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US11106976B2	Neural network output layer for machine learning Techniques for a neural network output layer for machine learning are disclosed. A plurality of processing elements within a reconfigurable fabric is configured to implement a data flow graph, where the data flow graph implements a neural network. The data flow graph can include machine learning or deep learning. A layer is implemented, within the neural network, that maps a first vector of real values to a second vector of real values bounded by zero and one, where the second vector sums to a value of one using fixed-point calculations. The layer can include a final layer within the neural network. The layer that maps the first vector includes a Softmax function. Results of the neural network are classified based on a value of the second vector. The classifying can include part of a machine learning or a deep learning process.
US11106969B2	Method and apparatus for driver identification leveraging telematics data Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for identifying a driver of a vehicle. Measurement values representing the movement of a vehicle are received from one or more sensors measuring features relating to the movement of the vehicle. Instantaneous dimensions for measuring driver identification are defined. For each dimension statistical features within a given time frame are calculated and a feature map is built, including the time frame and the statistical features. A set of driving features is extracted from the feature map. The set of extracted driving features is compared with previously extracted sets of driving features to create a set of similarity metrics between two drivers. A classification model is trained based on the similarity metrics and is used with the similarity metrics to determine whether data pertaining to a new trip segment should be associated with a known or unknown driver.
US11106968B1	Circuit arrangements and methods for traversing input feature maps A circuit arrangement includes a buffer, a height traversal circuit configured to generate a sequence of IFM height values in response to first control signals, a width traversal circuit configured to generate a sequence of IFM width values in response to second control signals, a control circuit, and an address generation circuit. The control circuit is configured to input an OFM height, an OFM width, a kernel height, and a kernel width; generate the first control signals at times based on the OFM height and the kernel height; and generate the second control signals at times based on the OFM width and the kernel width. The address generation circuit is configured to generate a sequence of addresses based on the sequences of IFM height values and IFM width values, provide the sequence of addresses to the buffer, and enable reading from the buffer.
US11106952B2	Alternative modalities generation for digital content based on presentation context A system and associated processes may generate new modalities by receiving content associated with an original modality. An appropriateness of an alternative modality may be determined based on at least one of a device available to present the content, a user profile, and a contextual factor regarding an environment of a user intended to receive the content. Source content semantics associated with the content may be automatically determined, and an alternative modality based on the determined source content semantics may be generated and used to present the content to the user.
US11106947B2	System and method of classifying an action or event A method of classifying an action or event using an artificial neural network. The method comprises obtaining a first and a second plurality of feature responses, corresponding to point data in a first channel and a second channel respectively. Each of the first and second plurality of feature responses have associated temporal and spatial position values, the first and second plurality of feature responses relating to a plurality of objects. The method also comprises generating a third plurality of feature responses based on one of the first plurality of feature responses and one of the second plurality of feature responses, and a weighted combination of associated temporal and spatial position values of the corresponding one of the first and second plurality of feature responses; and classifying an action or event relating to the objects using the artificial neural network based on the third plurality of feature responses.
US11106940B2	Training of a classifier A method and a device for improved training of a classifier. For this purpose, the device for detecting an object has a first image recording device, which is situated in a first position for recording the object from a first perspective. The device furthermore has a stored first classifier, which is configured to detect the object based on the recorded first perspective. At least one second image recording device is situated in a second position for recording the object from a second perspective, which differs from the first perspective. Furthermore, a data processing device is configured to detect the object recorded by the first image recording device based on the first classifier and to assign to the second perspective a class predetermined by the first classifier. This makes it possible to expand the existing classifier to include the detection of the object from different additional perspectives.
US11106939B2	Processing method for high order tensor data A processing method for high-order tensor data, which can avoid that the vectorization process of the image observation sample set damage the internal structure of the data, simplify the large amount of redundant information in the high-order tensor data in the image observation sample set, and improve the image processing speed. In this processing method for high-order tensor data, the high-order tensor data are divided into three parts: the shared subspace component, the personality subspace component and the noise part; the shared subspace component and the personality subspace component respectively represent the high-order tensor data as a group of linear combination of the tensor base and the vector coefficient; the variational EM method is used to solve the base tensor and the vector coefficient; design a classifier to classify the test samples by comparing the edge distribution of samples.
US11106938B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for lighting processing on image using model data An image processing apparatus generates a normal image, when lighting correction of an image is performed using three-dimensional shape data. Three-dimensional shape data of a predetermined object is adjusted with a subject in position, based on a feature pattern detected in image data, and lighting processing for correcting a pixel value of the image data is performed based on the adjusted three-dimensional shape data, distance information of the subject, and a position of a virtual light source. When the three-dimensional shape data is adjusted with the image data in position, a region having a large irregularity in the three-dimensional shape data is preferentially adjusted in position.
US11106936B2	Object point cloud comparison and matching Point clouds of objects are compared and matched using logical arrays based on the point clouds. The point clouds are azimuth aligned and translation aligned. The point clouds are converted into logical arrays for ease of processing. Then the logical arrays are compared (e.g. using the AND function and counting matches between the two logical arrays). The comparison is done at various quantization levels to determine which quantization level is likely to give the best object comparison result. Then the object comparison is made. More than two objects may be compared and the best match found.
US11106935B2	Pooling method and device, pooling system, computer-readable storage medium Described herein is a pooling method and device, pooling system, computer-readable storage. The pooling method comprises: acquiring pixel data of each column in a pooling window column by column, each time after the pooling window is moved; performing a pooling operation on all of the pooling data in the pooling window when the last column of pixel data in the pooling window is acquired; and outputting a pooling result of the pooling operation. The technical solution of the invention may improve the pooling efficiency and the system performance.
US11106934B2	Automatic visual display overlays of contextually related data from multiple applications Systems and methods for automatic visual display overlays of contextually related data from multiple applications are provided. The method includes: capturing an image of at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application visually displayed on a computerized display device; identifying at least one primary contextual data point within the captured image; searching for at least one secondary data point in at least a second application, wherein the at least one secondary data point is contextually relevant to the primary contextual data point; fetching the at least one secondary data point from the second application; and visually displaying a panel on the computerized display device concurrently with at least a portion of the GUI of the first application, wherein the panel includes the at least one secondary data point.
US11106928B2	Carrier-assisted tracking A method includes one or more processors of a payload releasably coupled to a carrier detecting a deviation of a target from an expected target position within an image captured by an image sensor of the payload, and generating one or more control signals for the carrier based at least in part on the detected deviation of the target. The one or more control signals cause the carrier to change a pose of the payload so as to reduce the detected deviation in a subsequent image captured by the image sensor.
US11106923B2	Method of checking surrounding condition of vehicle Disclosed is a method of checking a surrounding condition of a vehicle. The method of checking a surrounding condition of a vehicle may comprise identifying at least one connectable client in the vehicle, communicating with the identified client to verify performance of the client based on a determination criterion of the performance of the client, assigning an algorithm corresponding to the client based on the verified performance of the client, and checking a surrounding condition of the vehicle based on information obtained from the client as a result of processing image data according to the algorithm in the case of acquiring the image data through a sensor of the vehicle. The vehicle of the present invention can be connected to an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services and so on.
US11106922B2	System and method for collecting data from lanes-of-interest In one embodiment, a method for collecting lane data is disclosed. The method includes collecting lane data, for a lane of a plurality of lanes of a road, from one or more sensors of a vehicle traveling in the lane. The method includes receiving an identifier of a lane of the plurality of lanes. The identified lane is a lane-of-interest and is different from the lane that the vehicle is traveling in. The method includes determining that the vehicle is not occupied. The method includes causing, in response to determining that the vehicle is not occupied, the vehicle to travel in the lane-of-interest. The method includes collecting lane data, for the lane-of-interest from the one or more sensors.
US11106915B1	Generating in a gaze tracking device augmented reality representations for objects in a user line-of-sight Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating in a gaze tracking device augmented reality representations for objects in a user line-of-sight. A determination is made of user coordinates of a user position and coordinates of an axis of a line-of-sight of the user from the gaze tracking device. Requested object information is received indicating objects along the axis of the line-of-sight at different distances from the user position, including a first object in the line-of-sight that is visible to the user at a first distance from the user position and at least one additional object. Each of the at least one additional object is at a further distance from the user position than the first distance. Descriptions of the objects are rendered to the user in a view of the gaze tracking device along the axis of the line-of-sight.
US11106902B2	Interaction detection model for identifying human-object interactions in image content Certain embodiments detect human-object interactions in image content. For example, human-object interaction metadata is applied to an input image, thereby identifying contact between a part of a depicted human and a part of a depicted object. Applying the human-object interaction metadata involves computing a joint-location heat map by applying a pose estimation subnet to the input image and a contact-point heat map by applying an object contact subnet to the to the input image. The human-object interaction metadata is generated by applying an interaction-detection subnet to the joint-location heat map and the contact-point heat map. The interaction-detection subnet is trained to identify an interaction based on joint-object contact pairs, where a joint-object contact pair includes a relationship between a human joint location and a contact point. An image search system or other computing system is provided with access to the input image having the human-object interaction metadata.
US11106898B2	Lossy facial expression training data pipeline Systems and methods allow a data labeler to identify an expression in an image of a labelee's face without being provided with the image. In one aspect, the image of the labelee's face is analyzed to identify facial landmarks. A labeler is selected from a database who has similar facial characteristics to the labelee. A geometric mesh is built of the labeler's face and the geometric mesh is deformed based on the facial landmarks identified from the image of the labelee. The labeler may identify the facial expression or emotion of the geometric mesh.
US11106882B2	Fingerprint sensing unit and display device including the same The fingerprint sensing unit including: a substrate; a scan line disposed on the substrate and extending along a first direction; a common power line disposed on the substrate and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction; a thin film transistor connected to the scan line and the common power line; a sensing electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a first lens disposed on the sensing electrode and protruding in a direction away from the sensing electrode; and a first light blocking layer disposed on the sensing electrode and surrounding the first lens.
US11106879B2	Multilingual translation device and method A multilingual translation device and method. The multilingual translation device may obtain a multilingual sentence, obtain vector values corresponding to words included in the multilingual sentence by using a multilingual translation model, convert the obtained vector values into vector values corresponding to a target language, and obtain a sentence in the target language, based on the vector values corresponding to the target language.
US11106877B2	Dynamic text generation for social media posts Utilizing a computing device to share a social media post with automatically generated dynamic text in a social media service in real time. A computing device receives a social media post from a social media user computer. The computing device monitors social media activities of a social media user computer. The computing device accesses one or more social media activities of social media follower computers. The computing device compares social media activities of the social media user computer with the one or more social media activities of social media follower computers. The computing device aligns the received social media post to a preference model. The computing device generates dynamic text in real time to accompany the received social media post. The computing device outputs the generated dynamic text to the social media user computer to accompany the received social media post.
US11106868B2	System and method for language model personalization A method, an electronic device, and computer readable medium is provided. The method includes identifying a set of observable features associated with one or more users. The method also includes generating latent features from the set of observable features. The method additionally includes sorting the latent features into one or more clusters. Each of the one or more clusters represents verbal utterances of a group of users that share a portion of the latent features. The method further includes generating a language model that corresponds to a specific cluster of the one or more clusters. The language model represents a probability ranking of the verbal utterances that are associated with the group of users of the specific cluster.
US11106866B2	Interactive interface for improving the management of datasets The invention relates to the field of data representation, for example for spreadsheet applications. The invention comprises accessing a dataset comprising values of variables for a plurality of objects. The invention further comprises generating a raw representation of the value, and a synthetic representation of the values for a variable, which depends on the type of variable. The synthetic representation of values comprises a plurality of elements, each elements corresponding to a plurality of values of the variable for a plurality of objects. The invention comprises receiving from a user a selection of an element of the synthetic representation, and selecting the corresponding plurality of objects. The type of synthetic representation being dependent upon the type of variable, the invention allows the user to easily and intuitively select objects interest him/her.
US11106862B2	Combining modalities for collaborating while editing and annotating files A communication system and related methods are described. The communication system includes a communication server computer and multiple user computers. The communication server computer maintains synchronization of multiple copies of a graphical user interface (“GUI”) presented by the multiple user computers. The GUI implements a multi-user, digital communication environment and includes a chat area where communications are organized by time and a document editing area where communications are organized by subject. The GUI enables integration of the chat area and the document editing area and allows users to communicate across multiple communication modalities seamlessly and in real time.
US11106861B2	Logical, recursive definition of data transformations Techniques and solutions are described for defining transformation specifications in a programming-language independent language and converting such specifications to one or more executable formats. The language can provide for defining rules and actions. Rules can refer to (e.g., be based at least in part on) data targets, such as attributes of a schema, whose identifiers are to be read or updated, or to other rules. Rules can be reused, and can recursively refer to one another, such that a large number of complex schema transformations can be accomplished using a series of first order logic statements. Actions can define what, and how, values will be changed when a predicate rule is satisfied. A transformation specification in the language can be parsed and selectively complied to one or more executable formats, including in programming languages such as the structured query language. Disclosed technologies can facilitate data transformations by non-technical users.
US11106856B2	Document architecture with fragment-driven role based access controls A document production system may construct a document from fragments based on a theme associated with the document. The theme may contain section(s), each section having an access control list (ACL) associated therewith. The ACL may specify role-based user group(s) and permission(s) for the role-based user group(s). The system may evaluable rules applicable to the document. At least one rule may pertain to the ACL(s). The evaluation may include, at least in part, utilizing user login information received over a network from a client device. In constructing the document, the system may assemble the document in accordance with the rules and utilizing the fragments and meta information that describes the document. The system may render the document thus assembled utilizing the ACL, generate a view of the document, and communicate the view of the document over the network to the client device for presentation on the client device.
