≤Al≤1%; 0%≤S≤0.09%; 0%≤P≤0.09%; 0%≤N≤0.09%; and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0%≤Ni≤1%; 0%≤Cu≤1%; 0%≤Mo≤0.1%; 0%≤Nb≤0.1%; 0%≤Ti≤0.1%; 0%≤V≤0.1%; 0.0015%≤B≤0.005%; 0%≤Sn≤0.1%; 0%≤Pb≤0.1%; 0%≤Sb≤0.1%; 0%≤Ca≤0.1%; the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel having microstructure by area percentage including cumulative presence of residual austenite and bainite between 0% and 25%, the remaining microstructure being martensite at least 70%, and with an optional presence of ferrite between 0% and 10%.
US12157924B2
A hot-pressed member, a steel sheet for hot pressing, and methods for producing the hot-pressed member and the steel sheet for hot pressing. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet and a Zn-based alloy coated layer disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet. The Zn-based alloy coated layer includes a solid solution phase including Zn with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, an intermetallic compound phase including Fe with the balance being Zn and incidental impurities, and an oxide layer including Zn. The oxide layer serves as an uppermost layer of the Zn-based alloy coated layer and splits the intermetallic compound phase. The split density in at least one cross-section of the oxide layer per unit cross-section is 10 split positions/mm or more.
US12157919B2
The present invention provides a kit or device for the detection of biliary tract cancer, and a method for detecting biliary tract cancer. The present invention relates to a kit or device for the detection of biliary tract cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting biliary tract cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
US12157914B2
Disclosed are biosensor devices, systems, and methods for point-of-care applications. In some aspects, a biosensor system includes a biosensor chip device to measure impedance at an electrode-electrolyte interface, which includes an electrochemical sensor comprising a first electrode including a functionalization layer exposing a molecular binding site to bind a target molecule for detection and a second electrode that does not include the binding site, and an electronic circuit unit corresponding to each electrode of the electrochemical sensor including a transimpedance amplifier, a phase detector to determine a relative phase shift in the detected electrical signal caused by an impedance change from a binding event of the target molecule at the molecular binding site, and a time-to-digital converter to quantize and average phase data points in time to remove uncorrelated noise from the detected electrical signal; and a signal generator to produce an electrical excitation signal applied across the electrode-electrolyte interface.
US12157912B2
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are compositions and methods for producing a molecular expression map of a biological sample using Deterministic Barcoding in Tissue for spatial omics sequencing (DBiT-seq).
US12157911B2
The invention comprises circular single-stranded templates for nucleic acid sequencing, methods of making and using the same.
US12157909B2
A system and method for the real time determination of microbial growth in or on perishable products. The system can predict the extent of microbial growth, e.g., whether food is spoiled, in real time by measuring chemicals released, e.g., CO2, from the perishable product during microbial growth. The output from a sensor can be correlated to the extent of microbial growth, i.e., spoilage, and provide information about the extent of microbial growth to the user, for example, through their smart devices.
US12157905B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a first gRNA bound to an RNA-guided endonuclease forming a first ribonucleoprotein complex, said first gRNA comprises a first targeting sequence being complementary for a first target sequence in an intron in the 5′ upstream part of a fusion gene; and a second gRNA bound to an RNA-guided endonuclease forming a second ribonucleoprotein complex, said second gRNA comprises a second targeting sequence being complementary for second target sequence in an intron in the 3′ downstream part of the fusion gene. Such compositions may find use in the treatment of fusion gene related cancers.
US12157901B2
Devices, systems, and methods can be used for the automated production of dendritic cells (DC) from dendritic cell progenitors, such as monocytes obtained from peripheral blood. The invention makes it possible to obtain sufficient quantities of a subject's own DC for use in preparing and characterizing vaccines, for activating and characterizing the activation state of the subject's immune response, and to aid in preventing and/or treating cancer or infectious disease.
US12157899B2
Biological products are disclosed that have improved qualities relative to those that are currently available. Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating cellular physiology and pathological processing using compositions that are derived from various placenta/villous chorion tissue.
US12157898B2
Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed. This disclosure relates to novel compositions, systems and methods for altering a genome at one or more locations in a host cell, tissue or subject, in vivo or in vitro. In particular, the invention features compositions, systems and methods for inserting, altering, or deleting sequences of interest in a host genome.
US12157895B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants. One aspect of embodiments of the disclosure relates to a nucleic acid construct comprising a nucleic acid molecule comprising a Pseudomonas tomato race 1 (Ptr1) polynucleotide, a 5′ heterologous DNA promoter sequence, and a 3′ terminator sequence, wherein the nucleic acid molecule, the DNA promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the nucleic acid molecule. Methods of imparting disease resistance to a plant and methods of identifying a candidate plant suitable for breeding that displays enhanced disease resistance are also disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure also include plant cells, plants, and plant seeds including a heterologous Pseudomonas tomato race 1 (Ptr1) polynucleotide.
US12157893B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving site-directed integration frequency in the genome of plant cells.
US12157891B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having uveitis, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing uveitis.
US12157886B2
The disclosure relates to a Type II CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system, belonging to the technical field of genome editing. The genome editing system comprises a Cas9 protein, helper proteins, a CRISPR RNA and a trans-activated CRISPR RNA; wherein the Cas9 protein is a DNA endonuclease, and the Cas9 protein has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98%, or 99% homology to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. According to the disclosure, through bioinformatics analysis, the Type II CRSIPR/Cas9 genome editing system in the Faecalibaculum rodentium is discovered, and the genome editing system is applied to editing prokaryotic or eukaryotic genes and provides a new selection for a genome editing toolbox.
US12157883B2
Described herein are embodiments relating to manipulation of populations and sex ratio in populations through DNA sequence modifications.
US12157878B2
The present invention relates to a Disposable Bioprocess System consisting of a Single-Use-Bioreactor, a Single-Use-Pump and a single-use micro-organism retention filter. Combined most suitable for cultivation of suspended micro-organisms in a liquid media at high micro-organism concentration in a perfusion mode continuous process for expression of biological material. The inlet port of the liquid Single-Use-Pump connects via a valve to the broth reservoir of the Single-Use-Bioreactor through a liquid conveying port. The outlet port of the liquid pumping Single-Use-Pump connects via a valve to a micro-organism retention filter. And a method for operating said sterile Disposable Bioprocess System in perfusion mode for continuously processing.
US12157877B2
The subject technology relates to a cell retention device and method for use in a perfusion cell culture system where the cell retention device includes a hollow-fiber filter having an average pore size ranging from about 0.5 to about 20 μm and having the ability to operate under perfusion cell culture conditions for up to 35 days without being clogged or losing its product sieving ability by more than 20%.
US12157876B2
An airlift bioreactor includes a body, a first sparging region, a second sparging region, a first sparger configured to sparge a first gas within the first sparging region, a second sparger configured to sparge a second gas within sparging region, and a controller coupled to the first sparger and the second sparger. The controller is configured to control a first flow rate associated with the first sparger and a second flow rate associated with the second sparger.
US12157866B2
This disclosure relates to lubricants with certain amounts of calcium and zinc that tend to perform well in the low-speed FZG scuffing tests of CEC L-07 (FZG A/8.3/90) and further include certain amounts of low molecular weight diol and/or triol compounds to achieve good gear wear performance in FZG wear tests. The lubricants herein are suitable for use as industrial gear oils for transmission fluids (i.e., manual, automatic, or dual-clutch transmissions), gear fluids, axle fluids, differential fluids, and/or lubricating fluids for other gear-type applications configured for heavy-duty applications.
US12157859B2
A process and plant for producing hydrocarbons boiling in the jet fuel range, comprising the steps: optionally passing a feedstock stream comprising oxygenates over a catalyst thereby forming an olefin stream; passing the olefin stream trough a combined oligomerization and hydrogenation step thereby producing a hydrocarbon stream comprising said hydrocarbons boiling in the jet fuel range.
US12157848B2
A quantum dot including a multi-component core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including indium (In), zinc (Zn), and phosphorus (P) and a second semiconductor nanocrystal disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal, the second semiconductor nanocrystal including gallium (Ga) and phosphorus (P) wherein the quantum dot is cadmium-free and emits green light, a mole ratio (P:In) of phosphorus relative to indium is greater than or equal to about 0.6:1 and less than or equal to about 1.0, and a mole ratio (P:(In+Ga)) of phosphorus relative to indium and gallium is greater than or equal to about 0.5:1 and less than or equal to about 0.8:1, a quantum dot-polymer composite pattern including the same, and a display device.
US12157847B1
The present disclosure relates to methods of forming adhesive films having at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer, related films, and related methods of using such films in lapping processes.
US12157841B2
A process comprises (i) providing an isocyanate component A that is a reaction product of an aliphatic polyisocyanate, an aromatic polyisocyanate, an aliphatic polyester polyol, and a polyether polyol; (ii) providing a polyol component B comprising an aliphatic polyester polyol and a polyether polyol; (iii) mixing A and B to form a solventless adhesive (SLA) composition component A and component B each comprises an aliphatic polyester polyol having a viscosity from 800 to 6000 mPa·s at 25° C. and a hydroxyl number from 60 to 180 mg KOH/g; the SLA composition has (a) an initial viscosity at 40° C. from 500 to 1600 mPa·s, (b) an increasing viscosity ratio from 100% to 112% of the initial viscosity after the SLA composition stands at 40° C. for 10 min, and (c) an end viscosity at 40° C. from 120% to 210% of the initial viscosity at 40 min after forming the SLA composition.
US12157834B2
A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate having a polysilicon layer includes a water based liquid carrier, a silica abrasive, an amino acid or guanidine derivative containing polysilicon polishing accelerator, and an alkali metal salt. The composition includes less than about 500 ppm tetraalkylammonium salt and has a pH in a range from about 10 to about 11.
US12157828B2
A method of manufacturing an ink for photonic annealing includes manufacturing surface-modified metal nanoparticles using a first surface modifier, manufacturing surface-modified metal micron particles using a second surface modifier, and mixing a solution containing the surface-modified metal micron particles with the surface-modified metal nanoparticles to manufacture an ink for photonic annealing in which, in the ink for photonic annealing, the metal nanoparticles are adsorbed on a surface of the micron particles, and the metal nanoparticles are adsorbed in a single layer.
US12157813B2
A resin particle includes a fluorescent colorant and a binder resin. The fluorescent colorant is bound to the binder resin by a chemical bond.
US12157811B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and articles made therefrom, the compositions and articles comprising at least one hydrocolloid, at least one plasticizer, at least one filler and/or humectant and water. Typically, the components are derived from biological sources, such as seaweed, plants, or animals. Typically, the components are made from food quality ingredients, making the compositions and articles edible and/or biodegradable. The compositions are used to form articles, such as straws, and the articles have desirable flexibility and moisture barrier properties, such as swelling resistance, as well as biodegradability and/or compostability properties.
US12157809B2
The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganoaminophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor. The coated conductor includes a conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing a composition including (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganoaminophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof.