US11106852B2	Standard cell and semiconductor device including anchor nodes and method of making A semiconductor device includes a first cell. The first cell includes a first functional feature, a first sensitivity region, at least one anchor node, wherein each of the at least one anchor node is different from the first functional feature, and a number of anchor nodes of the at least one anchor node linked to the first functional feature is based on a position of the first functional feature relative to the first sensitivity region. The semiconductor device further includes a second cell abutting the first cell. The second cell includes a second functional feature, wherein the second functional feature satisfies a minimum spacing requirement with respect to the first functional feature.
US11106848B2	Diagnostic resolution enhancement with reversible scan chains This application discloses a computing system implementing an automatic test pattern generation tool can generate test patterns to apply to a reversible scan chain in an integrated circuit. The reversible scan chain can be configured to serially load and unload the test patterns in multiple directions to generate test responses. The computing system can implement a defect diagnosis tool to detect a presence of a suspected defect associated with the reversible scan chain based on the test responses, identify which of the multiple directions used to load and unload the test patterns corresponds to the suspected defect in the reversible scan chain based on the test responses, and determine a portion of the integrated circuit to inspect for a manufacturing fault corresponding to the suspected defect based, at least in part, on the identification of which of the multiple directions corresponds to the suspected defect in the reversible scan chain.
US11106846B1	Systems and methods for emulation data array compaction A compaction circuit in an emulation system may store in a data array emulation data that may be read in subsequent emulation steps. For each emulation step, the compaction circuit may receive keeptags from a local control store word of the emulation step and store portions of emulation data identified by the keeptags. The keeptags in the control store words may be inserted by a compiler based upon whether a corresponding read port of emulation processor reads the stored data in the subsequent steps. The compaction circuit may also translate the logical read address of the stored data to a physical read address in the shared data array. A dynamic modification engine may enable dynamic modification of netlists while using the compacted data array. In response to a request, the dynamic modification engine may modify one or more keeptags and update read addresses in the control store words.
US11106845B2	Visualizing or interacting with a quantum processor Techniques and a system for visualization or interaction with a quantum processor are provided. In one example, a system includes a quantum programming component and a visualization component. The quantum programming component manages a quantum programming process to generate topology data for a quantum processor that is indicative of a physical topology of a set of qubits associated with the quantum processor. The visualization component generates visualization data for the topology data that comprises a set of planar slice elements arranged to correspond to the physical topology of the set of qubits. The set of planar slice elements indicate one or more operations performed at a time step associated with the quantum programming process.
US11106842B2	Structural design systems and methods for floor plan simulation and modeling in mass customization of equipment Systems and methods for selecting equipment for use in buildings are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to perform operations that include accessing a floor plan demarcating a plurality of rooms. The operations further include accessing functional requirements associated with the rooms and accessing technical specifications associated with the functional requirements. The operations include performing floor plan analysis on the floor plan to ascertain room features associated with the functional requirements and technical specifications. The operations include generatively analyzing the room features to determine a customized equipment configuration for at least some of the rooms, and generating a manufacturer dataset including a room identifier, an equipment identifier, and the customized equipment configuration. The manufacturer dataset enables a manufacturer to customize equipment for the rooms and package the customized equipment to display the room identifier.
US11106841B1	Physical device optimization with reduced memory footprint via time reversal at absorbing boundaries A system, apparatus, and method for optimizing structural parameters of a physical device are described. The method includes receiving an initial description of the physical device describing the structural parameters within a simulated environment. The method further includes performing a simulation of the physical device in response to an excitation source to determine a performance metric of the physical device. The simulation environment includes one or more absorbing boundaries for attenuation of an output of the excitation source during the simulation. The method further includes recording attenuated field values of the simulated environment associated with the attenuation during the simulation. The method further includes determining a loss metric based on a difference between the performance metric and a target performance metric, backpropagating the loss metric using the attenuated field values, and generating a revised description of the physical device by updating the structural parameters to reduce the loss metric.
US11106837B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced position and orientation based information display Apparatus and methods for enhanced wireless determination of a position and direction of a smart device are describe which support the display of a virtual tag upon a user interface of the smart device. Wireless transceivers controlled by the smart device communicate with reference point transceivers to generate data sufficient to determine relative positions of the wireless transceivers and a direction of interest. Operation of LIDAR may be operative to verify the position and direction of the Smart Device as well as a topography of the environment.
US11106829B2	Chip fingerprint management based upon one-time programmable memory A chip fingerprint management device includes: a one-time programmable (OTP) memory including a first storage region, the first storage region being readable by hardware and access restricted by software; and an OTP controller which generates a chip fingerprint based on a random number, and programs the generated chip fingerprint into the first storage region in the OTP memory.
US11106827B2	System and method for identifying altered content Methods and systems for identifying altered content are described herein. The system determines a content type for an unverified content item and determines verification criteria based on the content type. The system then locates a first verified content item corresponding to the unverified content item. Based on comparing the unverified content item to the first verified content item, the system determines whether the unverified content item violates the verification criteria. If the unverified content item violates the verification criteria, the system displays a verification flag indicating that the unverified content item violates the verification criteria. If the unverified content item does not violate the verification criteria, the system displays a verification flag indicating that the unverified content item does not violate the verification criteria.
US11106821B2	Determining pseudonym values using tweak-based encryption A technique includes accessing data that represents a plurality of values that are associated with a plurality of ranges. The technique includes determining a pseudonym value for a given value, where the given value is associated with a given range and determining the pseudonym includes encrypting the given value to provide the pseudonym value; controlling the encryption to cause the pseudonym value to be within the given range; and tweaking the encryption based on an attribute that is associated with the given value.
US11106820B2	Data anonymization The present disclosure relates to a method for data anonymization of a database system. The method comprises: determining if a first dataset and second dataset of the database system have a relationship indicative of an entity having values in the two datasets. A request may be received from a user for at least one of the first and second datasets. In case the first dataset and second dataset have the relationship, at least one of the first and second datasets may be modified such that the indication of the entity is not accessible to the user. And the requested dataset may be provided.
US11106813B2	Credentials for consent based file access An approach is disclosed for providing built-in consent permissions for users, groups, processes, and programs accessing a part of a filesystem. The method includes integrating a consent access control into a plurality of files in a filesystem. A first request from a first requestor to access information from a first file in the filesystem is received. A first access policy for the first requestor is determined. The first access policy includes a first selective data conversion. A second request from a second requestor to access information from the first file in the filesystem is received. A second access policy including a second selective data conversion for the second requestor different from the first access policy for the first requestor is determined. An access control mode that enables or inhibits enforcement of the built-in permissions is provided.
US11106806B1	System and method to unlock digital content based on location-based parameters A digital security system and method for unlocking digital content, comprising: receiving, from a user device, an activity data associated with assessing of at least a portion of digital content by a user, wherein the activity data is provided as at least one user input by at least one application operating on at least one user device associated with the user and, wherein the digital content is linked to predetermined location-based locking or unlocking parameters; response to the received user input, storing, by the processor, information about the user activity data and the electronic data correlated with the predetermined location-based locking or unlocking parameters in a profile associated with an account of the user; identifying, by the processor, whether the user device is in compliance with the predetermined location-based locking or unlocking parameters; determining, by the processor, if the electronic content related to the activity data linked to the user account is currently locked; and responsive to determination, applying, by the processor, the predetermined location-based locking or unlocking parameters to unlock and render the electronic content for being accessible to the user via the user device.
US11106805B2	Generating unified data on an electronic device Systems, methods, and software can be used to generate unified data on an electronic device. In some aspects, a request for unified data is received at a unified content provider and from an application. Both the unified content provider and the application are associated with a first container on an electronic device. The requested unified data is determined to include data associated with a second container on the electronic device. A request for the data associated with the second container is sent. The data associated with the second container is received. The unified data is generated based on the data associated with the second container and data associated with the first container. The generated unified data is sent to the application.
US11106802B2	Model training method and apparatus based on data sharing Techniques for data sharing between a data miner and a data provider are provided. A set of public parameters is downloaded from the data miner. The public parameters are data miner parameters associated with a feature set of training sample data. A set of private parameters in the data provider can be replaced with the set of public parameters. The private parameters are data provider parameters associated with the feature set of training sample data. The private parameters are updated to provide a set of update results. The private parameters are updated based on a model parameter update algorithm associated with the data provider. The update results is uploaded to the data miner.
US11106801B1	Utilizing orchestration and augmented vulnerability triage for software security testing A device may receive contextual data, computational data, experiential data, and industry data associated with software code, and may receive detected vulnerabilities data identified by a scanning model based on the software code and software code metadata of the computational data. The device may process the contextual data, the computational data, and the experiential data, with a contextual identification model, to determine a set of rules and a set of actions, and may enrich, via an enrichment model, the industry data with the experiential data to generate enriched industry data. The device may process the software code metadata, the detected vulnerabilities data, and the enriched industry data, with a correlation model, to generate analysis data, and may process the analysis data and the set of rules, with a security model, to confirm security issues associated with the software code. The device may perform one of the set of actions based on the security issues.
US11106799B2	Methods, media, and systems for detecting an anomalous sequence of function calls Methods, media, and systems for detecting an anomalous sequence of function calls are provided. The methods can include compressing a sequence of function calls made by the execution of a program using a compression model; and determining the presence of an anomalous sequence of function calls in the sequence of function calls based on the extent to which the sequence of function calls is compressed. The methods can further include executing at least one known program; observing at least one sequence of function calls made by the execution of the at least one known program; assigning each type of function call in the at least one sequence of function calls made by the at least one known program a unique identifier; and creating at least part of the compression model by recording at least one sequence of unique identifiers.
US11106795B2	Method and apparatus for updating shared data in a multi-core processor environment Embodiments of the specification provide a method and an apparatus for updating shared data in a multi-core processor environment. The multi-processor environment comprises a multi-core processor. The multi-core processor comprises a plurality of separate processing units (referred to as cores, or core processing units (CPUs) in the specification); the multi-core processor is configured to process a multi-threaded task; the multi-threaded task has shared data to update. The method is executed by any CPU. The method may comprise: requesting, by a first CPU, for a lock to execute a critical section function on the shared data, wherein the lock provides permission to update the shared data, and the critical section function updates the shared data; and setting, by the first CPU if the lock is occupied by a second CPU, a memory index corresponding to the critical section function in a memory of the lock for the second CPU to execute the critical section function based on the memory index.
US11106794B2	Trust network effect An invention is disclosed for systems, methods, processes, and products of providing computing and online services. An embodiment of such a system, method, process, or product, among other things, may provide a more reliable, accurate, or otherwise effective way of determining and presenting relevant information to users, consumers, and the like.
US11106791B2	Determining security risks in binary software code based on network addresses Systems, methods, and software can be used to analyze security risks of a set of binary software code. In some aspects, a computer-implemented method comprises: scanning, by at least one hardware processor, a set of binary software code to identify one or more network addresses accessed by the set of binary software code; for each of the one or more network addresses: determining, by the at least one hardware processor, security level information of the network addresses; and generating, by the at least one hardware processor, a security notification based on the determined security level information for the one or more network addresses, wherein the security notification indicates a security risk of the set of binary software code.
US11106789B2	Dynamic cybersecurity detection of sequence anomalies Anomalous sequences are detected by approximating user sessions with heuristically extracted event sequences, allowing behavior analysis even without user identification or session identifiers. Extraction delimiters may include event count or event timing constraints. Event sequences extracted from logs or other event lists are vectorized and embedded in a vector space. A machine learning model similarity function measures anomalousness of a candidate sequence relative to a specified history, thus computing an anomaly score. Restrictions may be placed on the history to focus on a particular IP address or time frame, without retraining the model. Anomalous sequences may generate alerts, prompt investigations by security personnel, trigger automatic mitigation, trigger automatic acceptance, trigger tool configuration actions, or result in other cybersecurity actions.
US11106780B2	Electronic device An electronic device that performs authentication of a user where the electronic device improves the convenience of user authentication that employs an LDAP server. An electronic device is configured to connect and communicate with a server storing a plurality of types of authentication information in association with a user for a plurality of users. The electronic device includes an information cache storage that stores user authentication information that is at least a part of the authentication information stored on the server, and an authentication controller that runs a user authentication process on the basis of authentication information entered by a user, and the authentication information acquired from the server. The authentication controller updates the user authentication information stored in the cache information storage after the user authentication process on the basis of the authentication information entered by the user or the authentication information acquired from the server.
US11106775B2	Digital certificate application Application information is received by a client and from a server, and the application information includes an application identifier corresponding to a digital certificate application request transmitted by the client to the server. The application information is delivered to a secure element associated with the client by the client. A public and private key pair are generated by the secure element. The application identifier is signed using the private key to generate terminal signature data. Specified format data is generated by encapsulating the terminal signature data and the public key into the specified format data. The specified format data is transmitted from the secure element to the client. The specified format data is transmitted by the client to the server.