US12157807B2
The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A), and a flat plate having a thickness of 3 mm obtained by injection molding using only the resin composition as a raw material satisfies all Eqs. 1 to 3 below: (Eq. 1) x<8; (Eq. 2) y<12; and (Eq. 3) y<12x−0.75 [where x is an initial haze (%) of the flat plate measured according to JIS K 7136 before a steel wool abrasion test, y is an amount of change in the haze (%) of the flat plate with respect to the initial haze (%) measured according to JIS K 7136 after the steel wool abrasion test, and the steel wool abrasion test is a test in which #0000 steel wool is pressed against a surface of the flat plate at a pressure of 14 kPa and rubbed back-and-forth 11 times at a speed of 15 cm/sec in a direction perpendicular to the fiber direction of the steel wool].
US12157806B2
A method of making a composite matrix via incorporation of CNTs is disclosed. The method comprises: first mixing, with a low shear rate, ingredients comprising CNTs and one or more inorganic surfactants to generate a treated mixture; second mixing ingredients comprising the treated mixture and one or more polymers to generate a composite matrix; and may include curing the composite matrix to obtain a substantially cured composite matrix. The effects arising from individual ingredients and additives in the first and second mixings are studied for various composite matrices.
US12157805B2
Rubber compounds with increased resistance to fire are disclosed. The rubber compounds are incorporated into fire seals and in particular into fire seals for aerospace applications. The advance rubber compounds are created by adding a powdered vitreous or glass material in combination with a fiber such as carbon fiber, with or without intumescent material to a base rubber compound and then curing.
US12157799B2
A method of manufacturing an elastic polymer aerogel material includes dissolving tire waste in a first portion of a solvent to form a first mixture; dissolving a polymer having at least one double carbon-carbon bond in a second portion of the solvent to form a second mixture; combining the first mixture and the second mixture, wherein the tire waste reacts with the polymer having at least one double carbon-carbon bond to form a reactant gel; and undergoing a solvent exchange on the reactant gel followed by freeze drying the reactant gel to form the elastic polymer aerogel material. The tire waste includes natural rubber, synthetic polymers, steel, and curing systems, and the elastic polymer aerogel material defines a 3D porous structure.
US12157797B2
The invention relates to a side-chain functionalized copolymer (P1) and to the process for preparing the side-chain functionalized copolymer (P1). The present invention also relates to the use of the copolymer (P1) in the preparation of a membrane, a composite material or a coating.
US12157796B2
A method for producing a decolorized polyester according to the present invention includes: a step of preparing a polyester colored with a colorant, and a decolorizing agent containing a glycol ether-type compound having a boiling point at atmospheric pressure of 160° C. or higher; and a step of removing the colorant, by bringing the decolorizing agent into contact at least once with the colored polyester while heating the decolorizing agent to a temperature equal to or lower than a melting point of the polyester, to thereby obtain the decolorized polyester.
US12157795B2
In one or more embodiments, the present invention is directed to a novel method for synthesizing Mg(BHT)2(THF)2 catalyst, which has several advantages over previous methods. Dry toluene or pentane are not required for synthesizing the catalyst, and the reaction is done in a bulk solution of BHT and THF. Further, because the Mg(BHT)2(THF)2 is made in a one-step (“one-pot”) synthesis, the time required for synthesizing and drying the catalyst is reduced. Using the new method of the present invention, the Mg(BHT)2(THF)2 is pure after removing excess THF, thereby eliminating the need for washes and recrystallization.
US12157792B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a terephthalate polyester from at least one feedstock of polyester to be recycled, integrating a process of depolymerization, advantageously by glycolysis, of the polyester to be recycled in order to produce a diester intermediate compatible with the specifications of the polymerization steps and comprising an optimized system for recycling the streams.
US12157782B2
Formulations usable as support material in additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing and which feature a viscosity of no more than 50 cPs at 35° C., are provided. The formulations are composed of at least one hydrophilic curable material which provides, when hardened, a material that is dissolvable or swellable in an aqueous solution; and at least one non-curable material that is capable of being swelled by said hardened material formed of said at least one curable material. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and objects obtained thereby are also provided.
US12157777B2
The present invention relates to TLR2 agonist compounds and their compositions, and the use of such compounds and compositions in the prevention and/or treatment of respiratory infections, or diseases or conditions associated with viral or bacterial infections.
US12157764B2
The present invention pertains to a dosing regimen for treating influenza virus diseases, and more specifically, to a method for treating influenza virus-related diseases through the administration of a mixed composition of monoclonal antibodies having a neutralizing activity against the influenza A virus. The treatment method according to the present invention enables influenza A virus-related diseases to be treated through the intravenous administration of a mixed composition of monoclonal antibodies having a neutralizing activity against the influenza A virus. In addition, the treatment method according to the present invention can satisfy unmet medical needs for biological therapeutic agents for influenza virus-related diseases.
US12157759B2
The present disclosure provides for and relates to novel fusion proteins and polypeptides expressed by breast cancer and other cancer cells, and to compositions, materials and methods for detecting, characterizing and treating said breast and other cancers. In one embodiment, the fusion polypeptides are read-through fusion transcripts.
US12157750B2
The presently-disclosed subject matter includes fluorescent indicators, including bright and targetable red Ca2+ indicators. The presently-disclosed subject matter also includes kits comprising the same as well as methods for using the same to detect a target substance. Fluorescent indicators of the presently-disclosed subject matter include a compound of the formula:
US12157744B2
The present document is directed to methods for producing therapeutically active limonoids as well as new limonoid-type compounds.
US12157741B2
Disclosed are macrocyclic compounds that possess inhibitory activity against DYRK, TRK, TLK, and/or RET. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases and disorders that are characterized or mediated by aberrant DYRK, TRK, TLK, and/or RET activity such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and genetic disorders.
US12157739B2
The present invention relates to hypoxanthine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have prolyl hydroxylase inhibitory effect and are useful as agents for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and the like. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for treating an inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering a necessary amount of a pharmaceutical composition containing hypoxanthine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and pharmaceutical additive to a patient.
US12157736B2
Disclosed are compounds having potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of conditions such as depression and related disorders. Orally delivered formulations and other pharmaceutically acceptable delivery forms of the compounds, including intravenous formulations, are also disclosed.
US12157733B2
Compounds having formula (I)-(IX), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including RIPK1 modulation. All the variables are as defined herein.
US12157726B2
p-phenylenediamine derivatives as potassium channel regulators and preparation methods and medical application thereof. A compound represented by general formula A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A preparation method of the compound and a use of the same as a potassium channel opener.
US12157724B2
A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US12157723B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds and compositions have uses in the treatment of psychiatric or neurological disorders. Compounds of formula I comprise at least one deuterium atom at the α-position and consequently have improved oral bioavailability relative to α-diprotic analogues.
US12157722B1
The present disclosure relates to a crystalline salt selected from crystalline N-ethyl-2-(5-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)-N-methylethan-1-amine fumarate and crystalline N-ethyl-2-(5-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)-N-methylethan-1-amine hydrochloride, methods of preparing them, and uses thereof for treating mood disorders. In addition, the present disclosure relates to polymorphs of the aforementioned salts. Further, the present disclosure relates to an oil or amorphous form of N-ethyl-2-(5-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)-N-methylethan-1-amine, methods of preparing the same, and uses thereof for treating mood disorders
US12157715B2
A method for producing a highly polymerizable N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer includes (A) melting a crude N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer including 50 to 88 mass % of an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer by heating, followed by cooling for precipitation, and subjecting precipitated N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals to solid-liquid separation (step (A)), and (B) further dissolving the N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals separated in step (A) in a mixed solvent of 1,2-dimethoxyethane and an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms, then performing crystallization, performing solid-liquid separation, and recovering an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer purified product (step (B)), wherein a mass ratio of 1,2-dimethoxyethane/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in step (B) is 0.01 to 0.5, and a mass ratio of aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in step (B) is 0.5 to 3.0.
US12157714B2
The invention concerns new keto-ammonium compounds with surfactant properties and improved biodegradability.
US12157710B2
The invention relates to a process of converting methanol in a fluidized bed reactor comprising feeding a methanol-containing feedstock into a fluidized bed reactor, contacting the feedstock with a catalyst, to produce a product comprising ethylene and propylene under effective conditions; the fluidized bed reactor comprises a diluent-phase zone and a dense-phase zone, wherein the diluent-phase temperature difference between any regions of the diluent-phase zone having a methanol concentration of more than 0.1 wt % (preferably more than 0.01 wt %) in the fluidized bed reactor is controlled to be less than 20° C., and the dense-phase temperature difference between any regions in the dense-phase zone having a methanol concentration of more than 0.1 wt % (preferably more than 0.01 wt %) in the fluidized bed reactor is controlled to be less than 10° C.
US12157709B2
Described herein are processes for synthesizing hydraulic-carbonating binder systems through mechanochemical process, including providing a blend of material stream one of aluminosilicate or calcium aluminosilicate mineral material and material stream two of alkaline-rich mineral material; and simultaneously fractioning the blended minerals while contacting the blended minerals with a CO2-containing in the mechanochemical reactor. This binder system is useful for cementation functions in concrete. The precipitated carbonation products are mainly calcium carbonates (CaCO3), magnesium carbonates (MgCO3), and amorphous alumina-silica gel. The developed binder system is activated through hydration and/or concurrent hydration-carbonation reactions in concrete and it can be utilized in the form of slurry or dried powder for a wide range of precast and cast-in-place or ready-mix concrete applications. The binder system reacts with cement in concrete to form carbonate/calcium-silicate-hydrate (C—S—H) composite phases that result in enhanced mechanical properties.
US12157698B2
Provided is a glass substrate with which it is possible to reduce dielectric loss in high-frequency signals, and which also has excellent thermal shock resistance. This invention satisfies the relation {Young's modulus (GPa)×average thermal expansion coefficient (ppm/° C.) at 50-350° C.}≤300 (GPa·ppm/° C.), wherein the relative dielectric constant at 20° C. and 35 GHz does not exceed 10, and the dielectric dissipation factor at 20° C. and 35 GHz does not exceed 0.006.
US12157696B2
A glass article is designed at least in part in the form of a glass tube element including at least one shell which encloses at least one lumen. For at least one light transmission analysis of the glass article, a ratio of an average amplitude transmission factor and a specific amplitude transmission factor is greater than 1.00001.
US12157680B2
A household water purifier includes a main unit and a filter assembly arranged in the main unit. The filter assembly includes a composite filter core. The composite filter core includes a filter bottle and a filter element located in the filter bottle. The filter element is of a separated structure. In the household water purifier, the filter element is located in the filer bottle; during use, when the filter element needs to be replaced, the filter element can be directly taken out of the filter bottle for replacement; Furthermore, the filter element itself is of a split structure There is no need to replace the filter element as a whole, just some failed components of the filter element need to be replaced, which further improves convenience of replacement and maintenance of the filter core of the water purifier, and saves maintenance and use costs of the water purifier.
US12157674B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure comprising YO2 and B2O3, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element, said process comprising (i) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for B2O3, one or more organotemplates, and seed crystals, (ii) crystallizing the mixture obtained in (i) for obtaining a layered precursor of the MWW framework structure, (iii) calcining the layered precursor obtained in (ii) for obtaining the zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the one or more organotemplates have the formula (I) R1R2R3N (I) wherein R1 is (C5-C8)cycloalkyl, and wherein R2 and R3 are independently from each other H or alkyl, and wherein the mixture prepared in (i) and crystallized in (ii) contains 35 wt.-% or less of H2O based on 100 wt.-% of YO2 contained in the mixture prepared in (i) and crystallized in (ii), as well as to a synthetic boron-containing zeolite which is obtainable and/or obtained according to the inventive process and to its use.
US12157672B2
Provided is a method for recycling supercritical waste liquid and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket capable of reducing the production costs and preventing the deterioration in thermal insulation performance of a silica aerogel blanket, the method including adding sulfuric acid to supercritical waste liquid to remove ammonium ions in the form of ammonium sulfate salt, the ammonium ions which are present in the supercritical waste liquid, and reusing supercritical waste liquid from which the ammonium ions are removed.
US12157671B2
Technical-grade silicon is produced by reacting a raw material mixture containing silicon dioxide and carbon in an electric furnace with a particulate mediator containing at least one of the elements C, O, Al and Si is reacted in an electric furnace, wherein the mixture is described by a dimensionless index K, K having a value of from 0 to 745 and being calculated as follows: K = ω M · β R M · μ C where : equation ( 1 ) ω M = 6 · ( 1 - ε m , M ) d 50 , M equation ( 2 ) β R M = d 9 0 , R M - d 1 0 , R M equation ( 3 ) μ C = 3 2 - m M m R M equation ( 4 ) where the meanings of ωM, εm,M, βRM, μC, d50,M, d90,RM, mM and mRM are explained in claim 1.
US12157667B2
A method for treating a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component is disclosed. In one example, the method includes the steps of providing a first wafer, treating the first wafer to form cavities and at least an oxide layer on a top surface of the first wafer using a first chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, providing a second wafer, bonding the second wafer on a top surface of the at least one oxide layer, treating the second wafer to form a first plurality of structures, depositing a layer of Self-Assembling Monolayer (SAM) to a surface of the MEMS component using a second CVD process.
US12157656B2
Provided are embodiments for method performing elevator condition-based maintenance using an in-car camera. The method includes monitoring one or more conditions of an elevator system, and analyzing image data obtained from monitoring one or more conditions of the elevator system. The method also includes validating the one or more conditions of the elevator system, and executing an action based on the validation of the one or more conditions. Also provided are embodiments for a system for implementing the method described herein.
US12157654B2
An example method for picking a media sheet from a media tray, the method comprising: controlling a media picker to perform a pick procedure to pick the media sheet from the media tray; upon detecting an error condition in the pick procedure, translating the media sheet in a direction within a plane of the media sheet; and controlling the media picker to retry the pick procedure to pick the media sheet from the media tray.
US12157639B2
A conveyor drive roller with a replaceable sleeve defining a conveyor drive surface adapted to operatively engage a conveyor belt. The replaceable sleeve may be replaced with another replaceable sleeve defining another conveyor drive surface adapted to operatively engage another conveyor belt. A method of replacing the conveyor drive surface on the conveyor drive roller is also disclosed.
US12157638B2
A system for sterilizing sterilization units by radiation exposure comprises a conveyance system for transporting sterilization units through a sterilizing environment along a conveying path. The conveyance system comprises at least one lifting beam conveyor with at least one stationary supporting beam and at least one movable lifting beam, which is movable with respect to the at least one stationary supporting beam in a longitudinal and a vertical direction. The at least one stationary supporting beam has a central region between two fixed bearings, which is supported via at least one tensile-loaded tensile element, which is fastened to the central region and to at least one vertical strut, which is arranged in the region of at least one of the fixed bearings, in such a manner that the tensile element extends in a direction diagonal to the longitudinal and the vertical direction.
US12157631B2
A bin exchange system is disclosed that includes a plurality of automated carriers, each of which is adapted to be remotely movable on an array of track sections, at least one input station by which bins may be introduced to the array of track sections, at least one processing station in communication with the array of track sections wherein objects may be moved between bins, and at least one output station by which bins may be removed from the array of track sections.
US12157630B2
A storage system is disclosed where goods can be stored in containers and the containers are stored in stacks. Above the stacks runs a grid network of rails (e.g., tracks) on which load handling devices can run. To take containers from the stacks and deposit then at alternative locations in the stacks or deposit then at stations where goods may be picked. The framework may be provided with one or more of the following exemplary services: power, power control, heating, lighting, cooling, sensors, and data logging devices. The provision of these services within the framework rather than across the system as a whole, can allow for flexibility in storage whilst reducing cost and inefficiency.
US12157621B2
A packaging device can include a resilient member formed of one or more layers of different materials and a frame member. The resilient member can be heat sealed to the frame member or to a coating on the surface of the frame member. The layers can be made from different materials or the same materials having different thicknesses, modules of elasticity, melting index, or other different characteristics.
US12157614B2
The present invention relates to a cap (1) for sealing the restrictor (51) of a container (50), such as a flask or a bottle, the cap (1) being suitable for containing a fluid, said cap comprising at least a first part (10) and a second part (20), said first and second parts (10, 20) delimiting a chamber (15) for receiving said fluid, said first and second parts (10, 20) being movable, by means of displacement, from a first, initial position of the cap (1), for containing said fluid in said chamber (15), to a second, final position of said cap (1), in order to evacuate, by means of said displacement, said fluid from said chamber (15) of the cap (1), to allow said cap (1) to transfer the fluid into the container (50) when the cap (1) is positioned on the container (50), said cap (1) comprising an additional element (30) movable from a first position, which is suitable for allowing the evacuation of air from the container (50), to a second position which is suitable, together with said first part (10) and/or second part (20) of the cap (1), for sealing said restrictor (51) of the container (50).
US12157612B2
A blank can include first, second, third, and fourth side panels; the third side panel joining the first side panel and the second side panel and defining a first handle opening; the fourth side panel extending from the second side panel and defining a second handle opening; a plurality of bottom flaps, each of which extends from one of the side panels; and a plurality of top flaps, each of which extends from one of the side panels; the third and fourth top flaps defining third and fourth handle openings, respectively, the third handle opening substantially aligned with the first handle opening and the fourth handle opening substantially aligned with the second handle opening when the third and fourth top flaps, respectively, are in a folded condition; wherein centerlines of the first and second handle openings are respectively aligned with centerlines of the third and fourth handle openings.
US12157600B2
Disclosed is a device for application of a sticker or decal on a surface difficult to position or align. Also disclosed is a method of using a device for application of a sticker or decal on a surface.
US12157596B2
A capping station has a first conveying system designed to move a plurality of full bottles; a second conveying system, arranged above the first conveying system, designed to move a plurality of caps; a capping device designed to pick up at least one cap from the second conveying system in order to apply the cap to a bottle carried by the first conveying system; and a heating unit comprising at least one heating device, a support beam carrying the heating device, a main operating device designed to move the support beam between a rest position in which the heating device is far from the bottles and a work position in which the heating device is close to the bottles to heat at least the neck of the bottles, and a safety operating device independent of the main operating device, designed to move the support beam between the work and rest positions.
US12157595B2
An apparatus and method are presented for removing container covers within a controlled environment enclosure without using gloves. The apparatus comprises an articulated arm apparatus and a gripping apparatus and can further comprise a controller. The articulated arm apparatus can be configurable for holding and moving a container in three dimensions; and the gripping apparatus can be configured for gripping a container cover sealing the container. The method comprises moving the container using the articulated arm apparatus while holding a gripping area of the container cover substantially stationary using the gripping apparatus. The apparatus can further comprise a sensor configured for supplying information to the controller for determining the location of the container cover gripping area and an orientation of the container cover. The method can further comprise inspecting the container cover using the sensor. The container can be moved along a path and within a space determined by the controller.
US12157583B2
A surveillance satellite (100) of a surveillance system (310) transmits flying object information, which is generated by monitoring a flying object (520), to a coping system (330) via a communication satellite (200) of a communication system. A defense information integration center (350) includes a communication route search device (470) for satellite information, a flight path prediction device (5490) predicting a flight path of a flying object, and a coping asset selection device (333). The defense information integration center (350) transmits an instruction command to a surveillance satellite group included in the surveillance system (310), a communication satellite group included in the communication system (320), and a coping asset (332).
US12157581B2
A flexible element for lining an edge of an aeronautical seat shell, made up of an assembly of at least two elongate, flexible and planar cut pieces, secured together by respective longitudinal boundaries so that the assembly has a three-dimensional shape matching with an edge of an aeronautical seat shell. A method for manufacturing such a lining element, as well as a method for setting up such a lining element over an aeronautical seat shell.
US12157577B2
Described is a fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product. The fabric or flexible composite material includes a substrate and a hot melt adhesive on the substrate. The substrate and hot melt adhesive may include a same base polymer. A method of forming an inflatable safety product includes forming a fabric or flexible composite material by applying a hot melt adhesive to a substrate using heat and pressure.
US12157575B2
A seat that can be converted between an upright position and a bed position, includes a mechanism for deploying an armrest, The mechanism includes a first guide connection comprising a first roller mechanically connected to the moving part associated with the seat-cushion portion, the first roller collaborating with a first slot formed in the armrest, and a second guide connection comprising a second roller mechanically connected to a fixed part, the second roller collaborating with a second slot formed in the armrest, such that a movement of the seat-cushion portion of the seat as the seat transitions from the upright position to the bed position causes the armrest to move from the up position to the down position.
US12157568B2
A method manages a group of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operable to fly in a formation. Each UAV is programmed with a task to be performed by the UAV. The method is performed in a controller UAV of the group and comprises receiving UAV status information from UAVs in the group, obtaining information on a current formation of the group and combining the received UAV status information with the information on current group formation to form a representation of a first state of the group. A machine learning model is used to predict, based on the first state of the group, an optimal formation transition to a new formation and to instruct the UAVs in the group to perform the predicted optimal formation transition, which is a transition to a formation that will minimise predicted total energy consumption for all UAVs in the group to complete their tasks.
US12157564B2
An aeronautical apparatus is disclosed that has two pairs of wings: an aft pair and a fore pair. Each wing has a thrust-angle motor. An assembly is coupled to each thrust-angle motor. Assemblies coupled to the wings have a propeller motor with a propeller and a control surface. The control surface provides lift when in forward flight. In vertical flight or hovering, the control surface, if it remains fixed with respect to the fuselage, i.e., in the position which provides lift in forward flight, produces significant drag. However, by rotating the control surfaces with the propeller motor, the drag from the control surfaces is significantly reduced. The control surfaces are outboard the propellers in some embodiments and inboard in others. In the latter case, the control surface is part of the trailing edge of the wing.
US12157558B2
An uplock for retaining a capture pin of a movable part includes a hook that is movable between a release position and a retaining position, a locking part that interacts with the hook and is movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and a detector. The detector includes a first sensor for detecting whether the hook is in the retaining position, and a second sensor for detecting a presence of the mobile part in the immediate vicinity of the uplock in the position occupied by the mobile part when the capture pin is in the hook.
US12157555B1
Embodiments provide a propeller ground stop mechanism configured to keep an unpowered propeller of an aircraft (e.g. when the aircraft is on the ground and not operating) static. The propeller is prevented from rotating due to external forces (e.g. an air flow caused by wind, manual rotation of the propeller). When the propeller is powered, and the propeller is providing thrust, the propeller ground stop mechanism automatically disengages and does not provide any drag. Among various benefits, the propeller ground stop mechanism provides added safety to the ground support personnel.