US11106761B2	Optimization problem arithmetic method and optimization problem arithmetic apparatus A computer-implemented optimization problem arithmetic method includes receiving a combinatorial optimization problem, determining, based on scale or a requested accuracy of the combinatorial optimization problem, a partition mode and an execution mode, the partition mode defining a logically divided state of an arithmetic circuit, the execution mode defining a range of hardware resources to be utilized in arithmetic operation for each of partitions generated by logically dividing the arithmetic circuit, and causing the arithmetic circuit to execute arithmetic operation of the combinatorial optimization problem in accordance with the determined partition mode and the determined execution mode.
US11106759B2	Predictive resource identification and phased delivery of structured documents In one embodiment, a method includes sending, by a client device, a request to a computer server system for a target structured document. In a first response phase, a first response portion from the computer server system is sent in response to the request. The first response portion includes a first resource associated with the target structured document, wherein a likelihood that the first resource will be included in a response to a future request for the target structured document exceeds a first predetermined threshold. Further in a second response phase, a second response portion from the computer server system is sent in response to the request. The second response portion includes a second resource associated with the target structured document, wherein a likelihood that the second resource will be included in a response to a future request for the target structured document exceeds a second predetermined threshold.
US11106750B2	Methods and systems for dynamically rearranging search results into hierarchically organized concept clusters Methods of and systems for dynamically rearranging search results into hierarchically organized concept clusters are provided. A method of searching for and presenting content items as an arrangement of conceptual clusters to facilitate further search and navigation on a display-constrained device includes providing a set of content items and receiving incremental input to incrementally identify search terms for content items. Content items are selected and grouped into sets based on how the incremental input matches various metadata associated with the content items. The selected content items are grouped into explicit conceptual clusters and user-implied conceptual clusters based on metadata in common to the selected content items. The clustered content items are presented according to the conceptual clusters into which they are grouped.
US11106747B2	Online content management The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect message data containing one or more metadata tags from one or more collaboration and social media communication networks. The computing device may load the message data into a datastore. The computing device may determine the utility of the one or more metadata tags contained within the message data. The computing device may determine the effectiveness of the one or more metadata tags contained within the message data. The computing device may combine the calculated frequency and the calculated information gain of the one or more metadata tags using regression analysis and may activate a metadata tag management routine for the one or more metadata tags if the combined frequency and information gain falls below a threshold value.
US11106740B2	Search device, search system, search method, and computer readable medium A search device (300) transmits a search condition to a management device (400) that manages a numerical value which is a number sequence of one or more digits, based on a digit-by-digit correspondence between a number of each digit of the numerical value and a digit representation which is a symbol representing a digit. A grouping unit performs grouping on a plurality of search-target numerical values to be searched for, each of which is a number sequence of one or more digits, on a basis of commonality of the number of digits and commonality of a number sequence from a most significant digit, so as to generate one or more numerical value groups. A search condition generation unit generates, for each numerical value group, a search condition element by establishing a correspondence between a number of each digit of a sequence common range, which is a range of a number sequence common to search-target numerical values included in each numerical value group, and the digit representation of each digit of the sequence common range, and generates the search condition by integrating the search condition element of each numerical value group. A transmission unit (305) transmits the search condition generated by the search condition generation unit to the management device (400).
US11106739B2	Document structures for searching within and across messages The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system stores a conversation containing a series of messages exchanged among a number of participants in a first document containing metadata for the conversation; a second document containing message content for the series of messages, wherein the message content includes a fixed position gap between starting or ending positions in consecutive messages in the series of messages; and one or more additional documents storing message metadata for individual messages in the conversation. Next, the system processes a first search across the series of messages in the conversation using an index of the set of documents. The system also processes, using the index, a second search within individual messages in the series of messages as a span query with a distance that is shorter than the fixed position gap.
US11106737B2	Method and apparatus for providing search recommendation information Provided are methods and apparatuses for providing search recommendation information. The method can include acquiring, when a user performs a search in user equipment, search reference information corresponding to the user; determining search requirement information corresponding to the user based on search reference information; and providing corresponding search recommendation information based on the search requirement information. Compared with the existing technology, the present disclosure can have the following advantages. Based on the information flow data in the user equipment, the search requirement of the user is determined and the corresponding search recommendation information is provided, so that the obtained search recommendation information is more conformable to the current search requirement of the user, which breaks the traditional approach in which the search is performed only based on the query information inputted by the user. The search efficiency can be improved, and the accuracy of the recommendation information can be enhanced.
US11106731B2	Methods and apparatuses for determining meta data related to media content The embodiments herein relate to method and a UE for determining meta data information associated with a media content, the method comprising: capturing a fragment of the media content; sending a request to a network node for performing an acoustic/audio fingerprinting on said fragment; receiving a result of the identification from the network node; collecting or recording meta data for linking to the identified media content; and storing at least the collected or recorded meta data and the result of the identification locally in the UE or in a database accessible to a network node. The embodiments also relate to a method in a network node and a network node.
US11106729B2	Media search filtering mechanism for search engine Methods and systems for more efficient analyses of and response to voice commands and queries are provided. The system may be configured to receive one or more of audio files corresponding to a voice query and determine, for each of the audio files, whether the audio file is a first type of audio file capable of being processed based on a characteristic of the audio file or a second type of audio file that cannot, and may require further processing in order to recognize the voice query associated with the audio file. The system may process each of the first type of audio files and respond to the associated voice queries. The system may also determine a priority for each of the second type of audio files for further processing of the second type of audio files.
US11106728B2	Artificial intelligence based music playlist reordering and song performance assessment In some examples, artificial intelligence based music playlist reordering and song performance assessment may include ascertaining listening data for a plurality of tracks, and generating a plurality of sessions. Tracks that have been played more than a specified play threshold may be identified and retained. Sessions that are greater than a minimum session length threshold and less than a maximum session length threshold may be retained. Input-output track sequences may be generated for the retained sessions. Unique identifiers may be assigned to each of the tracks present across the retained sessions. Each input-output track sequence may be vectorized based on associated unique identifiers. A neural network model may be trained based on the vectorized input-output track sequences. For an input playlist, the trained neural network model may be used to generate a modified playlist. Additionally or alternatively, a user-song interaction graph may be used to generate another modified playlist.
US11106724B2	Matching result display device, matching result display method, program, and recording medium The present invention provides a matching result display device, a matching result display method, a program, and a recording medium, which allow, at the time of displaying feature points of objects determined as matching on the basis of matching result information provided by a matching system, visual check of the displayed feature points to be performed easily. The matching result display device according to the present invention includes: a feature point acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of feature points common to at least two pieces of image data to be matched against each other; a display position setting unit that sets display positions of corresponding symbols to be assigned to the feature points common to the at least two pieces of image data in such a manner that, when the same corresponding symbols are assigned to corresponding feature points, respectively, a display line connecting each feature point and the corresponding symbol assigned thereto on each of the at least two piece of image data does not overlap with display lines connecting other feature points and corresponding symbols assigned thereto, respectively; and a display unit that provides the corresponding symbols at the display positions and displays the feature points and the corresponding symbols assigned thereto in a state where they are connected with display lines, respectively.
US11106718B2	Content moderation system and indication of reliability of documents This document describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for performing content moderation. In some implementations, a computing device receives input data in relation to an electronic document. The computing device generates, based on the received input data, data representing one or more features of the electronic document and analyzes the generated data representing one or more features of the electronic document to determine one or more reliability scores indicating respective measures of reliability of the electronic document. The reliability scores include one or more of (i) a content reliability score, (ii), an author reliability score, and (iii) a domain reliability score. The computing device indicates, based on one or more of the reliability scores, whether the electronic document is reliable or not.
US11106716B2	Automatic hierarchical classification and metadata identification of document using machine learning and fuzzy matching A hierarchical document classification system is disclosed. The system includes a text-based document classifier model for classifying an input electronic document into one of a set of predefined document categories. The system further includes an image-based metadata identification model for classifying electronic documents of a particular document category into a set of metadata categories. The system further includes a fuzzy text matcher for supplementing classification accuracy of the image-based metadata identification model to obtain a metadata category for the input electronic document.
US11106713B2	Sampling data using inverted indexes in response to grouping selection Systems and methods are disclosed for sampling a set of data using inverted indexes in response to a user interaction with a user interface. Based on the user interaction with a displayed grouping of a summarization of a set of data, the system uses filter criteria corresponding to the grouping to review one or more inverted indexes and identify a sample of events for analysis. The system then accesses the sample of events and provides the results for display to a user.
US11106712B2	Systems and methods for measuring the semantic relevance of keywords A server can receive a seed keyword to generate additional keywords relevant to the seed keyword. The server can identify, using a semantic relationship graph, keyword categories. Each keyword can have a semantic distance from the seed keyword less than a threshold. The server can generate, for each keyword of the keyword categories, a keyword-seed affinity score based on a frequency of the keyword occurring with the seed keyword on an information resource. The server can determine, for each keyword category, a category-seed affinity score based on the keyword-seed affinity scores for each of keyword in the keyword category. The server can compare each category-seed affinity score a threshold. The server can transmit, for display, the keywords. One keyword category can be indicated as selected and another keyword category can be indicated as unselected based on the comparison.
US11106710B2	Displaying answers in accordance with answer classifications A user session for a client device may be initiated by a computerized answering system. Answers to one or more questions may be provided via a network for presentation in a user interface of a display of the client device, where the presentation of the answers may be based on a default profile. User interaction with one or more of the answers presented in the user interface of the display of the client device is monitored during the user session. A first user profile is selected from a plurality of user profiles in response to determining attributes of the user interaction correspond to attributes of the first user profile. The user interface of the display of the client device is modified to change from presenting the answers based on the default profile to presenting the answers based on the first user profile.
US11106707B2	Triggering application information Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a system for providing content. A stored query and a set of features of the stored query are accessed. The set of features of the stored query specifies a main query topic and at least one query subtopic. A hierarchical application classification for a particular application is accessed that specifies at least a main application category and an application sub-category for the particular application. A level of similarity is determined between the set of features of the stored query and the hierarchical application classification. A determination is made that the particular application is relevant to the stored query based on the level of similarity meeting a specified threshold. The stored query is indexed as a query that triggers presentation of information related to the particular application when the stored query is received.
US11106698B2	Multi-master with ownership transfer A method, a system and a computer program product for executing management of ownership of data. An index in a plurality of indexes is selected. The index corresponds to a plurality of ranges of data values stored in a plurality of database slices of a database. The index further corresponds to a partitioning structure that includes a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes. Each node corresponds to a range of data values stored in at least one database slice. The structure is replicated across a plurality of computing systems. A computing system executes an update to one or more ranges of data values. The system replicates at least one of a database slice including the updated ranges of data values and a node that includes the updated ranges of data values to another computing system for storage of a replicate of the updated ranges of data values.
US11106696B2	Resource provisioning systems and methods Example resource provisioning systems and methods are described. In one implementation, an execution platform accesses multiple remote storage devices. The execution platform includes multiple virtual warehouses, each of which includes a cache to store data retrieved from the remote storage devices and a processor that is independent of the remote storage devices. A resource manager is coupled to the execution platform and monitors received data processing requests and resource utilization. The resource manager also determines whether additional virtual warehouses are needed based on the data processing requests and the resource utilization. If additional virtual warehouses are needed, the resource manager provisions a new virtual warehouse.
US11106695B2	Database data modification request processing A data modification request for modifying data in a primary database is received at the primary database. Based on the data modification request, second data in the primary database is modified to first data. Based on the data modification request, a first log and a second log are generated, where the first log is a simplified log including the first data and the second log is a complete log including the second data. Persistence processing is performed on the first log. A modification result that corresponds to the data modification request is returned.
US11106686B1	Ranking notifications in a social network feed Disclosed are implementations for ranking a feed in a social network. In one aspect, a method of generating a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identify notifications for the first user based on the group of users, determine one or more actions that may result from each of the identified notifications, rank the notifications based on the one or more determined actions; and display the notifications to the first user according to the ranking.
US11106682B2	Decision platform for directed information delivery A decision platform can be a computer-implemented platform for predicting and increasing the likelihood that directed information is relevant to a user or device. The decision platform can have capabilities for predicting rates of interactivity with the directed information updating models, and reacting to directed information inventory changes in real-time without human intervention. The decision platform can use a three-dimensional logistic regression model to predict interactivity based in part on a user interactivity rate, a directed information interactivity rate, and a placement interactivity rate.
US11106677B2	System and method of removing duplicate user records A duplicate lead removal system comprises a matching engine, a vendor duplicates database, and a conflict engine. The matching engine is configured to determine at least one vendor to receive a lead. The vendor duplicates database is configured to store duplicate lead information that is at least partly created by and received from vendors outside of the duplicate lead removal system. The conflict engine is configured to compare information that is at least derived from the lead with information stored in the vendor duplicates database in order to determine if the lead is a duplicate lead for the vendor such that the system can prevent transmission of duplicate leads to the vendor.
US11106670B2	Local identifiers for database objects Various examples are directed to systems and methods for utilizing local identifiers in a distributed database system. A database management system server may receive first execution unit data describing a first execution unit of a first database query. The first execution unit data may comprise first operand data describing a set of operands for the first execution unit. The database management system server may determine that the first operand data describes at least one operand from a first partition and at least one operand from a second partition. The database management system server may generate a first set of local identifiers describing rows at the first partition and a first set of local identifiers describing rows at the second partition. The database management system server may execute the first execution unit based at least in part on the first set of local identifiers describing rows at the first partition and the first set of local identifiers describing rows at the second partition.