US12157550B2
The present invention relates to a controllable pitch propeller capable of changing a blade pitch according to the sailing conditions of a ship and, specifically, to a controllable pitch propeller having an optimal hub-to-tip diameter ratio, the propeller being capable of reducing the size of a hub so as to have a high efficiency that is close to the propulsion efficiency of a fixed pitch propeller (FPP). In order to accomplish the aforementioned objective, the present invention relates a controllable pitch propeller which comprises a hub mounted at the propelling shaft of a ship, and a blade that is mounted at the circumference of the hub and that has a variable pitch, and which is technically characterized by a H/D ratio, of diameter (H) of the propeller and diameter (D) of the hub, of 0.170-0.2.
US12157544B1
A hard shell boat cover is disclosed herein. The hard shell boat cover includes a plurality of boat cover sections, the plurality of boat cover sections configured to interlock with one another so as to form the hard shell boat cover, and one or more of the plurality of boat cover sections configured to engage with a top peripheral edge of a boat; and at least one securement element attached to one of the plurality of boat cover sections, the securement element configured to be coupled to a securement strap for securing the hard shell boat cover to the top peripheral edge of the boat.
US12157542B2
A kayak with additional drive formed with a hull whose part is a bottom and a deck in which is formed a crew chamber equipped with a seat and which is equipped not only with an electric engine, which is coupled with a screw-propeller, but also with a battery, which is electrically conductive way connected with the electric engine, where the electric engine is placed on a supporting frame in the back end part of the kayak and is, by help of at least a drive element, which is by its end part waterproof way freely pivoted in the stern of the kayak in axial direction, coupled with the screw-propeller, whereas the battery is placed in a battery box which is placed in the front end part of the kayak.
US12157541B2
A hydrofoil assembly adapted to be attached to a watercraft includes a mast having a mast head adapted to be removably engage with the watercraft and disposed exterior to the watercraft. The hydrofoil assembly also includes a propulsion assembly coupled to the mast and including a propeller and an electric motor for rotating the propeller. The hydrofoil assembly also includes at least one wing coupled to the mas. Moreover, the hydrofoil assembly includes a battery coupled to the mast head and adapted to be arranged exterior to the watercraft.
US12157524B2
A steering device includes a turning shaft, a turning motor, and a control device that controls the turning motor such that an angle capable of being converted into a turning angle of a turning wheel follows a target angle that is calculated depending on a steering state of a steering wheel. The control device executes a correction process of correcting the target angle. The control device corrects the target angle such that the degree of an increase in the target angle is slower as the target angle approaches a limit value of an angle region, when the target angle increases toward the limit value of the angle region in either of a vehicle stop state or an extremely low speed state.
US12157515B2
A door ring assembly is provided. The door ring assembly includes a frame member that includes a reinforcement. The reinforcement is solid-state bonded to the frame member. The frame member further includes a body and a first leg. The first leg extends outward from the body. Further, the first leg intersects with the body to form a corner radius, and the reinforcement is positioned on at least a portion of the corner radius.
US12157514B2
An airbag device to be applied to a vehicle provided with A to C pillars, a door, and a side sill includes an airbag, a collision mode predictor, and a pressure controller. The airbag is deployed from a container to be disposed on a lower side of the side sill to a region on a vehicle-widthwise outside of a side surface of a vehicle body including the door. The airbag includes a first air chamber disposed mainly in front of the B pillar after being deployed and a second air chamber disposed mainly behind the B pillar after being deployed. The collision mode predictor predicts a collision mode of an object with the vehicle. The pressure controller increases or reduces at least either of internal pressures of the first air chamber and the second air chamber independently of the other, based on the predicted collision mode.
US12157510B2
A hand truck assembly includes a hand truck that has a pair of members, a pair of wheels rotatably disposed on the members and a nose plate extending forwardly from the pair of members. The nose plate can be positioned beneath an object to transport the object. Each of the members has a plurality of engagement points being distributed along the members and a shelf unit is slidably attached to the members. The shelf unit releasably engages respective ones of the engagement points on the members for retaining the shelf unit at a selected point along the members. In this way the shelf unit can engage an object that has an elevated lift point to transport the object that has the elevated lift point.
US12157506B2
The invention relates to a wheel axle guiding assembly comprising an axle box carrier, an axle box located longitudinally between a front part and a rear part of the axle box carrier; a front longitudinal hydro-mechanical converter between a front part of an axle box carrier and a rear longitudinal hydro-mechanical converter between the axle box and a rear part of the axle box carrier to allow a fore-and-aft movement of the axle box relative to the axle box carrier parallel to a longitudinal direction. Each of the front and rear longitudinal hydro-mechanical converters includes a housing, a plunger and an elastomeric body fixed to the housing and to the plunger so as to allow a fore-and-aft relative movement parallel to the longitudinal direction between the plunger and the housing, a single variable volume hydraulic chamber being formed between the housing, the plunger and the elastomeric body.
US12157500B2
A vehicle control device includes a first prediction unit that predicts a reaching time for a vehicle to reach a cross point in front of the vehicle in a case where a pedestrian who crosses the cross point is detected based on information transmitted from a wearable device attached to the pedestrian, a second prediction unit that predicts a crossing time for the pedestrian to complete crossing the cross point based on information for specifying a walking speed acquired from the wearable device, an estimation unit that estimates whether or not the pedestrian is able to safely cross the cross point based on the predicted reaching time and the predicted crossing time, and an execution controller that executes a safe driving assistance control with respect to the vehicle in a case where the estimation unit estimates that the pedestrian is not able to safely cross the cross point.
US12157493B2
A vehicle trajectory planning system includes a perception system of a host vehicle collecting information from multiple sources and communicating with a computer. A fusion module fuses scene information from a map and perception items identified by the perception system. A behavior planning module receives an output of the fusion module and produces a host vehicle baseline trajectory. A trajectory and motion planning module receives an output of the fusion module in parallel with the behavior planning module. The trajectory and motion planning module determines a reference trajectory and operation corridor for a host vehicle. A disturbance and reachability refiner module receives an output of the trajectory and motion planning module including the reference trajectory and operation corridor. An algorithm is applied to adjust and re-plan the host vehicle baseline trajectory to be robust to a range of inclement weather conditions.
US12157491B2
A method for operating a driver assistance system in a vehicle including operating the vehicle at an at least partially automated autonomy level by the driver assistance system, providing at least one acoustic transducer, wherein the at least one acoustic transducer is arranged in an interior of the vehicle, registering, by an evaluation unit, whether a vehicle occupant is present, transmitting an acoustic signal through the acoustic transducer, wherein the acoustic signal has a sound power, wherein the sound power is adjusted by the acoustic transducer, wherein the adjustment of the sound power by the acoustic transducer takes place depending on the presence of a vehicle occupant.
US12157487B2
A monitoring device has a processor configured to detect surrounding objects of specified types present within a predetermined region around a vehicle, decide a level of monitoring of surroundings by a driver, set an inattention threshold to a first value as a reference for the level of monitoring of the surroundings by the driver when the number of surrounding objects is less than an object number threshold, and set the inattention threshold to a second value that is smaller than the first value when the number of surrounding objects is equal to or greater than the object number threshold, determine whether or not the level of monitoring of the surroundings has exceeded the inattention threshold, and give the driver a warning to direct the driver's attention to the vehicle surroundings when the level of monitoring of the surroundings has exceeded the inattention threshold.
US12157483B2
Systems and methods for use of operator state conditions to generate, adapt or otherwise produce visual signals relaying information to the operator are disclosed. A monitoring system may observe and analyze a vehicle operator to determine an operator state. The monitoring system may transmit the observed driver state to an operator alert system that generates, conditions and controls the transmission of signals to the operator.
US12157482B2
An on-vehicle device includes a display device, a body device, and a support plate. The body device is installed on a back surface of the display device. The support plate includes a fixation part with a plate shape that is fixed on a top surface of the body device and a support part with a plate shape that is continuous with the fixation part and is formed so as to be bent, and supports a back surface of the display device by a plate spring part that is formed on the support part.
US12157480B2
The disclosure relates to the intelligent vehicle driving technologies, and in particular, to a method for transferring control over a vehicle in an automotive electronic system, an automotive electronic system and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method, and a vehicle including the automotive electronic system. An automotive electronic system according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a first control domain and a second control domain that are communicatively coupled to each other, where the first control domain includes a first memory, a first domain controller, and a first computer program stored on the first memory and executable on the first domain controller, and the first computer program is executed to: generate, in response to an event that triggers a transfer of control over a vehicle, a request to transfer the control over the vehicle; and display, via the second control domain as a first transmission channel or a second transmission channel, the request to transfer the control over the vehicle, where the first transmission channel takes priority over the second transmission channel in being used to display the request to transfer the control over the vehicle, and where the second transmission channel is physically independent from the second control domain.
US12157479B2
A system 100 for autonomous vehicle operation can include: a low-level safety platform 130; and can optionally include and/or interface with any or all of: an autonomous agent 102, a sensor system, a computing system 120, a vehicle communication network 140, a vehicle control system 150, and/or any suitable components. The system functions to facilitate fallback planning and/or execution at the autonomous agent. Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to transition the autonomous agent between a primary (autonomous) operation mode and a fallback operation mode.
US12157475B2
An apparatus for calculating torque of a vehicle for exiting drift driving may include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes: determining a driver's intention to exit drift driving based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal and a steering angle; and calculating target torque of a front wheel motor based on the opening degree of the accelerator pedal when the driver's intention to exit drift driving is determined.
US12157473B2
Electrified powertrain control techniques include, in response to a detected cold start request for an engine, controlling one or more electric motors to generate drive torque to physically power an engine for a period to increase a temperature within a primary combustion chamber of a cylinder of the engine, and after the period, starting the engine by combusting a primary charge of fuel/air within the primary combustion chamber using a turbulent jet ignition (TJI) system to combust a pre-charge of fuel/air in a respective pre-chamber of the cylinder using a respective first spark plug and expelling heat energy therefrom into the primary combustion chamber of the cylinder, thereby eliminating a need for a respective second park plug of the TJI system that is associated with the cylinder and configured to heat and promote combustion within the primary combustion chamber.
US12157468B2
A driving recognition-based regenerative braking control method of an xEV vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a driving recognition-based regenerative braking control method of an xEV vehicle which optimally adjusts an amount of regenerative braking using preceding vehicle sensing and driving position information.
US12157463B2
A vehicle control device causes an automatic brake to function even for an obstacle suddenly appearing from outside a sensor detection range in a place estimated to be dangerous such as an intersection. A vehicle control device calculates time-to-collision TTC based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor, and controls a brake, which is an actuator of a vehicle, based on the calculated time-to-collision TTC. The vehicle control device includes a determination unit that determines right turn or left turn of the vehicle, and a command unit that sends a command according to a determination result of the determination unit to the brake. When determining that the vehicle is turning right or left, the determination unit changes the time-to-collision TTC to a longer value by extending more than that at the time of traveling straight.
US12157456B2
To start an engine while a clutch start cancel switch is ON and a clutch is connected, an electric parking brake ECU releases an electric parking brake regardless of the accelerator position or the clutch stroke, providing that a shift lever is in a drive position, and an engine ECU allows the engine to start after the electric parking brake is released by the electric parking brake ECU.
US12157445B2
The present disclosure relates to an actuator for an electronic parking brake and, more particularly, to an actuator for an electronic parking brake, whereby a motor may be stably fixed using a simple structure. To this end, an actuator for an electronic parking brake according to the present disclosure comprises: a motor having a bracket to fix a position of a motor housing; a main housing in which the motor is accommodated; and a main cover seated on an upper end of the main housing, wherein a first fastening protrusion extending downward to be inserted into a first fastening groove formed in the motor housing and a second fastening protrusion extending outward in the radial direction to be inserted into a second fastening groove formed in the main housing are formed on the bracket, and when the motor is assembled, the second fastening groove supports the second fastening protrusion to prevent the axial direction movement of the second fastening protrusion.
US12157444B2
This disclosure is applicable to intelligent automobiles, new energy automobiles, conventional automobiles, or the like. In an example embodiment, a fluid outlet pipe of a first hydraulic chamber is configured in segments on a push rod support portion and a push rod. When a piston is located at an inner stop point of a piston stroke, a first hydraulic adjustment port located on the push rod support portion communicates with a second hydraulic adjustment port located on the push rod, and when the piston is located at a position other than the inner stop point in the piston stroke, the first hydraulic adjustment port does not communicate with the second hydraulic adjustment port.
US12157436B2
An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a controller configured to control a vehicle that is equipped with a storage device in which baggage can be deposited by a user, and a storing section for storing cushioning material that can be used by the user when the user deposits the baggage in the storage device, wherein the controller performs to generate a command for replenishment of the cushioning material in the storing section when a remaining amount of the cushioning material in the storing section is less than a predetermined amount.
US12157434B2
A smart key system of a vehicle that notifies a user that a fob battery needs to be replaced, including a fob configured to transmit information that the battery needs to be replaced to an in-vehicle communication module configured to transmit the information to an identification authentication unit (IAU); and the IAU configured to transmit the information to an integrated body unit (IBU) configured to notify a user of the information. A smart key system includes: a fob configured to transmit failure information to a BLE module when UWB communication fails due to battery voltage drop; the BLE module configured to receive the failure information, and measure a distance for positioning the fob using a BLE signal; and an IBU configured to transmit an operation signal to a controller configured to control at least one function among vehicle door opening and closing, vehicle start, remote parking, and vehicle door locking.
US12157433B2
An enhanced validation mode for a vehicle is provided. Presence of a primary access device is identified, using a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of the vehicle. Responsive to the vehicle being in the enhanced validation mode, aspects of a secondary access device are validated with an access list descriptive of which secondary access devices are allowable for use in confirming a user is authorized, in addition to utilizing the primary access device to validate access to the vehicle, the secondary access device being a physical credential issued to a user to grant the user access to a physical location. Responsive to the vehicle not being in the enhanced validation mode, the primary access device but not the secondary access device are utilized to validate access to the vehicle.
US12157429B1
An active vehicle restraint system an airbag inflator configured to expel an inflator gas in response to an airbag trigger control signal, an airbag cushion having a pusher chamber wherein the airbag cushion is configured such that the inflator gas is directed towards the pusher chamber such that the pusher chamber is pressurized before a remainder of an airbag cushion chamber, a vehicle trim piece affixed to a vehicle body with a retention element such that the vehicle trim piece covers a portion of the airbag cushion, wherein the retention element is configured such that the retention element is detached from the vehicle body by the pusher chamber and wherein the retention element maintains a structural integrity during a detachment process from the vehicle body, and an electronic control unit for generating the airbag trigger control signal in response to the sensor control signal.
US12157428B2
In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance being defined between the airbag module and the extension.
US12157426B2
A joining method of a structure includes preparing a first member including a first portion provided with a first hole and a second portion provided with a second hole, a second member, a die, and an elastic member, inserting the second member into the first hole, inserting the elastic member into the second member, in a state where one end of the second member in an axial direction is located between the first portion and the second portion, compressing and expanding the elastic member in the axial direction, thereby expanding and deforming the second member at a portion passing through the first hole to be swaged and joined to the first portion. The die includes a support surface for applying a compressive force from the die to the elastic member through the second hole. The support surface is perpendicular to an axial direction of the elastic member.
US12157418B2
In mobile equipment that is configured for remote operation there are the competing interests of minimizing the number and complexity of cameras by using wide-angle cameras, while avoiding the fisheye distortion inherent in wide-angle cameras, which can be disorienting to remote operators. Thus, a method is disclosed that switches between video processing configurations depending on a machine state of the mobile equipment. For example, a first machine state may represent that the mobile equipment is immobile, whereas a second machine state may represent that the mobile equipment is mobile. In the first machine state, the video configuration does not correct for fisheye distortion, so as to maximize the field of view in the video while the mobile equipment is immobile. In the second machine state, the video configuration does correct for fisheye distortion, so as to prevent disorientation of the remote operator while the mobile equipment is mobile.
US12157413B2
A method of controlling a vehicle to redundantly protect a driver, includes determining whether the vehicle has entered a shoulder of a road based on a Global Positioning System (GPS) information; and based on a result of the determining, controlling a Light Emitting Diode (LED) projector based on a first internal information of the vehicle, and transmitting a second internal information different from the first internal information to a server.
US12157411B1
A steering wheel instrument assembly includes a button assembly having a microprocessor and a push-button switch. A function table has a unified format code associated with the push-button switch and indicates a desired vehicle operation. The assembly includes a vehicle protocol adapter module having another microprocessor with a second function table having the unified format code associated with an OEM format code. The microprocessor of the button assembly retrieves the unified format code when the push-button switch is activated and sends the unified format code to the vehicle protocol adapter module. The vehicle protocol adapter module retrieves the OEM format code from the second function table in response to receiving the unified format code and sends the OEM format code to an engine control unit.
US12157405B2
A support element of a vehicle seat includes a body formed by a flexible supporting element and a rigid reinforcing element, with the flexible supporting element defining a cavity extending into a part of the body, the rigid reinforcing element extending into the cavity and being formed by a material that is stiffer than the flexible supporting element and having an affinity with the flexible supporting element. The body is further formed of at least one reinforcing ply extending against at least a part of the rigid reinforcing element.
US12157401B2
A solar ECU serving as a power generation control apparatus includes a solar DC-DC converter, an auxiliary DC-DC converter, an adjustment unit, and a correction unit. The solar DC-DC converter has an input side to which a solar panel mounted on a vehicle is connected. The auxiliary DC-DC converter has an input side to which an output side of the solar DC-DC converter is connected, and an output side to which an auxiliary battery is connected. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust an output power of the auxiliary DC-DC converter such that a voltage between the solar DC-DC converter and the auxiliary DC-DC converter becomes a predetermined value through control based on a predetermined control parameter. The correction unit is configured to correct the control parameter.
US12157399B2
The present application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling energy recovery, a controller, and an electric vehicle. The method includes: determining whether an electric vehicle is in a coasting energy recovery mode or a braking energy recovery mode; acquiring an energy recovery torque of the electric vehicle if the electric is in the coasting energy recovery mode or the braking energy recovery mode; and sending the energy recovery torque to a motor controller of the electric vehicle, whereby allowing the motor controller to control a motor of the electric vehicle to charge a battery of the electric vehicle. The method provided by embodiments of the present application can solve the problem that the method for controlling energy recovery in the prior art is difficult to reach a maximum energy recovery.
US12157396B2
An electrical storage system comprises a first energy storage system and a second energy storage system having a lower electrical energy density and a higher rated electrical power output capability than the first energy storage system, at least one electrical power sensor configured to sense over a plurality of time intervals, electrical power usage information for a load electrically coupled to the first energy storage system and the second energy storage system, and at least one computer processor programmed to determine based, at least in part, on the sensed electrical power usage information and a power requirement of the load in a current time interval, charging/discharging parameters for each of the first energy storage system and the second energy storage system, and control charging/discharging of each of the first and second energy storage systems in accordance with the determined charging/discharging parameters during the current time interval.
US12157393B2
A vehicle battery system includes a battery, storage, and one or more controllers. The storage maintains data defining power outputs for the battery at a plurality of predefined combinations of temperature and state of charge. The one or more controllers repeatedly update the data for some of the plurality based on temperatures and states of charge repeatedly encountered by the vehicle, update the data for other of the plurality based on data from a remote server, and discharge the battery according to the data for the some and other of the plurality.
US12157389B2
The present systems, devices, and methods relate to managing vehicle battery charging. Payment for charging is preauthorized, and a receipt for preauthorization is sent from a payment management device to a user device when the user device has access to internet or cellular communications. This preauthorization receipt is later sent from the user device to a charge station where internet or cellular communication is not available, to enable charging of the vehicle battery at the charge station. Another receipt is sent from the charge station to the user device after charging of the vehicle, indicating a payment amount for actual energy used to charge the battery. Later, when the user device has access to cellular or internet communications, the user device sends the receipt indicating payment amount for actual energy used to the payment management device, for final payment balancing.
US12157388B2
A control device that is mounted on a vehicle including a power storage device, the control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to, when external charging and update of software used in the vehicle are executed in parallel, reduce charging power in the external charging such that a predicted update time needed for the update of the software is less than a predicted charging time needed for the external charging in a case where a time condition is satisfied in which the predicted update time is equal to or longer than the predicted charging time, the external charging being charging of the power storage device using power from an external power source that is provided outside of the vehicle.
US12157387B2
Dynamic allocation of power modules for charging electric vehicles is described herein. A power cabinet includes multiple power modules that each are capable of supplying an amount of power to a dispenser. Multiple dispensers are coupled with the same power cabinet. A first power bus couples a first dispenser and switchably connects the power modules to the first dispenser; and a second power bus couples a second dispenser and switchably connects the power modules to the second dispenser. The power cabinet includes a control unit that is configured to cause the power modules to switchably connect and disconnect from the first power bus and the second power bus to dynamically allocate the power modules between the first dispenser and the second dispenser.
US12157378B2
Systems and methods related to propulsion battery mount assemblies for micro-mobility transit vehicles are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment the battery mount assembly includes a mounting rail having a first side comprising a contoured surface configured to align with a complementary contoured surface of a frame of a micro-mobility transit vehicle and a second side comprising a battery mounting surface opposite the first side and configured to receive a first securing assembly and a second securing assembly entirely disposed thereon and separately spaced to receive a battery pack therebetween. The battery mount assembly may be installed on the frame of a micro-mobility transit vehicle to assist in expedient replacement of battery packs that electrically power the micro-mobility transit vehicle.
US12157369B2
An energy recovery drive system includes a motor-generator that is structured to selectively operate in a motor mode and a generator mode. A first shaft is operatively coupled to a transmission power take-off shaft. A second shaft is operatively coupled to the motor-generator and to an alternative power source. The energy recovery drive system is controllably operated in a plurality of operating modes. In a first operating mode, the motor-generator is in torque providing engagement with each of the first and second shafts. In a second operating mode, the motor-generator is in torque communicating engagement with each of the first and second shafts. In a third operating mode, which the motor-generator is in torque communicating engagement with the second shaft and is disengaged from transferring torque to the first shaft and from receiving torque from the first shaft.