US11106669B2	Blocking natural persons data in analytics In one aspect, a method is described that includes receiving, at a data warehouse, a query associated with a view for a report being presented at a client device user interface; processing, by the data warehouse, the query to identify data responsive to the query; evaluating the identified responsive data to determine whether there is corresponding metadata indicating a portion of the identified responsive data includes blocked natural persons data; when the blocked natural persons data is determined, evaluating the corresponding metadata to determine whether the block is a total block or a partial block; generating, based on the evaluated metadata, a result set including a predetermined value to mask the blocked natural persons data; and providing the generated result set including the predetermined result set to a server handling the view. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11106668B2	System and method for transformation of unstructured document tables into structured relational data tables Embodiments described herein transforms a complex and usually unstructured table to a relational table based on the header pattern. Specifically, the original complex table is expanded into a single dimensional relational database format, in which each cell corresponds to one or more corresponding categories or subcategories from the original header. The transformed one-dimensional relational table is then populated with the corresponding cell values from the original table. In this way, data from the original complex and unstructured data table can be stored at a relational database.
US11106660B2	Service identifier-based data indexing Implementations of this specification provide service identifier-based data indexing. An example method performed by a data indexing apparatus of a centralized database service provider that stores data by using a blockchain-type ledger includes obtaining a service identifier and a service label of a data record, the service identifier uniquely identifying a service attribute of the data record, and the service label representing a type of the data record; determining location information of the data record in the blockchain-type ledger, the location information including a block height of a data block that includes the data record, and a positional offset of the data record in the data block that includes the data record; establishing a mapping relationship among the service identifier, the service label, and the location information; and writing the mapping relationship into an index for which a primary key is the service identifier.
US11106656B2	Method and apparatus for a software-seamed and augmented view of an asynchronous network fabric Methods and systems for tracking transactions in a network fabric, include: receiving a message generated by a node in the network fabric; assigning a uniform fabric identifier (“UFID”) to the node; assigning a uniform transaction identifier (“UTID”) to the message”; appending the UFID and the UTID to the message; and storing the message in a database.
US11106655B2	Asset management system, method, apparatus, and electronic device This specification describes techniques for managing assets in a blockchain. One example method includes receiving, from a target user recorded in a distributed database of a blockchain network, a user input including a request to perform a contract operation on asset objects including digital assets corresponding to physical assets associated with the target user, in response to receiving the request, generating an asset container as an operation target of the contract operation, the asset container recording field information of the asset objects, generating an asset container group by dividing the asset container into the asset container group based on an association relationship between the asset objects, wherein the association relationship defines correspondences between each asset container in the asset container group and at least one other asset container in the asset container group, and performing the contract operation on the asset container group using a contract object.
US11106653B2	Optimization of exclusive access database consistent change locks Execution of an exclusive lock of a page in a database is initiated. Thereafter, subsequent to the initiation of the execution of the exclusive lock, at least one non-exclusive lock for the page in the database is received. The execution of the exclusive lock is selectively timed out based on at least one savepoint statistic. While the exclusive lock is timed out, at least one of the received non-exclusive locks is executed. Further, the exclusive lock can be restarted after the execution of the at least one of the received non-exclusive locks.
US11106646B2	Systems, methods, and data structures for high-speed searching or filtering of large datasets An inline tree data structure and one or more auxiliary data structure encode a multitude of data records of a dataset; data fields of the dataset define a tree hierarchy. The inline tree comprises one binary string for each data record that are all the same length, are arranged in an ordered sequence that corresponds to the tree hierarchy, and include an indicator string indicating position in the tree hierarchy of each data record relative to an immediately adjacent data record. A search program is guided through the dataset by interrogating each indicator string in the inline tree data structure so as to reduce unnecessary interrogation of data field values.
US11106633B2	DNA-based data center with deduplication capability A DNA storage system for binary digital data. The digital data is deduplicated is encoded into a format for representation in DNA, and DNA representing the data is synthesized and stored in pools in a primary library, a hash library and a data library. The primary library stores DNA for accessing a hash object in the hash library corresponding to a hash of the data, and the hash library stores DNA for accessing a data object in the data library that contains the data. The information in the libraries includes information identifying objects, including keys, unique identifiers (UIDs), pool identifiers, and primers.
US11106629B2	Method and system for a distributing computing platform A method and system for a distributing and computing platform are provided that generates a mapping between each of a plurality of applications and a plurality of application storage formats, wherein each application has a mapping to at least one application storage format; stores the mapping of the application and the application storage format in the name node; obtains a data node storage format information for each of the plurality of data nodes; stores the data node storage format information for each of the plurality of data nodes in the name node; and stores data generated by at least one of the plurality of applications in at least one data node based on the mapping information stored in the name node. Through the above embodiment, the distributing and computing platform may store the data in the data node with the storage format which is proper for the application.
US11106627B2	Front-end validation of data files requiring processing by multiple computing systems A system, method and the like for front-end comprehensive validation of data files that require processing by multiple different computing systems having different validation requirements. Validation for all of the multiple different computing systems is performed upon receipt of the data file by the data processing entity and, as such, in the event that validation results in an error/failure, the originator/sender of the data file can be notified of the error failure proximate in time to when the data file is transmitted to the data processing entity and can re-submit a valid data file in due time. In addition, the present invention is configured to insure that the validation meets the current requirements of all the computing systems that process the data file by employing a centralized data file validation requirements database that stores validation requirements for each of the computing systems.
US11106618B2	Method for addressing an integrated circuit on a bus and corresponding device A method can be used for addressing a slave integrated circuit connected to a bus. The slave integrated circuit has a default address on the bus. The method includes receiving, at the slave integrated circuit, an addressing message conveyed on the bus. The addressing message contains a replacement address. The method also includes replacing the default address within the slave integrated circuit with the replacement address upon receiving the addressing message, restarting the slave integrated circuit, and upon the restarting, assigning the replacement address as a new default address.
US11106613B2	Highly scalable accelerator Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for highly scalable accelerators are described. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface to receive a plurality of work requests from a plurality of clients and a plurality of engines to perform the plurality of work requests. The work requests are to be dispatched to the plurality of engines from a plurality of work queues. The work queues are to store a work descriptor per work request. Each work descriptor is to include all information needed to perform a corresponding work request.
US11106609B2	Priority scheduling in queues to access cache data in a memory sub-system A request to read data stored at a memory sub-system can be received. A determination can be made of whether the data is stored at a cache of the memory sub-system. Responsive to determining that the data is not stored at the cache of the memory sub-system, the data can be obtained from a memory component of the memory sub-system. A first priority indicator can be assigned to a fill operation associated with the data that is obtained from the memory component. A second priority indicator can be assigned to the request to read the data. A schedule of executing the fill operation and the request to read the data can be determined based on the first priority indicator and the second priority indicator.
US11106607B1	NUMA-aware storage system A NUMA-aware storage system including a first processing subsystem coupled to a first memory subsystem, and a second processing subsystem coupled to a second memory subsystem. A first NTB subsystem connected to the first processing subsystem presents itself as a first storage device, identifies first data transfer operations directed to the first memory subsystem and, in response, claims those first data transfer operations and provides them directly to the first processing subsystem. A second NTB subsystem connected to the second processing subsystem presents itself as a second storage device, identifies second data transfer operations directed to the second memory subsystem and, in response, claims those second data transfer operations and provides them directly to the second processing subsystem. A storage controller system receives a command from either the first or second processing subsystem via the first or second NTB subsystem and, in response, transmits that command to a storage system.
US11106600B2	Cache replacement based on translation lookaside buffer evictions A processing system adjusts a cache replacement priority of cache lines at a cache based on evictions of entries mapping virtual-to-physical address translations from a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). Upon eviction of a TLB entry, the processing system identifies cache lines corresponding to the physical addresses of the evicted TLB entry and evicts the cache lines or adjusts the cache replacement priority of the cache lines so that their eviction from the cache will be accelerated.
US11106593B2	Cache map with sequential tracking for invalidation The described technology is directed towards efficiently invalidating cached data (e.g., expired data) in a hash-mapped cache, e.g., on a timed basis. As a result, data is able returned from the cache without checking for whether that data is expired, (if desired and acceptable), because if expired, the data is only briefly expired since the last invalidation run. To this end, a data structure such as a linked list is maintained to track information representative of hash-mapped cache locations of a hash-mapped cache, in which the information tracks a sequential order of entering data into each hash-mapped cache location. An invalidation run is performed on part of the hash mapped cache, including using the tracking information to invalidate a sequence of one or more cache locations, e.g., only the sequence of those locations that contain expired data.
US11106581B2	Memory controller and memory system having the memory controller There are provided a memory controller for performing a program operation and a memory system having the memory controller. The memory system includes a memory device including first and second planes each including a plurality of m-bit (m is a natural number of 2 or more) multi-level cell (MLC) blocks; and a memory controller for allocating a first address corresponding to a first MLC block of the m-bit MLC blocks in which first m-bit MLC data is to be programmed and a second address corresponding to a second MLC block of the m-bit MLC blocks in which second m-bit MLC data is to be programmed, and transmitting the allocated addresses and logical page data included in the m-bit MLC data to the memory device. The memory controller differently determines a transmission sequence of the logical page data according to whether the addresses correspond to the same plane among the planes.
US11106570B2	Zero coding automation with natural language processing, such as for use in testing telecommunications software and resources A framework for automated testing for use in testing telecommunications software and resources is disclosed that reuses testing code modules, thereby reducing redundancy and increasing efficiency and productivity. The zero coding automation system disclosed herein provides an end-to-end testing automation framework, which minimizes (and in some cases eliminates) the requirement for testers to write software code to test software modules. Instead, the coding automation systems and methods provide a hierarchical framework to translate testing requests (commands, statements, and so on) received in a natural language (for example, English) to testing code modules written in, for example, one or more programming languages (for example, tool specific Application Program Interface (API)/libraries developed to test functionality).
US11106566B2	Techniques for transparently emulating network conditions In various embodiments, a network emulation application emulates network conditions when testing a software application. In response to a request to emulate a first set of network conditions for a first client device that is executing the software application, causing a kernel to implement a first pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the first client device to the first pipeline instead of a default bridge. In response to a request to emulate a second set of network conditions for a second client device that is executing the software application, causing the kernel to implement a second pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the second client device to the second pipeline instead of the default bridge. Each of the pipelines perform one or more traffic shaping operations on at least a subset of the network traffic input into the pipeline.
US11106561B2	Method and device for evaluating IO performance of cache servers A method for evaluating IO performance of cache servers includes: collecting basic data of all to-be-evaluated cache servers, where the basic data includes at least service data, disk configuration, load data, and performance data; filtering the basic data of all the to-be-evaluated cache servers, and classifying cache servers whose basic data have the same data characteristics into one category; statistically analyzing basic data of cache servers of each category, to obtain evaluation indexes for the cache servers of each category; and determining, according to the evaluation indexes for the cache servers of each category, disk IO configuration requirements for the cache servers of each category, where the disk IO configuration requirements include at least a disk capacity configuration requirement and a disk load algorithm configuration requirement.
US11106560B2	Adaptive thresholds for containers A method includes identifying container metrics for containers running in a container environment, collecting container data for the containers, and generating an adaptive threshold for a given one of the identified container metrics. The adaptive threshold specifies one or more values for the given container metric for a designated time period. The adaptive threshold is generated utilizing a scoring algorithm that determines a range of accepted container behavior for the designated time period by analyzing the collected container data using one or more machine learning algorithms. The method also includes monitoring behavior of the containers during the designated time period utilizing the adaptive threshold, and generating an alert responsive to detecting that the monitored behavior of a given one of the containers is outside the range of accepted container behavior for the designated time period specified by the given adaptive threshold for the given container metric.
US11106557B2	Persistence points based coverage mechanism for flow testing in high-performance storage systems A processing device maintains a data structure for a set of process flows executing on one or more processing cores of a storage system. The data structure comprises entries identifying particular execution instances of one or more persistence point functions, each modifying persistent state, with the execution instances having been designated as tested in conjunction with testing of one or more process flows of the set of process flows. The processing device detects an execution instance of a persistence point function of a given one of the process flows, determines whether or not the detected execution instance of the persistence point function has a corresponding entry in the data structure, and responsive to the detected execution instance of the persistence point function not having a corresponding entry in the data structure, initiates a test of the given process flow that includes the detected execution instance of the persistence point function.
US11106554B2	Active-active environment control The present disclosure provides a method, system, and device for security object synchronization at multiple nodes of an active-active environment. To illustrate, a source node may generate a corresponding security object sync request for each of multiple target nodes. The source node may send the security object sync request to the target nodes via a source queue and, for each target node, a corresponding distribution queue. A distribution queue may be closed based on an acknowledgement received from a corresponding target node, after a time period, or after a number of transmission attempts. A synchronization log may be maintained to indicate which security object sync requests have been delivered to which target nodes. In some implementations, the source node and the target nodes are part of an active-active environment that may be synchronized in time so the nodes resolve conflicts between received security object updates initiated from two different nodes.
US11106553B2	System for increasing intra-application processing efficiency by transmitting failed processing work over a processing recovery network for resolution Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for increasing intra-application efficiency by way of distributed failover. Embodiments of the invention allow data centers within an application to perform error recovery of failed transactions by shifting the processing load to another data center in the network without data redundancy amongst the data centers within the application. Avoiding the duplication of data within the data centers greatly reduces the amount of computing resources required to perform recovery and maintain service uptime, including, but not limited to, processing power, memory space, storage space, cache space, electric power, networking bandwidth, and I/O calls.