US12157361B2
A storage device for storing electric energy for a motor vehicle includes a storage housing that has a receiving area in which multiple storage cells for storing electric energy are received, and at least one housing part which at least partly delimits the receiving area. The housing part is reinforced by way of at least one reinforcing element formed separately from the housing part in at least one subregion. The reinforcing element has multiple separate through openings arranged at a distance from one another.
US12157358B2
The invention relates to a storage cell unit which has a housing and at least one longitudinal support which forms a lateral wall of the housing or is arranged adjacently to the lateral wall of the housing. The longitudinal support is designed as a hollow support which has at least one hollow chamber that extends in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal support and has a closed cross-section. The hollow chamber is equipped with a reinforcing element which extends over the majority of the length of the longitudinal support. The reinforcing element has a multichamber structure with a number of chambers adjoining one another.
US12157354B2
A door includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a window assembly including a window. The inner wall is configured to engage with a cab of a vehicle. The outer wall is coupled to the inner wall and spaced apart from the inner wall to form an interior cavity. The door is configured to move between a closed position in which the inner wall is engaged with the cab and an open position in which the inner wall is separated from the cab. In the closed position, at least a portion of the interior cavity is configured to be disposed outboard from the cab in a lateral direction. The window is slidably engaged to the door and configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the window is at least partially disposed in the portion of the interior cavity.
US12157350B2
Provided is an automotive glass setting apparatus. The apparatus includes a setting base supporting a glass having a plurality of edges, and a plurality of alignment units allowing the glass to be aligned with the setting base. The apparatus further includes a scanning unit scanning the edges of the glass, and a plurality of moving mechanisms moving the plurality of alignment units. Additionally, the apparatus includes a controller controlling the moving mechanisms based on data scanned by the scanning unit to align a center of the glass with a center of the setting base.
US12157348B2
An injection-type heat exchange module includes an outer tank configured with upper and lower chambers, the upper chamber being connected in such a manner that refrigerant is introduced thereinto from an outer condenser or an inner condenser, and the lower chamber being connected in such a manner that the refrigerant is introduced thereinto from an evaporator and that the refrigerant is discharged therefrom to a compressor, an inner tank arranged inside the outer tank and connected in such a manner that the refrigerant is discharged therefrom to the compressor or the evaporator; a first valve arranged in an upper end portion of the inner tank, a second valve arranged in a lower end portion thereof, and an actuator connected to both the first valve and the second valve and operating in such a manner that the first and second valves are rotated at the same time.
US12157340B2
A spring system of a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, includes a first spring/damper unit with a first stiffness and a first damping; a second spring/damper unit with a second stiffness and a second damping; and an additional mass as a tuned-mass absorber. The tuned-mass absorber is coupled to at least one negative stiffness. A vehicle having such a spring system and a method for adapting the stiffness of a spring system are provided.
US12157339B2
A steering wheel suspension structure of an omnidirectional mobile robot includes a steering wheel connecting ring, a plurality of leaf spring connecting beams and a chassis mounting section. The steering wheel suspension structure is an integrated plate structure. The steering wheel connecting ring is connected with a steering wheel, and the chassis mounting section is connected with a robot chassis. The leaf spring connecting beam is connected with the steering wheel connecting ring and the chassis mounting section, and the leaf spring connecting beam is used as the main component of suspension deformation. The suspension structure is simple, easy to install, light in weight, less in space, and highly integrated with the steering wheel assembly. When the suspension is deformed by the force, it weakens the radial force and only has the displacement and force in the vertical direction, thus ensuring the handling performance of the chassis.
US12157335B2
An axle assembly having an electric motor, a wheel end assembly, and a reduction gear module. The electric motor may have a rotor that is rotatable about a first axis. The wheel end assembly may be rotatable about a second axis that may be disposed above the first axis. The reduction gear module may transmit torque between the electric motor and the wheel end assembly.
US12157329B2
A security element (1) for papers of value or security papers has at least one first color-shifting region (2), wherein the security element (1) additionally has at least one second region (3), different from the first region (2), with structures (4), which reflect an image motif in different spatial regions, such that a moving image is produced for an observer when a light source (5) is moved correspondingly and/or when a viewing angle is changed, wherein, when the light source is moved and/or the viewing angle is changed, a movement of the image motif and a color-shifting effect occurs at the same time.
US12157296B2
An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a color-developing substance precursor, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a loss of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in an exposed area in the image-recording layer is 10% to 40% of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in a non-exposed area in the image-recording layer, and a method for preparing a lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor.
US12157294B2
A layered composite includes an insulation sheet and at least one scrim layer secured thereto. The at least one scrim layer may be embedded within the thickness of the insulation sheet, or bonded to a corresponding face of the insulation sheet, and have a tensile strength greater than that of the insulation sheet. As such, the scrim layer provides structural support to the insulation sheet as well as a trap for fibers or particles that may separate from the insulation sheet.
US12157289B2
An electronic device may have optical components that each have first and second transparent layers such as first and second glass layers. The glass layers may have outer surfaces that face away from each other and inner surfaces that face towards each other. A polymer layer is formed between the inner surfaces of the glass layers. Along the periphery of each optical component, a hermetic seal is formed to protect the polymer material of the polymer layer. The seal may include one or more metal layers that are coupled to the first and second glass layers. For example, glass prism rings may be coupled to the first and second glass layers and metal may be coupled to the prism rings. The one or more metal layers may then be bonded to the metal on the prism rings, such as through soldering.
US12157286B2
A steel sheet for hot stamping according to the present invention has a plating layer being attached in an amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less and having a Ni content of 10 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less with a remainder including Zn and impurities on a surface of a base steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in a surface layer region, 15.0% or more of the crystal grains of one or two kinds of unauto-tempered martensite and lower bainite are included in terms of area percentage, and the average dislocation density is 4×1015 m/m3.
US12157278B2
In an example, a method of sealing a bond cavity is described. The method comprises placing an adhesive around a perimeter of a first structure to be joined to a second structure. The method also comprises positioning the first structure relative to the second structure such that the adhesive is disposed between the first structure and the second structure. The method also comprises merging the first structure and the second structure until the first structure and the second structure are separated by a desired gap for bonding. The method also comprises heating the perimeter to at least partially cure the adhesive to form a leak-proof bond cavity perimeter between the first structure and the second structure.
US12157269B2
A lattice or solid structure for a medical device includes a first layer of first filaments discretely formed from at least one medical-grade silicone material. The first filaments are arranged in a predetermined pattern and may be directly adjacent to one another or spaced apart. Additional layers of filaments may be provided adjacent to the first layer, and chemically bonded thereto to form an integrated structure that is without interruption or with interstices therebetween.
US12157268B2
A control system for thermo optical control of focus position of an energy beam in an additive manufacturing apparatus has a first doped medium and a second doped medium, each of which is optically transparent and doped with a dopant. The first doped medium has a positive thermo-optical coefficient (dn/dT) and the second doped medium has a negative thermo-optical coefficient (dn/dT) and is in series with the first doped medium. An energy beam input or coupling is configured to generate or receive an energy beam that is required to be controlled, the energy beam being within a first wavelength range and directed towards the first and second doped mediums. An absorbed beam input or coupling is configured to generate or receive at least one absorbed beam in a second wavelength range which is different from the first wavelength range, the absorbed beam being directed towards the first and second doped mediums. The first and second doped mediums have a higher beam absorption characteristic in the second wavelength range than in the first wavelength range, causing the absorbed beam to have a higher absorption than the energy beam in the first and second doped mediums and the first and second doped mediums each have a coating which allows transmission at both the first and the second wavelength ranges.
US12157266B2
A gripper is disclosed for a draping frame having a gripper chassis and at least two opposing mutually movable gripper jaw elements for gripping a film element. The gripper jaw elements are provided on a gripper head part of the gripper. The gripper head part of the gripper is movably mounted, at least with one degree of freedom, relative to the gripper chassis.
US12157262B2
Techniques involve a machine system for producing or treating synthetic threads, comprising a plurality of machine components, having actuators and/or sensors, that are associated with a plurality of control components. The control components are connected by a machine network to a central machine control station. In order to remedy process disruptions as quickly as possible and to ensure uniform product quality, the control components are coupled in parallel to a central analysis station by an analysis network.
US12157261B2
Mixing and plasticating machine (100) for continuous conditioning processes, comprising: a housing (10) in which a hollow interior (18) is formed that is delimited by the interior peripheral surface of the housing (10) and extends in the longitudinal direction of the mixing and plasticating machine (100); a screw shaft (12) which extends through the interior (18) of the housing (10), rotates in the interior (18) of the housing (10) during operation and simultaneously moves translationally back and forth; a drive which rotates the screw shaft (12) during operation; and a filling device (36) arranged on the housing (10), for feeding at least one starting material into the interior (18) of the housing (10), the filling device (36) extending through a cut-out (42) that extends through the housing wall (40) or being connected to a cut-out (42) that extends through the housing wall (40), the filling device (36) comprising at least two cavities (54, 54′) that each extend over the height of the filling device (36), which cavities are separated from one another by at least one separating wall (52, 52′).
US12157259B2
The invention describes a process for starting up a film production in a film manufacturing machine, in particular a blown film machine, by means of a control device, comprising the following steps: detecting a start-up request setting start-up parameters providing film material commencing the film production setting film production parameters.
US12157255B1
A mold assembly comprises a mold sidewall surrounding a mold cavity. A material inlet passageway, through which plasticized material may be introduced into the mold cavity, is formed in an inlet end wall of the mold. A sliding core is mounted within the mold and advanceable between a seated position covering the inlet passageway and a retracted position spaced away from the inlet passageway to allow plasticized material to flow into the mold cavity. An annular plunger is slidably mounted on the sliding core and within the mold sidewall for applying a downward force on plasticized material introduced into the mold cavity. Fiber reinforcing inserts may be inserted into the mold prior to filling it with plasticized material and a source of Nitrogen gas is connected to an extruder for purging ambient air from the plastic material in the extruder prior to injection into the mold cavity.
US12157240B2
A cable tie cutting apparatus comprises a housing and a nosepiece assembly coupled to the housing. The nosepiece assembly comprises an upper portion, and a side portion and a front portion orthogonal to and extending from the upper portion. The front portion comprises a receiving element configured to receive a tail portion of a cable tie through a slotted opening and a vertical rail protruding from the front portion. The tool further comprises the blade member having a curved cutting edge and a rear planar surface that defines a channel that mates with the vertical rail of the nosepiece assembly.
US12157234B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating safety trajectories. One of the methods comprises causing, by a robotic control system, execution of a robotic control plan by a plurality of robotic components in a robotic execution environment; generating a safety trajectory at each of a plurality of time points during the execution of the robotic control plan, including: obtaining data identifying a current position of a particular robotic component of the plurality of robotic components; generating, using the obtained data, a safety trajectory for the particular robotic component; and providing the safety trajectory to an emergency control system; determining that an emergency condition has been met; and in response, transferring control of the particular robotic component from the robotic control system to the emergency control system, comprising causing, by the emergency control system, execution of the safety trajectory by the particular robotic component.
US12157232B2
A method for analyzing data provided by a robot system located in a plant. The method includes operating a plurality of robots in the robot system and collecting first level data concerning operating parameters of each robot while they are being operated. The method further includes analyzing the first level data in a first data collection device located in the plant using first level analyzation software, analyzing the analyzed first level data collected in a second data collection device using second level analyzation software, and analyzing the analyzed second level data collected in a third data collection device in the cloud using third level analyzation software. A web portal outside of the plant can be used to gain access to the analyzed third level data.
US12157231B2
A system and method for operating a robotic system to place objects into containers that have support walls is disclosed. The robotic system may detect an unexpected condition associated with a container during or before a real-time operation. Accordingly, the robotic system may dynamically adjust an existing packing plan based on detecting the unexpected condition.
US12157225B1
The present invention relates to a device that converts Cartesian coordinates into spherical coordinates, thereby providing an accurate and efficient solution for applications requiring precise spherical coordinate transformations. The device comprises a base, a first gantry, a second gantry, a first slider, a second slider, and a pair of spherical elements. The device offers a practical, cost-effective, and reliable alternative by focusing on mechanical components and reducing reliance on complex electronics. The device supports a broad range of applications, including scientific instruments, engineering tools, and educational devices, where precision and reliability are essential. The device converts the Cartesian coordinates into spherical coordinates, thereby providing an accurate and efficient solution for applications requiring precise spherical coordinate transformations.
US12157219B2
An ergonomic manual driver includes a handle having ergonomic recesses. A manual driver includes a shank and a handle attached to the shank. The handle includes a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion. The distal portion has a distal portion distal end cross section that includes polygonal perimeter line segments joined by intervening perimeter segments. The distal portion has a distal portion proximal end cross section that includes polygonal perimeter line segments joined by intervening perimeter segments. Orientations of the polygonal perimeter line segments of the distal portion distal end are offset rotationally by 15 degrees to 45 degrees around the shank axis relative to the polygonal perimeter line segments of the distal portion proximal end. The distal portion comprises distal portion recesses, which extend from the distal portion proximal end to the distal portion distal end.
US12157218B2
A power tool includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis, a gear drivable in response to rotation of the rotor, a motor compartment accommodating the motor, a rear cover covering a rear opening in the motor compartment, a gear case accommodating the gear and covering a front opening in the motor compartment, a first screw fastening the rear cover and the motor compartment together, and a second screw fastening the motor compartment and the gear case together, and at a different position from the first screw in a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis.
US12157216B2
A power tool, in particular an electric screwdriver, includes (i) a housing; (ii) an electric motor which is located in the housing and by way of which an insert tool located in a tool holder can be rotationally driven; (iii) and a control device which is designed to control a braking process of the electric motor in response to a braking request in order to stop the rotating insert tool. The braking process includes countercurrent braking. A method for braking an electric motor of a power tool, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also disclosed.
US12157213B2
Disclosed is a nail gun having an accidental shooting prevention structure. More particularly, the nail gun having an accidental shooting prevention structure has a function of controlling not to be shot when not loaded or continuously driven except when a nose of a contact member is pressed to a target object and, at the same time, a trigger is pulled.
US12157209B2
An electronic torque wrench (10) comprises a body with an axial extension along a longitudinal axis; a front end provided with a coupling (14) intended to engage the wrench on a joint to be tightened by manual rotation around a rotation axis (15) which is transverse to the longitudinal axis (11); a handle (13) along the body for operating the wrench; and a sensor (16) for detecting a torque applied with the wrench to the coupling (14) and comprising two flex sensor elements (16a and 16b) which are arranged spaced apart along the longitudinal axis (11). An electronic control circuit (17) is connected to the sensor (16) for receiving signals from it and applying a method which comprises the steps of calculating, depending on the flexing values detected by the two sensor elements (16a and 16b), whether the flexing value detected by the sensor element closest to the front end is less than the flexing value detected by the sensor element farthest from the end front; and, if so, emitting an error signal.
US12157207B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a handheld power tool having an electric motor, the method comprising: S1 providing at least one model signal waveform that is associated with a work progress of the handheld power tool; S2 determining a signal of an operating variable of the electric motor; S3 comparing the signal of the operating variable with the model signal waveform and determining a conformity evaluation on the basis thereof; S4 identifying the work progress at least partially using the conformity evaluation; S5 executing a first routine of the handheld power tool at least partially on the basis of the work progress identified in method step S4. The disclosure also relates to a handheld power tool, in particular an impact driver, comprising an electric motor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to carry out a method according to the disclosure.
US12157206B2
Sockets, for example, hexagon sockets, dodecagonal sockets, and splined sockets, that have inner surface geometries adapted to engage a flank of a fastener at a point away from a corner of the fastener. In general, the sockets engage the flank of the fastener at a distance of about 30 to 60 percent of half a length of the flank away from the corner of the fastener. This increases the strength and life of the socket, reduces a risk of the fastener becoming locked or stuck in the socket, and reduces the risk of the fastener being stripped or the socket slipping on the fastener.
US12157205B2
The present disclosure discloses a flamed-based vacuum generator, including a shell and a combustion assembly, where the shell has a cavity, the cavity being a space having at least one opening, and the combustion assembly includes a combustible object and an igniter, the igniter being configured to ignite the combustible object, the combustible object generating a flame in the cavity, and the flame extinguishing in the cavity. In the present disclosure, through in-depth study of the internal mechanism of vacuum generated by flame combustion, it is found that the extinguishing process of a flame is the key to the generation of vacuum, and a larger flame and more sufficient combustion indicate a higher vacuum pressure generated in the cavity after the flame is extinguished.
US12157198B2
An assembling equipment is for attaching a component to a workpiece. The assembling equipment includes a platform, a conveying mechanism, a first attaching mechanism, a film removing mechanism, and a second attaching mechanism. The conveying mechanism transports a positioning assembly carrying a workpiece to a first station. The first attaching mechanism attaches a first component with a protective film to the workpiece at the first station. The conveying mechanism transports the positioning assembly to a second station, and the film removing mechanism at the second station removes the protective film from the workpiece. The conveying mechanism transports the positioning assembly to a third station. The second attaching mechanism at the third station attaches a second component to the first component on the workpiece to be connected together. The assembling equipment reduces manual labor intensity and labor costs and improves efficiency of production and the product quality.
US12157192B2
A dual walled component includes a spar comprising a plurality of pedestals; a coversheet attached to a first set of pedestals from the plurality of pedestals; and a repaired coversheet portion attached to a second set of pedestals from the plurality of pedestals and to the coversheet, where the repaired coversheet portion includes a braze material.
US12157190B2
Disclosed example power supplies, user interfaces, and methods provide for monitoring, analysis and/or presentation of input power characteristics for a welding-type power supply and/or wire feeder. A welding system includes a power supply to deliver power to a welding torch based on one or more input power characteristics. The input power characteristics may correspond to received input power characteristics values during a welding procedure. The input power characteristics are responsive to the power demanded during the welding operation and may change accordingly. To maintain an accounting of the input power characteristics and their values as they change during the welding operation, control circuitry may receive information regarding the input characteristics, analyze the information, and/or generate presentable indicators for display on one or more graphical interfaces.
US12157189B2
Provided is a joint structure. The joint structure includes a first structure, and a second structure joined to the first structure via a joint portion formed of a Au—Sn-based alloy, wherein a thickness of the joint portion is 3 μm or more and 50 μm or less.
US12157187B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a support portion, a first laser processing head, a second laser processing head, a first vertical movement mechanism, a second vertical movement mechanism, a first horizontal movement mechanism, a second horizontal movement mechanism, and a controller configured to control rotation of the support portion, emission of a first and a second laser lights from the first and the second laser processing heads, and movement of a first and a second focusing points.
US12157182B2
A surface treating method and apparatus include operating a quasi-continuous wave fiber laser and pre-scan shaping the laser beam such that an instantaneous spot beam has predetermined geometrical dimensions, intensity profile, and power; operating a scanner at an optimal angular velocity and angular range to divide the pre-scan beam into at least one sub-beam deflected toward the surface being processed; guiding the sub-beam through a post-scan optical assembly to provide the spot beam with predetermined geometrical dimensions, power, and angular velocity and range, which are selected such that the instantaneous spot beam is dragged in a scan direction over a desired length at a desired scan velocity, which allow the treated surface to be exposed for a predetermined exposure duration and have a predetermined fluence distribution providing the treated surface with a quality comparable to that of the surface processed by an excimer laser or a burst-mode fiber laser.
US12157177B2
A cutting disc for a machine for harvesting stem-like plants includes a number of elements which together can be attached or are attached to a bracket forming a circular ring with an outer cutting edge. At least one of the elements is attachable to the bracket in a first position, in which a first edge of the element forms the outer cutting edge, and in a second position, in which a second edge of the element forms the outer cutting edge. No matter whether the element is in the first of second position, a circular cutting edge is made up.
US12157174B2
A tube-facing machine includes a driving unit including a driving shaft and a motor for rotating the driving shaft, a cutting unit including a cutting tip mounted to the front end of the driving shaft and having a blade, and a tube-mounting unit. The cutting tip is disposed such that an angle between an imaginary reference line extending outwards from the center point of the tube in a radial direction and an imaginary line extending from the center point of the tube to a point at which the blade meets the inner circumference of the tube in a rotating direction of the cutting tip is greater than an angle between the imaginary reference line and another imaginary line extending from the center point of the tube to a point at which the blade meets the outer circumference of the tube in the rotating direction of the cutting tip.
US12157169B2
A metal powder-based manufacturing system is provided and comprises: a sealed vessel defining a manufacturing chamber; a metal transformation/conversion unit contained in the manufacturing chamber and configured to heat a metal-based feedstock for transformation/conversion; an inert gas source in gas communication with the manufacturing chamber to supply inert gas therein, the inert gas source being operatively connected to the manufacturing chamber through an inert gas line; and at least one gas purifying unit in gas communication with the manufacturing chamber to purify the inert gas to obtain a purified inert gas having an oxygen partial pressure below about 100 ppb. A process for transforming/converting metal in a purified inert gas atmosphere.
US12157167B2
A powder bed fusion system is provided. The system comprises a build area with a movable build plate. Two powder overflow and extraction (POE) chambers flank the build area on opposite sides. Two dispensing chambers flank the POE chambers, opposite the build area. Two reservoir chambers flank the dispensing chambers, opposite the POE chambers. A recoater device is configured to move build material from the dispensing chambers or reservoir chambers to the build area. An energy source is configured to generate an energy beam. An energy beam positioning device is configured to selectively direct the energy beam within the build area. A controller is programmed to control, according to a 3D model of a part, the energy source, energy beam positioning device, recoater device, build plate, and vertically movable plates within the POE chambers, dispensing chambers, and reservoir chambers.
US12157156B2
In preset calculation, a plurality of cooling banks are set to be feedforward or feedback banks, and each of water injection amounts in these banks is calculated. In cooling history management, a recalculation position for re-executing the feedback calculation is set. In feedback calculation, a temperature correction value for compensating a delay due to a conveyance time period from a position of the feedback bank to a position of a delivery side pyrometer, and a response delay of the feedback bank is calculated, when a segment reaches the recalculation position. In the feedback calculation, each of water injection amounts in the feedback banks that is calculated in the preset calculation is changed for each of segments based on a delivery side temperature target value, a delivery side temperature actual value calculated for each of the segments, a delivery side temperature prediction value that is recalculated, and the temperature correction value.