US11106545B2	Systems and methods for continuous data protection Example embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for continuous data protection (CDP) and more specifically to an input and output (I/O) filtering framework and log management system to seek a near-zero recovery point objective (RPO).
US11106542B2	Memory mirroring Described is memory system enabling memory mirroring in single write operations for the primary and backup data storage. The memory system utilizes a memory channel including one or more latency groups, with each latency group encompassing a number of memory modules that have the same signal timing to the controller. A primary copy and a backup copy of a data element can be written to two memory modules in the same latency group of the channel and in a single write operation. The buses of the channel may have the same trace length to each of the memory modules within a latency group.
US11106538B2	System and method for facilitating replication in a distributed database According to one aspect, a distributed database system is configured to manage multi-writer operations on a distributed database by implementing one or more catamorphic database operators. Catamorphic operators can be architected on the system, and executed with little or no reconciliation logic. Catamorphic operators define sets of catamorphic operations and respective execution logic where the order of execution of catamorphic operations is not relevant to a final result.
US11106537B2	IoT device update failure recovery The disclosed technology is generally directed to IoT device update failure recovery. In one example of the technology, after writing an updated release to memory, a determination is made whether the updated release is valid. The updated release includes a plurality of image binaries. If the updated release is determined to be valid, the updated release is made the current release. A determination is made as to whether the current release is stable. Upon determining that the current release is unstable, an auto-rollback is performed. Performing the auto-rollback includes, via at least one processor, automatically: obtaining an uncompressed backup of a previous release; making the uncompressed backup of the previous release the current release; and executing the uncompressed backup.
US11106535B2	Error correction circuit of semiconductor memory device and semiconductor memory device An error correction circuit includes an error correction code (ECC) encoder and an ECC decoder. The ECC encoder generates, based on a main data, a parity data using an ECC represented by a generation matrix and stores a codeword including the main data and the parity data in a target page. The ECC decoder reads the codeword from the target page as a read codeword based on an externally provided address to generate different syndromes based on the read codeword and a parity check matrix which is based on the ECC, and applies the different syndromes to the main data in the read codeword to correct a single bit error when the single bit error exists in the main data or to correct two bit errors when the two bit errors occur in adjacent two memory cells in the target page.
US11106520B2	Systems and methods for preventing client application crashes due to operating system updates Systems and methods may be implemented to prevent application crashes by correlating a history of operating system (OS) updates with occurrence of past client application crashes using information that is crowd-sourced from multiple information handling systems so that action/s may be taken to prevent occurrence of future client application crashes on the information handling system/s. Machine learning (e.g., deep learning) may be employed to automatically correlate the history of OS updates with a record of past client application crashes that have occurred on multiple client information handling systems, and then the likely root cause/s for the client application crashes identified based on this correlation. These likely root cause/s may be corrected or otherwise addressed, e.g., by further investigation into the details of the root cause, and/or user or automatic system action to remove or block the root cause.
US11106519B2	Automotive electronic control unit reliability and safety during power standby mode Disclosed are devices and methods for improved operations of a memory device. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising periodically recording memory statistics of a dynamic random-access memory in a device, while the device is in a power on state; detecting a command to enter a standby state; analyzing the memory statistics to determine whether a health check should be performed; powering down the device when determining that the health check should be performed; and placing the device in standby mode when determining that the health check should not be performed.
US11106512B2	System and method for container provenance tracking A system and computer-implemented method for container provenance tracking uses a build instruction file of a container image to output a new provenance document associated with the container image for distribution. For each file system layer of the container image specified in the build instruction file, an existing provenance document for the file system layer is inserted into the new provenance document. If there is no existing provenance document, information about each software component included in the file system layer is retrieved and inserted into the new provenance document.
US11106509B2	Cluster tuner A production cluster includes a first plurality of nodes and executes a workload, such that jobs associated with the executed workload are allocated, according to a first configuration, across the first plurality of nodes. A cluster monitor extracts production cluster information from the production cluster, monitors configuration information during execution of the workload, and transmits each to a cluster tuner. The cluster tuner includes a second plurality of nodes that is less than the first plurality of nodes of the production cluster. The cluster tuner receives the information and determines a first recommended configuration for the production cluster. The cluster tuner causes the test cluster to execute a simulated workload according to the first recommended configuration. In response to determining that the first recommended configuration results in a decrease in resource consumption, the cluster tuner causes the production cluster to operate according to the first recommended configuration.
US11106508B2	Elastic multi-tenant container architecture Containers are allocated to tenants in a multi-tenant container system in a SaaS environment. Resource usage by containers is monitored to determine one or more per-tenant resource metrics, where each container provides an isolated execution space dedicated to a corresponding tenant. Data storage may also be isolated for each tenant. Each tenant is allocated resources associated with one or more containers. Containers are automatically allocated to tenants based at least in part upon the one or more per-tenant resource metrics.
US11106507B2	Management apparatus, management system, management method, and management program A coordinator (10) includes an accepting unit (11), a required resource information calculation unit (13a), an insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b), a combination determination unit (14), and a communication unit (18). The required resource information calculation unit (13a) calculates information regarding resources required to satisfy a request accepted by the accepting unit (11). The insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b) compares the required resources calculated by the required resource information calculation unit (13a) with resources included in each of a plurality of sensor nodes (30, 40, 50), and calculates information regarding an insufficient resource that each sensor node lacks. The combination determination unit (14) determines a combination of resources required to satisfy the request, based on the information regarding the insufficient resource calculated by the insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b).
US11106503B2	Assignment of resources to database connection processes based on application information Techniques are disclosed relating to using different process groups to control allocation of execution resources for database connection processes that handle application requests. In disclosed embodiments, a database server receives a request from an application server for one or more database resources, including application information specifying one or more attributes of the request. The database server may assign a database connection process to access a database for the request and assign the database connection process to a process group based on the application information. The database server may assign execution resources based on resource allocation parameters that are associated with the assigned process group. In disclosed embodiments, tenants that are using inappropriate amounts of resources may be identified and requests from the identified tenants may be assigned to process groups whose processes are allowed to use smaller amounts of resources per process than other process groups, which may reduce performance degradation in a database system.
US11106497B2	Distributed scheduling in a virtual machine environment A first scheduler stores into a memory of a first virtual machine, a first block of jobs to be executed by the first virtual machine, the first block of jobs included in a table stored in a database associated with a server computer system. A second scheduler stores into a memory of a second virtual machine, a second block of jobs to be executed by the second virtual machine. The second block of jobs being included in the table and having a second block size equal to the first block size and including jobs not in the first block. From the first virtual machine memory, the first scheduler schedules one or more jobs in the first block for execution by the first virtual machine. From the second virtual machine memory, the second scheduler schedules one or more jobs in the second block for execution by the second virtual machine.
US11106492B2	Workflow service for a cloud foundry platform A workflow service is provided on a cloud-based platform, such as a cloud foundry platform. An exemplary method comprises: providing a workflow service in a cloud-based platform, wherein the workflow service comprises a workflow executor service; obtaining, by the workflow service, a workflow configuration file specifying a sequence of tasks for execution by the workflow service; processing the workflow configuration file using the workflow executor service to create a workflow instance; initiating a given task from the workflow instance for execution by a task executor that publishes a status and/or any outputs of the given task as an event to an event source; monitoring the event source, using an event listener, to obtain the status and/or the outputs of the given task; and identifying a next task in the sequence based on the status of the given task.
US11106483B2	Extent virtualization Files can be segmented into distinct groups and allocated storage units such as blocks. Files associated with parent and child files can be segmented into separate groups, for instance. Further, a group associated with parent files can be extended to include additional blocks reserved for subsequent update. Additionally, metadata can be merged across groups to provide a unified view of the distinct groups.
US11106482B2	Connectivity migration in a virtual execution system Described herein is a system and method of connectivity migration of an executing virtual application and/or guest operating system. State associated with a first instance of an application and/or a guest operating system executing on a first virtual machine is captured. Information regarding connectivity state associated with a plurality of running connections between the first virtual machine and client device(s) is also captured (e.g., layers 2, 3 and 4). The captured state information can be provided to a second virtual machine which utilizes the captured station information to establish state for a second instance of the application, a second instance of the guest operating system, and/or connectivity of the plurality of running connections between the second virtual machine and client device(s). The state of the second instance of the application can be synchronized with the state of the second instance of the guest operating system.
US11106474B2	System, method, and apparatus for DVSEC for efficient peripheral management Aspects of the embodiments include systems, methods, devices, and computer program products to receive, from the downstream component, an indication of an extended capability; determining, from the indication, one or more configuration parameters for the downstream component; applying the one or more configuration parameters; and performing data signal or control signal transmissions across the PCIe-compliant link with the downstream component based, at least in part, on the applied one or more configuration parameters. The extended capabilities can be indicated by a DVSEC extended capability definition received from a downstream device. The extended capabilities of the downstream component can indicate the number of buses, the port type, the expandability capability, the D3Cold support status, the host router indicator, and/or the safe eject requirements of the downstream component.
US11106471B2	System and method to securely map UEFI ISCSI target for OS boot using secure M-Search command option in UEFI discover protocol A method for secure data communications using an insecure protocol, comprising generating a data message at a data processor client. Adding a security key to the data message using the data processor client. Transmitting the data message to a remote data processor receiver over a data network. Determining whether the data message is authentic at the remote data processor receiver. Automatically responding to the data message with a location where additional data can be obtained from the remote data processor receiver if it is determined by the remote data processor receiver that the data message is authentic.
US11106468B2	System and method for non-speculative reordering of load accesses Methods and systems for maintaining validity of a memory model in a multiple core computer system are described. A first core prevents a store instruction from being performed by another core until a condition is met which enables reordered instructions to validly execute.
US11106466B2	Decoupling of conditional branches A computer processor includes an issue queue to receive an instruction, and one or more execution units to generate a condition code bit corresponding to the instruction. A branch condition queue is in signal communication with the issue queue, and receives the instruction from the issue queue before the at least one execution unit generates the condition code bit.
US11106464B2	Apparatuses, methods, and systems for access synchronization in a shared memory Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to access synchronization in a shared memory are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decoder to decode an instruction into a decoded instruction, and an execution unit to execute the decoded instruction to: receive a first input operand of a memory address to be tracked and a second input operand of an allowed sequence of memory accesses to the memory address, and cause a block of a memory access that violates the allowed sequence of memory accesses to the memory address. In one embodiment, a circuit separate from the execution unit compares a memory address for a memory access request to one or more memory addresses in a tracking table, and blocks a memory access for the memory access request when a type of access violates a corresponding allowed sequence of memory accesses to the memory address for the memory access request.
US11106463B2	System and method for addressing data in memory A digital signal processor having a CPU with a program counter register and, optionally, an event context stack pointer register for saving and restoring the event handler context when higher priority event preempts a lower priority event handler. The CPU is configured to use a minimized set of addressing modes that includes using the event context stack pointer register and program counter register to compute an address for storing data in memory. The CPU may also eliminate post-decrement, pre-increment and post-decrement addressing and rely only on post-increment addressing.
US11106455B2	Integration of containers with external elements Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for integration of containers with external elements. In some implementations, a server environment is provided using one or more containers. The one or more containers include a first container that is an instance of a software image for an application or service. The first container is run such that the first container performs various operations. For example, access to one or more external elements that reside outside of the software image is initiated. Based on the one or more external elements, a configuration of the first container is changed from what is provided by the software image.
US11106449B2	Method for updating software components of a network subscriber of a network A method for updating software components of a network subscriber of a network, in which a program code of the network subscriber has at least two manufacturer-specific blocks, and each of these manufacturer-specific blocks has at least one software component. Each manufacturer-specific block has a respective associated block field, the at least one software component of each manufacturer-specific block has a respective associated component field, and at least one of the block fields and/or at least one of the component fields stores a respective address of a source responsible for an update. An address of the source responsible for the update of the at least one software component is selected for the at least one software component of each manufacturer-specific block on the basis of the component field associated with this at least one software component and the block field associated with this respective manufacturer-specific block.
US11106443B2	Operating system installation The disclosure provides a method and device for installing an operating system. According to an example of the method, in a temporary system, a target physical hard disk to be used for installing the operating system is determined in response to a user operation of specifying the physical hard disk, and it is judged whether the temporary system and the operating system to be installed are of the same type. Then, in a system stage corresponding to a judgment result, a logical drive letter of the target physical hard disk on the operating system to be installed is queried by a query means corresponding to the judgment result. In this way, in a small system for the operating system to be installed, the operating system to be installed can be installed on the target physical hard disk identified by the logical drive letter.
US11106442B1	Information technology networked entity monitoring with metric selection prior to deployment Data intake and query system (DIQS) instances supporting applications including lower-tier, focused, work group oriented applications may be tailored to meet the specific needs of the users. Rather than offer pre-configured options, the DIQS-based application offers the user the ability to customize data collection before deploying the collectors for specified host entities within an IT environment. Once the user selects the metrics and/or log sources for data collection at a custom interface, the lower-tier DIQS generates custom script operable to establish collection of the source data having the selected metrics and events associated with selected log sources from the specified host entities. The user can display and analyze the collected data.
US11106436B2	Development system for developing a railway signalization program and associated development method A system for developing a railway signalization program including a programming module in text language for the programming, by at least one user, of at least one computer operator, and a memory for the storage of the or each programmed computer operator using the programming module, the system also including a visual environment for the presentation, in the form of a functional graphic element, of at least one computer operator stored in the memory, the visual environment being suitable for allowing the construction, by at least one user, of a visual representation of the railway signalization program from the or each functional graphic element, the system further including an implementation system able to implement the railway signalization program based on the visual representation.