US12157152B2
A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.
US12157146B2
Devices and systems are provided for improved article sortation. An example sortation device includes a frame and a sortation table movably attached to the frame. The sortation table defines a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a body extending therebetween. The second end pivotally attaches the sortation table to the frame, and the body defines a first surface configured to support an article thereon. The sortation device performs a tilt operation in which the sortation table rotates about the pivotal attachment between the second end and the frame in a first direction. The sortation device also performs a bomb bay operation in which the sortation table rotates about the pivotal attachment between the second end and the frame in a second direction opposite the first direction. An example sortation system is provided that includes two or more of the example sortation devices.
US12157133B2
A fluid spraying facility including a fluid circulation pipe and a scraper that can circulate in the pipe in order to push back the fluid present in the pipe as it moves forward, the pipe and the scraper each having a circular section, the pipe having an inner diameter, the scraper having an outer diameter, the outer diameter having a first value. A difference between the inner diameter of the pipe and the first outer diameter value of the scraper is greater than or equal to 100 micrometers, preferably greater than or equal to 200 micrometers.
US12157129B2
A showerhead includes a flow device and a flow distribution member. The flow device is configured to produce a substantially laminar fluid stream. The flow distribution member is coupled to the flow device and is spaced apart from the flow device. The flow distribution member is configured to receive the substantially laminar fluid stream from the flow device and to produce a distributed fluid flow.
US12157127B2
An energy-saving double-bearing vertical grinding mill for dry grinding and shaping, comprising a shell, a permanent magnet variable frequency motor arranged above the shell, a rotating shaft connected with the output end of the permanent magnet variable frequency motor, and a double-spiral rotor arranged on the rotating shaft, wherein a grinding chamber is formed in the shell, wherein an upper bearing and a lower bearing are respectively arranged at top and bottom of the grinding chamber, wherein the upper bearing and the lower bearing are both sleeved on the rotating shaft and are respectively located at upper end and lower end of the rotating shaft, wherein the upper bearing and the lower bearing are both rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, wherein the grinding chamber is filled with a grinding medium.
US12157116B2
A plugged honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells; and a plugging portion disposed at one end of the cells, wherein, in a section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cell, the cells each have a shape that is polygon, and one of the inflow cells and another are adjacent to each other with the partition wall therebetween, and in the section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cell, a total area of the inflow cell is larger than a total area of the outflow cell, a porosity of the partition wall is 38% or more, a thickness of the partition wall is 125 μm or more and 280 μm or less, a cell density of the honeycomb structure body is 31.0 cells/cm2 or more, and an air-permeability resistance of the partition wall is 4.5×107Pa·s/m2 or less.
US12157113B2
A method for making a magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes reacting a ferrocenyl phosphine compound with an amino alcohol compound to form a ligand having a phosphine group, an amine group and at least one hydroxyl group; anchoring the ligand to a surface of magnetic nanoparticles via an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group to form a ligand complex; combining the ligand complex with a metal precursor comprising Rh to bind the metal precursor with the ligand complex and form the magnetic-particle-supported catalyst. The magnetic-particle-supported catalyst is a Rh complex of magnetic-Fe3O4-nanoparticle-supported ferrocenyl phosphine catalyst.
US12157088B2
A service system for gas compartments with a gas treatment device for treating a gas present in at least one gas compartment, at least one sensor device for monitoring at least one gas property of the gas, at least one connection coupled to the gas treatment device and the at least one sensor device, which connection is intended for coupling to the gas compartment, at least one conveying device for conveying a gas from the gas compartment into the gas treatment device and from the gas treatment device at least indirectly back into the gas compartment, and at least one control unit which is connected at least to the sensor device and monitors and controls at least the conveying device and/or the gas treatment device.
US12157079B2
An air filter assembly includes a filter element having at least one variable dimension, and a frame for engaging and supporting the filter element. The frame may include a plurality of linear segments forming a rectangular configuration, and a plurality of clips for connecting the linear segments together at corners thereof. The linear segments may be L-channel segments, C-channel segments, or may be of other form. Clips may be used for connecting the linear segments together at the corners. The filter element may have a pattern of creases or fold lines to facilitate folding thereof from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration. A grate may be included for spanning an area bounded by the frame to support the filter element. The grate may have multiple arms and a central hub. An edge treatment may form a seal between the filter element and the frame.
US12157075B2
Sand separation systems and methods according to which one or more energy sensors are adapted to detect a response to energy imparted to a sand separator of a known type. One or more computers are adapted to communicate with the one or more energy sensors. The one or more computers and/or the one or more energy sensors are pre-tuned. The one or more computers are configured to determine the unknown sand level in the sand separator of the known type based on: the response detected by the one or more energy sensors, and the pre-tuning of the one or more energy sensors and/or the one or more computers.
US12157072B2
A system, machine, and methods for selectively extracting chemicals from plant material without co-extracting chlorophyll, lipids and other undesirable constituents from plants, is described here. Extraction uses super-cooled solvents, such as 100% ethanol. The system and method provides plant extracts that are enriched in active compounds, and depleted in chlorophyll.
US12157060B2
A method and system for transition between three dimensional computer-generated environments comprises generating a first three dimensional computer-generated environment including a player avatar controllable by a user within the first three dimensional computer-generated environment, displaying, within the first three dimensional computer-generated environment, a portion of a second three dimensional computer-generated environment at a location visible to the player avatar, accepting interaction by the player avatar with the portion of the second three dimensional computer-generated environment indicating that the player avatar wishes to join the second three dimensional computer-generated environment, and causing the player avatar to transition from the first three dimensional computer-generated environment to the second three dimensional computer-generated environment in response to the interaction.
US12157056B2
A virtual environment display method and apparatus, for human-machine interaction, which displays a first interface including object display pages of virtual objects belonging to a first group and object display pages of virtual objects in a second group, at least one virtual object having a skin on a corresponding object display page; switches, in response to skins that are owned by the virtual objects in the same group and that belong to the same skin series meeting a trigger condition, a specified environment element in a virtual environment to a virtual environment element corresponding to the skin series, the virtual environment for the virtual objects belonging to the first group and the virtual objects belonging to the second group to perform a movement; and displays a second interface including a picture acquired from the virtual environment, the virtual environment including the virtual environment element corresponding to the skin series.
US12157053B2
Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform; effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform; obtain second view information that includes a second graphical user interface; and effectuate a second presentation of the first user playing the game to a second user.
US12157050B2
Sports field marking equipment includes a) a paint applying means adapted for marking a sports field on a surface; b) a position determining device configured for determining the position of the sports field marking equipment; c) a distance sensor configured for detecting a goal and/or corner post and the distance thereto; d) a first processor; and e) a first memory coupled to the first processor. The first memory includes program instructions executable by the first processor for receiving a goal and/or corner post detection signal and the measured distance from the distance sensor to the goal and/or corner post; receiving the position and direction of the sports field marking equipment from the position determining device at the time of receiving the detection signal; computing waypoint coordinates of the goal and/or corner post based on the received data; and storing the computed waypoint coordinates of the goal and/or corner post.
US12157046B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a basketball backboard. The basketball backboard includes a display screen, a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data regarding a shot attempt of a user, imaging devices configured to generate image data of the shot attempt, a speaker, and a control unit. The control unit can receive (i) the sensor data from the plurality of sensors and (ii) the image data from the imaging devices. Based on the received sensor data, the control unit can determine whether the shot attempt was successful. Based on the received image data and whether the shot attempt was successful, the control unit can generate analytics that indicate characteristics of the user and the shot attempt and recommendations for improving the shot attempt for subsequent shot attempts. The control unit can provide output data representing the analytics.
US12157036B2
Casing compositions including carboxylic acid groups, cover compositions including an adhesion promoter with functional groups that crosslink with carboxylic acid groups, and golf balls made from such compositions that have crosslinks between functional groups of the cover compositions and the carboxylic acid groups. The type and concentration of the components in the casing and cover compositions, including the adhesion promoter, affect the adhesion between golf balls having components made from such compositions and, thus, can be used to produce a golf ball having increased durability. Additionally, methods of crosslinking casing and cover layers made from such casing and cover compositions to increase interlayer adhesion are disclosed.
US12157033B2
The mouthpiece includes an enhanced mouthpiece, a data sensor, and a personal data device. The data sensor collects data regarding the bite force, the number of bites and the duration of each bite. The data sensor wirelessly transfers the collected data to a personal data device.
US12157031B2
An exercise treadmill is disclosed. The treadmill can include one or more sensors to acquire input data. A computer system can trigger one or more actions based on the input data. The input data can correspond to a lengthwise position of the user along a length of a usable surface of the platform and/or a lateral position of the user on the belt. The action(s) can include providing feedback to the user and/or adjusting rotation of the belt and/or a resistance of rotation of the belt. The adjustment can be performed in response to input from a user control requesting the adjustment.
US12157029B2
According to an embodiment, a process apparatus performs processing on a byproduct generated in a reaction of a raw material including silicon and a halogen element or in a reaction between a raw material including silicon and a raw material including a halogen element. The apparatus includes a process liquid tank, a processing tank, a supplier and an exhauster. A process target member including the byproduct is introduced into the processing tank. The supplier supplies the process liquid from the process liquid tank to the processing tank and performs processing on the byproduct with the supplied process liquid. The exhauster exhausts a gas generated by reaction between the process liquid and the byproduct from the processing tank.
US12157022B2
A device and method for protecting and installing a fire protection sprinkler. The protective and installation device has two discrete protective members coupled to one another about the sprinkler by a releasable locking arrangement defined by a connection between the two discrete protective members. At least one of the members includes a torque assist portion for applying torque to the fire protection sprinkler and each of the members includes a deflector protection portion.
US12157017B2
A device which utilizes low intensity extracorporeal shock therapy for purposes of treating soft tissue damage, cellulite reduction, or erectile dysfunction, to permit a simple, inexpensive, robust, home use solution which permits self-applied treatment for various parts of the user's body with a form factor, display, information, guidance, tutorials and training, marketing communication and purchase opportunities, viewing angle, timers, annunciators, sound attenuation, and payment options which provide an untrained amateur user with all tools and guidance necessary to properly, effectively, safely and affordably self-administer treatments.
US12157005B2
A method for providing electrical stimulation to a user as a user performs a set of tasks during a time window, the method comprising: providing an electrical stimulation treatment, characterized by a stimulation parameter and a set of portions, to a brain region of the user in association with the time window; for each task of the set of tasks: receiving a signal stream characterizing a neurological state of the user; from the signal stream, identifying a neurological signature characterizing the neurological state associated with the task; and modulating the electrical stimulation treatment provided to the brain region of the user based upon the neurological signature, wherein modulating comprises delivering a portion of the set of portions of the electrical stimulation treatment to the brain region of the user, while maintaining an aggregate amount of the stimulation parameter of the treatment provided during the time window below a maximum limit.
US12157003B2
Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.