US11106435B1	OPC UA server, system operating using OPC UA, and method of executing OPC UA system An Open Platform Communications (OPC) Unified Architecture (UA) server includes: a storage that stores a configuration file written in a compiled programming language and in which an interpreter is embedded; a transceiver that receives, from an OPC UA client, an execution request to execute a calculation defined in the configuration file; and a processor that executes the calculation using the interpreter.
US11106433B2	Random number generator A method (300) for generating random numbers including: mixing (304) a bright quantum state in a first mode with a vacuum input (15), in a two mode transformation for mixing the first mode and an orthogonal second mode; after mixing, detecting (306) the intensity in the first mode, and the second mode; generating random numbers (312) based on the difference between the detected intensity of the first mode and the second mode; and simultaneously to generating random numbers, certifying the numbers as random, based on the sum of the detected intensity of the first mode and the second mode, wherein certifying confirms that the process by which the random numbers are generated is quantum in origin and so the numbers are random.
US11106428B2	Method and system for managing crowd-sensed data The disclosed embodiments illustrate a method and a system for managing crowd-sensed data, associated with events occurring in a geographical area. The method includes receiving crowd-sensed data from one or more data sources, wherein the crowd-sensed data comprises one or more event reports associated with at least a type of each of one or more events reported by the one or more data sources. The method further includes generating a data structure based on an aggregation of the received crowd-sensed data. Further, the method includes determining first information and second information based on at least the generated data structure, a reputation score of each of the one or more data sources and metadata associated with each of the one or more event reports. The method further includes displaying at least the determined first information and second information based on at least a prioritization of the one or more events.
US11106427B2	Memory filtering for disaggregate memory architectures Examples may include a data center in which memory sleds are provided with logic to filter data stored on the memory sled responsive to filtering requests from a compute sled. Memory sleds may include memory filtering logic arranged to receive filtering requests, filter data stored on the memory sled, and provide filtering results to the requesting entity. Additionally, a data center is provided in which fabric interconnect protocols in which sleds in the data center communicate is provided with filtering instructions such that compute sleds can request filtering on memory sleds.
US11106425B2	Synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.
US11106415B2	Module receiving specific value from higher-level module and generating setting value using specific value A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions installed on and executed by a computer in an information processing apparatus having a communication interface. The set of program instructions is for inputting data into a printer via the communication interface. The set of program instructions includes a set of first program instructions controlling the computer to function as a module to communicate with a higher-level module than the module. The set of first program instructions includes acquiring a specific value through an API to which the higher-level module inputs the specific value, and acquiring a printer characteristic value dependent on a type of the printer. The set of first program instructions includes generating a setting value by using the specific value and the printer characteristic value, and outputting the generated setting value to the higher-level module.
US11106410B2	Automated template generation for tiling Methods relating generally to printing to a medium with a printer are disclosed. In one such method, a plurality of objects (“the objects”) for a tile is received. An object count for each object type of the objects is counted. A tile-reuse count is initialized. A tile object associated with the objects is generated. Tile area data for the tile, tiling area data for a tiling area, and bounding region data for a bounding region are received. A check is performed for the tile area data having at least one dimension exceeding a corresponding bounding region dimension of the bounding region data. It is determined that the tiling area data does have at least one dimension exceeding the bounding region dimension. Responsive to the determining the tiling area data does have at least one dimension exceeding the bounding region dimension, a template for the tile is generated for non-overlapping tiling.
US11106406B2	Printing device and communication processing system A printing device includes a communication unit that executes wireless communication with an external device, a storage unit that stores information therein, and a controller that causes the storage unit to store access information of the external device that indicates a connection state where data exchange is being executed through the wireless communication, detects that the connection state of the external device changes to a disconnection state where the data exchange through the wireless communication is not executable, and uses, when the disconnection state is detected in the disconnection detection process, access information having a high priority ranking based on priorities determined with a predetermined rule among a plurality of access information stored in the storage unit to establish the connection state to the external device corresponding to the access information.
US11106399B2	Printing control method with printing target data generation, storage medium and information processing apparatus A printing control method is performed by an information processing apparatus including a predetermined application capable of requesting first software to output a print file and includes an input step of inputting an output size specified by a user, a determination step of determining a file name of the print file, based on the inputted output size, and an instruction step of instructing the predetermined application to request the first software to output the print file which includes data created by the predetermined application and has the determined file name. In addition, printing target data corresponding to the data created by the predetermined application is generated, with a size corresponding to the output size, based on the file name.
US11106396B1	Memory apparatus and compensation method for computation result thereof A memory apparatus and compensation method for a computation result thereof are provided. The memory apparatus includes a memory sub-block, a reference memory sub-block and a control circuit. During a computation phase, the memory sub-block receives an input signal, and generates a computation result by a multiply-accumulate operation according to the input signal. The reference memory sub-block includes a plurality of memory cells pre-programmed with a reference weight value. The reference memory sub-block receives a reference input signal during a calibration phase, and generates a reference computation value by a multiply-accumulate operation according to the reference input signal and the reference weight value. The control circuit generates an adjustment value according to the reference computation value and a standard computation value, and during the computation phase, adjusts the computation result according to the adjustment value to generate an adjusted computation result.
US11106395B2	Application execution apparatus and application execution method To provide an application execution apparatus that can achieve a real-time property of an application. An application execution apparatus (100, 1400) that executes an application including a data acquisition unit (170) that acquires data transmitted from an IO device and a data utilization unit (131) that utilizes the data acquired by the data acquisition unit (170), includes: a first calculation device that implements the data acquisition unit (170) in a first space in which the application is able to be started after an occurrence of an event for starting the application within a time required for the application; a data linkage unit (132) that links the data acquired by the data acquisition unit (170) to the data utilization unit (131); and a second calculation device that implements the data utilization unit (131) in a second space different from the first space.
US11106385B2	System and method for generating application-consistent snapshots A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a request for an application-consistent snapshot of at least a portion of a storage array. A plurality of I/O operations submitted to the at least a portion of the storage array may be monitored. A pre-defined pattern of I/O operations may be identified from the plurality of I/O operations submitted to the storage array. A snapshot of the at least a portion of the storage array may be generated.
US11106381B2	Automated seamless migration of logical storage devices An apparatus comprises a host device configured to communicate over a network with first and second storage systems. The host device detects an association in at least one of the first and second storage systems between a source logical storage device of the first storage system and a target logical storage device of the second storage system, and responsive to the detected association, establishes a migration session in the host device for migration of the source logical storage device to the target logical storage device. The host device also obtains an indication from at least one of the first and second storage systems that a corresponding migration session has been activated in the first and second storage systems, and activates the previously-established migration session in the host device based at least in part on the obtained indication for migration of the source logical storage device to the target logical storage device.
US11106375B2	Deduplication of encrypted data within a remote data store Techniques are provided for deduplicating encrypted data. For example, a device has data to store in an encrypted state within a remote data store. A key is used to encrypt the data to create encrypted data. The data is hashed to create hashed data and the encrypted data is hashed to create hashed encrypted data. A probabilistic data structure of the data is generated. The key is encrypted based upon the data to create an encrypted key. The encrypted data is transmitted to the remote data store, along with metadata comprising the hashed data, the hashed encrypted data, the probabilistic data structure, and the encrypted key. The metadata may be used to implement deduplication for subsequent requests, to store data within the remote data store, with respect to the encrypted data.
US11106369B1	Host-accessible storage device service level indicators Technologies are provided for retrieving service level indicators (SLIs) for storage devices, prioritizing data access using the SLIs, and scheduling storage device maintenance based on the SLIs. A host computer can retrieve an SLI for a storage device and determine, using the SLI, whether the storage device is performing service and maintenance operations and/or whether the storage device is in need of performing service and maintenance operations. The host computer can retrieve SLIs for multiple storage devices storing data redundantly and prioritize using the storage devices to access the data based on the SLIs. If the host computer determines that a storage device is in need of maintenance, based on its SLI, the host computer can schedule the storage device for maintenance and divert data access requests to other storage devices until the maintenance is complete.
US11106357B1	Low latency tactile telepresence A system for remote tactile telepresence wherein an array of predefined touch gestures are abstracted into cataloged values and invoked either by pattern matching, by assigned name or visual indicia. A local and remote cache of the catalog reduces latency even for complicated gestures as only a gesture identifier needs to be transmitted to a haptic output destination. Additional embodiments translate gestures to different haptic device affordances. Tactile telepresence sessions are time-coded along with audiovisual content wherein playback is heard, seen, and felt. Another embodiment associates motion capture associated with the tactile profile so that remote, haptic recipients may see renderings of objects (e.g., hands) imparting vibrotactile sensations.
US11106354B2	Method and device for hiding messages in a messaging group Techniques are provided to reduce the possibility of missing a message when searching for the message in a messaging group. In some implementations, a user input that indicates a selected contact in a messaging group, is received. The messaging group includes a plurality of messages posted by one or more contacts. From among the plurality of messages, a first set of messages that includes messages posted by the selected contact is identified. On a display interface, the messages of the first set is displayed while hiding messages from the plurality of messages that are not included in the first set. Optionally, a second set of messages that includes messages that were not posted by the selected contact, is identified from among the plurality of messages. A hidden message quantity is determined based on a number of messages in the second set of messages and displayed on the display interface.
US11106353B1	Information processing apparatus and control method An information processing apparatus includes: a display; a touch sensor on the display that detects a contact with an object on the display; a main system that executes processing in accordance with an operating system (OS); and an embedded system different from and independent of the main system. The embedded system causes the display to display third image data obtained by synthesizing first image data output from the main system and second image data that is image data in an input area for a virtual input device, and to output input information based on detection information detected by the touch sensor in the input area to the main system as input information accepted by the virtual input device.
US11106351B2	Evaluating apparatus and terminal device An evaluating apparatus includes a notifying unit and an evaluating unit. The notifying unit notifies a terminal device of a reply request. The evaluating unit calculates subjective data which expresses a subjective intuition of a target person by an evaluation value, from objective data which is calculated based on plural touch operations performed by the target person on the terminal device which is notified of the reply request in consideration of intervals between the touch operations.
US11106349B2	Data entry systems A system comprising an on-screen QWERTY keyboard having a left zone to which the four left letters of each of the rows of letters of said keyboard are assigned, and a right zone to which the rest of the letters of said keyboard are assigned and wherein an interaction provided with any of said zones is related by a processor to one or more of the letters assigned to the interacted zone, and wherein said processor is adapted to execute a word predictive software for predicting one or more words from a database of words upon detection of a sequence of interactions with said zones.
US11106341B1	Techniques for media album display and management Techniques for media album display and management are described. An apparatus may comprise a messaging component operative to receive a plurality of messaging packages from a messaging server and determine a plurality of visual media items referenced by the plurality of messaging packages; a media layout component operative to determine a visual media item layout; and a display component operative to display the plurality of visual media items based on the visual media item layout Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11106337B2	Adaptation of user interfaces based on a frustration index Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for adapting user interfaces. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include monitoring at least one action at a user interface including a page to enable a determination of a response time representative of an amount of time for an application to respond to the at least one action at the user interface including the page; determining, based on at least the response time, a frustration index; and adapting, based on the determined frustration index, at least a portion of the user interface including the page. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US11106334B2	Ordering categories in an electronic user interface menu based on user interaction frequency A system and method for displaying a user interface may include an examination and/or elimination of positional bias of interactive categories in order to drive user engagement. A method or system configured to execute the method on a user interface may include creating a first arrangement of categories. The arrangement can be shown on a user device to one or more users a selected number of times. The users' interactions with the categories in the interface may be recorded. The method may further include creating a second arrangement, which is different from the first arrangement, and this second arrangement may be shown to the users the selected number of times and the users' interactions with the second arrangement may be recorded. Based on the frequency of user interactions with the first and second arrangement, a ranked set of the categories may be created and displayed to users.
US11106332B2	Operations log The present invention discloses receiving a first operation log from a first computing device, creating a first document view in response to the first operation log, the document view comprising content generated using at least a portion of the first operation log, providing the first document view to a display device, receiving a user document change input value, and creating a local operation log in response to the first operation log and the user document change input value, the local operation log comprising at least one sequential operation defining operations to create a second document, updating the first document view in response to the user document change input value, and communicating a change value for the first operation log to the first computing device in response to the first operation log and the local operation log.
US11106327B2	System and method for providing real-time product interaction assistance A method for providing real-time virtual experience of user interactions includes rendering a 3-D virtual environment based on one or more images of a physical environment including one or more representations of physical objects, receiving a user input to place a first preset virtual object at a space in the 3-D virtual environment, rendering the first preset virtual object, detecting, by the one or more cameras, a user's hand gesture interacting with the first preset virtual object, translating the user's hand gesture into an interaction with the first preset virtual object, identifying a first part of the first preset virtual object that is subject to the interaction with the first preset virtual object, concurrently displaying in real time on the display a representation of the user's hand gesture and a movement of the first part of the first preset virtual object caused by the interaction in the 3-D virtual environment.
US11106314B2	Continuous calibration of an information handling system projected user interface Visual images projected on a projection surface by a projector provide an interactive user interface having end user inputs detected by a detection device, such as a depth camera. The detection device monitors projected images initiated in response to user inputs to determine calibration deviations, such as by comparing the distance between where a user makes an input and where the input is projected. Calibration is performed to align the projected outputs and detected inputs. The calibration may include a coordinate system anchored by its origin to a physical reference point of the projection surface, such as a display mat or desktop edge.
US11106308B2	Touch detection using multiple simultaneous stimulation signals The use of multiple stimulation signals having one or more frequencies and one or more phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have one or more mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of one or more selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the one or more mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the one or more selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the one or more mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each of the one or more frequencies.
US11106304B2	Touch display device A touch display device including a display region and a peripheral region comprises a substrate, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate and in the display region, and a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of touch signal lines disposed on the substrate. In the display region, three data lines of the plurality of data lines are located between two touch signal lines of the plurality of touch signal lines, and in the peripheral region, one of the two touch signal lines is at least partially overlapped with one of the three data lines, and two other data lines of the three data lines are at least partially overlapped with each other.
US11106303B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device having a reduced bezel area. The display device includes a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on a light-emitting element, display link lines and touch lines disposed in a non-active area, and a touch passivation film disposed on the touch electrodes, the touch passivation film contacting the touch lines disposed in a bending area of the non-active area. Consequently, a narrow bezel may be realized.
US11106301B2	Display device A display device includes first electrodes, second electrodes, lines, and a controller, and includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a display functional layer, and a common electrode stacked in this order. An insulating layer is between the common electrode and the first and second electrodes. The controller controls the pixel electrodes, the common electrode, the lines, and the first and second electrodes. During a display period, the pixel electrodes are supplied with a pixel signal through the lines, and the common electrode is supplied with a common signal. During a first sensing period, the lines are supplied with a first drive signal to generate a magnetic field. During a second sensing period, the lines are supplied with the first drive signal to generate the magnetic field, and an electromotive force corresponding to a distance between the lines and the first electrodes is generated in the first electrodes by the magnetic field.
US11106295B2	Touch-control pixel-driving circuit and method thereof, a touch-control display apparatus The present application discloses a touch-control pixel-driving circuit. The circuit includes a driving transistor coupled to a data line and a read line; an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) coupled to the driving transistor. The circuit also includes a light-sensing-touch sub-circuit coupled to the data line and the read line and configured to be reset by a first and a second control signals to send a raw signal flour the data line to the read line, and to generate a sensing signal depended on a change of the raw signal due to a touch and send the sensing signal to the read line. Further, the circuit includes a driving sub-circuit coupled to the driving transistor and configured to charge and discharge the driving transistor using a power-supply voltage and a data signal controlled by the first, the second, and a third control signals, and to drive the OLED for emitting light.
US11106294B2	Self-capacitance touch screen and display device having the same A self-capacitance touch screen includes a plurality of sensing electrodes; and sensing lines connected to the sensing electrodes, wherein a number of sensing lines is smaller than a number of sensing electrodes.
US11106289B2	Mouse device A mouse device includes a housing, a switch, a button, and a biasing member. The housing has an accommodating space therein. The switch is disposed in the accommodating space. The button covers the housing and includes a pivotal portion and a trigger portion. The pivotal portion is pivotally connected to the housing. The trigger portion extends into the accommodating space. The biasing member is located between the pivotal portion and the trigger portion and downwardly exerts a force to the button in an upward-downward axial direction of the mouse device.
US11106286B2	System and method for mood detection via piezo haptic keyboard dynamics A typing profile based mood sensing system may comprise a processor receiving a user identification associated with a personal typing profile identifying a repeated pattern of values for a combination of previously recorded haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters, and a piezo haptic keyboard controller operably connected to piezo electric elements situated beneath keys of the piezo keyboard detecting current haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters describing deformation characteristics for the piezo electric elements. The processor may compare the user personal typing behavior profile against the current haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters to identify a user personal typing behavior profile value change, and associate the change with a mood-based haptic keyboard setting adjustment. The piezo haptic keyboard controller may apply the mood-based haptic keyboard setting adjustment to operation of the haptic keyboard or touchpad.
US11106274B2	Adjusting graphics rendering based on facial expression An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a facial expression detector to detect a facial expression of a user, and a parameter adjuster communicatively coupled to the facial expression detector to adjust a graphics parameter based on the detected facial expression of the user. The detected facial expression may include one or more of a squinting, blinking, winking, and facial muscle tension of the user. The graphics parameter may include one or more of a frame resolution, a screen contrast, a screen brightness, and a shading rate. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11106273B2	System and methods for on-body gestural interfaces and projection displays A wearable system with a gestural interface for wearing on, for instance, the wrist of a user. The system comprises an ultrasonic transceiver array structure and may comprise a pico projector display element for displaying an image on a surface. User anatomical feature inputs are received in the form of ultrasound signals representative of a spatio-temporal cross-section of the wrist of the user by articulating wrist, finger and hand postures, which articulations are translated into gestures. Inputs from inertial and other sensors are used by the system as part of the anatomical feature posture identification method and device. Gestures are recognized using a mathematically-modeled, simulation-based set of biological metrics of tissue objects, which gestures are converted to executable computer instructions. Embodiments of the system disclosed herein may also be used to monitor biometric and health data over computer networks or using onboard systems.
US11106268B2	Method and system for saving power in a real time hardware processing unit The present invention provides an analog-digital hybrid architecture, which performs 256 multiplications and additions at a time. The system comprises 256 Processing Elements (PE) (108), which are arranged in a matrix form (16 rows and 16 columns). The digital inputs (110) are converted to analog signal (114) using digital to analog converters (DAC) (102). One PE (108) produces one analog output (115) which is nothing but the multiplication of the analog input (114) and the digital weight input (112). The implementation of PE is done by using i) capacitors and switches and ii) resistor and switches. The outputs from multiple PEs (108) in a column are connected together to produce one analog MAC output (116). In the similar manner, the system produces 16 MAC outputs (118) corresponding to 16 columns. Analog to digital converters (ADC) (104) are used to convert the analog MAC output (116) to digital form (118).
US11106266B2	Computer system management for selecting a first algorithm based on a third data type and a second algorithm based on a target value A computer system management method including the following steps is provided. First, a target value and at least one input parameter are set. The target value and the at least one input parameter are related to at least one of a first data type and a second data type, and the first data type is related to the second data type. Then, a first algorithm is determined based on a third data type, and an input value of the third data type is calculated by using the first algorithm. The third data type is related to the first data type and the second data type. Afterward, a second algorithm is determined based on the target value, the at least one input parameter, and the input value, and an estimated value of the second data type is calculated by using the second algorithm. A computer system is also provided.
US11106255B2	Cooling device In order to enhance heat reception from a cooling target object by a heat sink to efficiently cool a device, the cooling target object, a cooling device including a heat sink and a fluid path is provided. Further, the heat sink includes a heat receiving face. The fluid path is formed so as to allow a predetermined fluid to pass therethrough. The heat exchange portion includes a first path arranged approximately in parallel to the heat receiving face of the heat sink.
US11106253B2	Electronic device and frame module thereof A frame module is provided, which is adapted to connect to an object unit. The frame module includes a module housing, a latch, and a cover. The object unit is connected to the module housing. The latch is connected to the module housing, which is adapted to be moved between the first latch position and the second latch position. When the latch is in the first latch position, the latch is connected to the object unit to restrict the object unit. When the latch is in the second latch position, the latch is separated from the object unit. The cover pivots on the module housing, which is adapted to be rotated between the first cover orientation and the second cover orientation. When the cover is in the first cover orientation, the cover presses the latch and keeps the latch in the first latch position.
US11106250B2	Adjustment of magnetic force in a computing device Techniques for forming and adjusting a magnetic tension mechanism are described herein. A system includes a first magnetic element in a first component of a computing device. The system includes a second magnetic element in a second component of the computing device, wherein the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component are to be held in tension by a magnetic force. The system also includes an adjustment mechanism to adjust the force required to decouple the magnetic elements.
US11106245B2	Electronic apparatus for controlling size of display and control method thereof Provided is an electronic apparatus including a flexible display disposed such that a size of the display exposed on a first surface of the electronic apparatus is changed, and a controller configured to identify a first input that is input to at least one of the first surface and the second surface and control the size of the display exposed on the first surface based on the first input.
US11106240B2	System for color and brightness output management in a dual display device A dual display housing information handling system and method comprising a first display screen side having a first portion of a display screen, a second display screen side, hinged to the first display screen side, having a second portion, and a second display screen side RGB detector to activate and the first display to test flash and a first display screen side RGB detector to activate and the second display to test flash. A controller to determine operating color temperature shift for comparison to detect burn-in differences from color temperature readings by the first display screen side RGB detector and the second display screen side RGB detector, and if a threshold difference detected, the controller implementing display color shift management to provide adjusted color mapping data to adjust at least one color component of the first or second display screen side to balance the operating color temperatures.
US11106233B1	Current mirror arrangements with reduced input impedance An example current mirror arrangement includes a current mirror circuit having an input transistor and an output transistor, where the base/gate terminal of the input transistor is coupled to its collector/drain terminal via a transistor matrix that includes a plurality of transistors. Transistors of the transistor matrix, together with the input transistor, form two parallel feedback loops, such that the input transistor is part of both loops. The first loop is a fast, low-gain loop, while the second loop is a slow, high-gain loop. At lower input frequencies, the high-gain loop may properly bias and accurately generate voltage at the base/gate terminal of the input transistor, while at higher input frequencies the fast loop may significantly extend the linear operating frequency band. Consequently, a current mirror arrangement with improvements in terms of linearity and signal bandwidth may be realized.
US11106229B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit including a regulator circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an output transistor, an error amplifier, a replica transistor, a current-limiting circuit, and a potential regulation circuit. The output transistor is electrically connected between a power supply-side first node and an output-side second node. The replica transistor is electrically connected between the first node and a fourth node. The replica transistor constitutes a circuit that is configured to operate to correspond to the output transistor. The current-limiting circuit has an input node, that is electrically connected to a fifth node between the fourth node and a first current source, and an output node that is electrically connected to a gate of the output transistor and a gate of the replica transistor. The potential regulation circuit is electrically connected to the second node and the fourth node.
US11106228B2	Thermal energy storage apparatus, controllers and thermal energy storage control methods Thermal energy storage apparatus, controllers and thermal energy storage control methods are described. According to one aspect, a thermal energy storage apparatus controller includes processing circuitry configured to access first information which is indicative of surpluses and deficiencies of electrical energy upon an electrical power system at a plurality of moments in time, access second information which is indicative of temperature of a thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time, and use the first and second information to control an amount of electrical energy which is utilized by a heating element to heat the thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time.
US11106223B2	Apparatus and methods for landing unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the UAV to perform operations including: recognizing a first gesture of a hand; responsive to a recognition of the first gesture, moving the unmanned aerial vehicle to hover above the hand; detecting a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the hand; responsive to a determination that the distance falls in a range, monitoring the hand to recognize a second gesture of the hand; and responsive to a recognition of the second gesture, landing the unmanned aerial vehicle on the hand.
US11106219B2	Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a physical object in the vicinity of a host vehicle, a predictor configured to predict that a crossing vehicle will have a prescribed speed or less in a host vehicle lane in which the host vehicle is present on the basis of a state of an oncoming vehicle when the crossing vehicle whose traveling direction is a direction crossing a traveling direction of the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle with respect to the host vehicle approach a future arrival point of the host vehicle, and a driving controller configured to perform avoidance control for causing the host vehicle to avoid approaching the crossing vehicle by controlling at least one of speed and steering of the host vehicle when the crossing vehicle will have the prescribed speed or less in the host vehicle lane.
US11106216B2	System and method for assisting autonomous driving of vehicle using drone A system assisting autonomous driving using a drone include: a drone obtaining peripheral information through at least one or more detectors; a vehicle performing autonomous driving by using the peripheral information; and a server lending the drone in response to a drone rental request of the vehicle and assisting the autonomous driving of the vehicle.
US11106208B2	Building quality inspection system and inspection robot A building quality inspection system includes a controller, a drone, and a robot that are communicably connected to one another. The controller includes circuitry configured to, when exterior of a building is inspected, sends an inspection objective to the drone to instruct the drone to carry out a visual inspection of the exterior of the building, receives inspection data collected by the drone during the visual inspection of the exterior of the building, extracts a location where damage is suspected from the inspection data collected by the drone, sends the location where damage is suspected to the robot to carry out an exterior inspection at the location where damage is suspected, receives inspection data collected by the robot during the exterior inspection, and determines current quality of the exterior of the building based on the inspection data collected by the drone and the robot.
US11106201B2	Systems and methods for target tracking The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices related to target tracking by UAVs. The UAV may be configured to receive target information from a control terminal related to a target to be tracked by an imaging device coupled to the UAV. The target information may be used by the UAV to automatically track the target so as to maintain predetermined position and/or size of the target within one or more images captured by the imaging device. The control terminal may be configured to display images from the imaging device as well as allowing user input related to the target information.
US11106195B2	Communication unit, control apparatus, field device, communication system and method A communication unit (S1, S2) for industrial automation for use in a communication system (10) of series-connected communication units (M, S1, S2). The communication unit includes a first input (E1) and a first output (A1) and being configured to receive, via the input (E1), an input serial data stream having payload data and to output, via the output (A1), an output serial data stream (ADS) having payload data. The communication unit (S1, S2) is configured to determine clock information (TI) on the basis of an internal reference clock signal of the communication unit (S1, S2) and an input symbol clock of the input data stream and, using the clock information (TI), to provide the output data stream (ADS) with an output symbol clock whose clock rate is equal to the clock rate of the input symbol clock.
US11106187B2	Flexible assembly system for variable reconfiguration, and method of reconfiguring production line A flexible assembly system for variable reconfiguration, and a method of reconfiguring a production line. The method includes receiving line configuration information based on a reconfigured production line, retrieving process terminals required to be included in the reconfigured production line based on the line configuration information, when at least one among the process terminals required to be included in the reconfigured production line is not retrieved, transmitting information about the process terminal not retrieved to a line installer terminal, when all the process terminals required to be included in the reconfigured production line are retrieved, dividing the line configuration information based on each of the retrieved process terminals, and transmitting the divided line configuration information to each of the retrieved process terminals and verifying whether a component is provided in each of the process terminals.
US11106172B2	Roller and coupler transitions Examples described herein relate to a system for a print cartridge. For instance, the system may include a coupling member to connect to a printing device, a roller mechanism coupled to the coupling member, where a position of the coupling member relative to the roller mechanism remains the same as the coupling member and roller mechanism transition between a first position and a second position, and an urging member positioned away from the coupling member, where the urging member is to transition the roller mechanism from the second position to the first position.
US11106168B2	Release sheet, fixing unit and manufacturing method of release sheet A release sheet includes a support member including a positioning portion formed on a part, in a first direction along a longitudinal direction of the fixing belt, of the support member and configured to position the support member to a holding portion, that holds the fixing belt, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a release member fixed with the support member and including a front end portion that faces a surface of the fixing belt through a gap. One member among the support member and the release member includes an opening which is oblong in the second direction more than the first direction in order to adjust a distance between the front end portion and the positioning portion in the second direction.
US11106166B2	Heater and image forming apparatus A heater includes: a substrate; a first heating element being provided on one surface of the substrate and extending in a longitudinal direction of the substrate; a second heating element being provided on one surface of the substrate, extending in the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and being provided side by side with the first heating element in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; a first detecting section being provided on one surface of the substrate and detecting a temperature; a wiring being electrically connected to one ends of the first heating element, the second heating element, and the first detecting section; a first terminal being electrically connected to the other end of the first heating element; a second terminal being electrically connected to the other end of the second heating element; and a third terminal being electrically connected to the other end of the first detecting section.
US11106163B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus According to an embodiment, a fixing device used for fixing a toner image to a sheet in a printing process includes a rotatable heated body having an inner facing surface and an outer facing surface. A heater for heating the rotatable heated body has a length corresponding to the length of the heated body. A pressing member contacts the inner facing surface of the rotatable heated body at a first position. A pressing roller presses against the outer facing surface of the rotatable heated body at a position corresponding to the pressing member. A lubricant holding member has a lubricating surface that contacts the inner facing surface of the rotatable heated body at a second position. The lubricant holding member has a plurality of recesses in its lubricating surface. The recesses are spaced from each other along the length of the lubricant holding member.
US11106160B2	Drive transmission device and image forming apparatus including the drive transmission device A drive transmission device includes a driving gear, a follower gear, an intermediary gear, an output gear, and an elastic member. Transmission of a driving force from the driving gear to the follower gear and transmission of the driving force from the intermediary gear to the output gear are disabled, in a non-transmission state. In a transmission state, (i) the follower gear is moved by an elastic force of the elastic member to enable rotation of the follower gear by the driving force from the driving gear, and thereafter, (ii) the intermediary gear is rotated by the follower gear without rotating the output gear, and thereafter, the intermediary gear is enabled to transmit the driving force to the output gear.
US11106158B1	Powder supply device with magnetic body that forms a nap of mixed agent A powder supply device includes: a storage unit that stores a mixed agent including a functional material-containing powder and magnetic powder, the storage unit being provided with a discharge port through which a part of the stored mixed agent is discharged; a supply unit that holds the mixed agent and supplies the functional material-containing powder from the storage unit; and a magnetic body that covers at least a part of the discharge port and forms a nap of the mixed agent to prevent the mixed agent that is dispersed in air from flowing out through the discharge port.
US11106143B2	Mask fork for transferring mask, and corresponding mask box and mask transferring method A mask fork, configured to transfer a mask from a standard mechanical interface pod. The standard mechanical interface pod includes a plurality of supports having a L-shaped cross section. Each of the plurality of supports includes a connecting section extending horizontally and a supporting section extending vertically, and the connecting section has a bottom to which a limiting section is fixed. The mask fork includes a fork body and two tines connected to the fork body in symmetry with each other. Each of the tines comprises a transfer member configured to support the mask during a transfer of the mask and anti-collision members including a first anti-collision member extending horizontally and a second anti-collision member extending vertically. The first anti-collision member is horizontally attached to a side of the transfer member facing away from the mask.
US11106139B2	Optical path compensation device An optical path compensation apparatus includes a wedge assembly, a driving mechanism and a preload unit. The wedge assembly includes a movable wedge and a fixed wedge. The movable wedge and the fixed wedge having equal wedge angles and respective wedge surfaces inclined in opposite directions. The preload unit is configured to elastically press the movable wedge on the fixed wedge, and the driving mechanism is configured to cause relative movement between the wedge surface of the movable wedge and the wedge surface of the fixed wedge. This optical path compensation apparatus is capable of achieving effective position correction of a focal plane of a measurement system for focusing and leveling in a smooth, convenient and precise way while not causing any error in other directions.
US11106138B2	Lithography process and material for negative tone development The present disclosure provides resist rinse solutions and corresponding lithography techniques that achieve high pattern structural integrity for advanced technology nodes. An example lithography method includes forming a resist layer over a workpiece, exposing the resist layer to radiation, developing the exposed resist layer using a developer that removes an unexposed portion of the exposed resist layer, thereby forming a patterned resist layer, and rinsing the patterned resist layer using a rinse solution. The developer is an organic solution, and the rinse solution includes water.
US11106135B2	3D printed composites from a single resin by patterned light exposures Provided herein are processes for the generation of composite polymer materials utilizing a single resin. The processes utilize diffusion between a region undergoing a polymerization reaction preferentially polymerizing one monomer component and an unreactive region. Diffusion and subsequent/concurrent polymerization results in a higher concentration of the more reactive monomer component in the reacting region and a higher concentration of the less reactive monomer components in the unreactive region. The unreactive region may be later polymerized. In embodiments, photopolymerization is used and the regions are generated by a mask or other mechanism to pattern the light.
US11106128B2	Method for designing mask set, recording medium, template, and method for manufacturing template According to an embodiment, a method for designing a mask set is provided. In the method for designing the mask set, an imprint-alignment mark is arranged in a region other than a chip region in an imprint shot formed in a template. The imprint-alignment mark is used for alignment during an imprint. Subsequently, the shape of the imprint shot is set based on an arrangement position of the imprint-alignment mark. Subsequently, another pattern is arranged in a region where the region is other than the chip region in the imprint shot and the imprint-alignment mark is not arranged. The other pattern is used in a process other than the imprint.
US11106124B2	Multiple-polarization cloaking for projected and writing surface view screens A system includes a view screen with polarized output. The view screen may include a projected view screen or writing-surface view screen. A window capable of blocking the polarized output at least in part cloaks the view screen to frustrate viewing of the view screen through the window. In some cases, the window includes an array of panels capable of blocking multiple polarizations. The array may disrupt multiple different polarized view screen outputs while maintaining transparency to unpolarized light. In some cases, the window capable of blocking polarized output may be paired with view screen cover that converts view screen output in an unblocked polarization to one of the one or more polarizations blocked by the window.
US11106120B2	Projection device and light source system and projection method thereof A projection device, a light source system and a projection method thereof are provided. A portion of the light-emitting units are controlled to provide a light beam as the first light beam. It is detected whether characteristic parameters of the light-emitting units providing the light beam reach a preset value. When the preset value is not reached, the light-emitting units providing the light beam are disabled, and the remaining light-emitting units are controlled to provide the back-up light beam as the first light beam. A portion of the first light beam is converted into a second light beam. The first light beam of which the wavelength is not converted and the second light beam are combined to generate an illumination beam. The illumination beam is converted into an image beam. The image beam is converted into a projection beam.
US11106117B2	Foldable camera stand A foldable camera stand is disclosed which includes an elongated base plate, an imaging device, and an elongated first arm plate with a first end movably coupled to the base plate and a second end pivotally connected to the imaging device, the first end being opposite to the second end, wherein the imaging device and the first arm plate are approximately in the same plane which is substantially parallel to the base plate when the camera stand is in a folded state.
US11106110B2	Optical shaping apparatus and method of manufacturing shaped object An optical shaping apparatus includes: a light source unit that outputs collimated light; an optical function unit that is disposed on an optical path of the collimated light and modulates the optical path or a phase of the collimated light; and a control unit that controls operation of the optical function unit, to irradiate a target surface with modulated light produced in the optical function unit.
US11106102B2	Display substrate, method for manufacturing same, and display device The present disclosure discloses a display substrate, a method for manufacturing same, and a display device, relating to the field of display technologies. The display substrate comprises a base substrate, and a transflective layer and a quantum dot (QD) structure that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the base substrate. The QD structure is configured to emit light in a second wavelength range under excitation by light in a first wavelength range. The second wavelength range is outside the first wavelength range. The transflective layer is configured to reflect the light in the first wavelength range and transmit the light in the second wavelength range.
US11106093B2	Electronic modulating device An electronic modulating device is provided. The electronic modulating device includes a first substrate. The first substrate includes a first portion and a second portion. The electronic modulating device also includes a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate. The electronic modulating device further includes at least one working device disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the working device overlaps the first portion and does not overlap the second portion. In addition, the electronic modulating device includes a first adjustment unit disposed between the first portion of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first adjustment unit has a first elastic coefficient. The electronic modulating device also includes second adjustment unit disposed between the second portion of the first substrate and the second substrate. The second adjustment unit has a second elastic coefficient that is greater than the first elastic coefficient.
US11106091B2	Display substrate, method for manufacturing the same, display panel, and method for manufacturing the same A display substrate, a method for manufacturing thereof, a display panel and a method for manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The display substrate includes a display region and a sealing region surrounding the display region. A plurality of through holes are formed within the sealing region of the display substrate.
US11106080B2	Backlight module, display device and driving method for the same The present disclosure provides a backlight module, a display device and a driving method thereof. A backlight module of the present disclosure includes a light guide plate having a light-out side and a backlight side; a light source provided at one end of the light guide plate and includes a plurality of light emitting units having at least three different colors; and a light extracting layer comprising a plurality of light extracting gratings arranged in an array distribution on the light-out side or the backlight side for guiding the light to emit perpendicular to the light-out side.
US11106072B2	Display device A display device includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode, switching components, pixel lines, and conductive lines. The common electrode overlaps the pixel electrodes via an insulator. The switching components are connected to the pixel electrodes. The pixel lines are connected to the switching components and disposed adjacent to the pixel electrodes. The conductive lines are adjacent to the pixel electrodes on a side on which the pixel lines are disposed. The conductive lines are separated from each other and electrically connected to the common electrode. The conductive lines include common portions having a common positional relation relative to the pixel lines, respectively.
US11106045B2	Display system, movable object, and design method The display system displays a virtual image as if it is at a target position in a target space. The system satisfies a condition where \|1/L1−1/L2max\| is larger than 0 but is equal to or smaller than 0.06. L1 [m] denotes a display distance defined as a distance from a point-of-view position for the virtual image to a display position of the virtual image. L2max [m] denotes a maximum value of a target distance defined as a distance from the point-of-view position to the target position.
US11106042B2	Image processing apparatus, head-mounted display, and image displaying method Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a signal processing unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to correct the captured image to an image suitable for display; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image for synthesis transmitted from an apparatus, which is not provided integrally with the image processing apparatus, with the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to control a display panel to display the synthesized image. The correction unit carries out, from among processes for correcting the captured image to the image suitable for display, part of the correction processes for the captured image before the synthesis by the synthesis unit and carries out remaining correction processes for the image after the synthesis.
US11106041B2	Augmented reality systems and methods with variable focus lens elements An augmented reality display system includes a pair of variable focus lens elements that sandwich a waveguide stack. One of the lens elements is positioned between the waveguide stack and a user's eye to correct for refractive errors in the focusing of light projected from the waveguide stack to that eye. The lens elements may also be configured to provide appropriate optical power to place displayed virtual content on a desired depth plane. The other lens element is between the ambient environment and the waveguide stack, and is configured to provide optical power to compensate for aberrations in the transmission of ambient light through the waveguide stack and the lens element closest to the eye. In addition, an eye-tracking system monitors the vergence of the user's eyes and automatically and continuously adjusts the optical powers of the pair of lens elements based on the determined vergence of those eyes.
US11106040B2	Video display apparatus and video display system To provide a wide eye box and are capable of displaying a video having uniform luminance, it is provided a video display apparatus comprising: a video projection unit configured to project video light; a video light replication unit configured to replicate the video light; and a light guiding unit configured to transmit the video light through an inside of the light guiding unit, wherein the video light replication unit is configured to transmit the video light emitted from the video projection unit to the light guiding unit, wherein the light guiding unit is configured to transmit the video light that has entered through the inside to output the video light, and wherein the video light replication unit is configured to replicate the video light that has entered the video light replication unit so that a luminance distribution of the video light output from the light guiding unit is uniform.
US11106033B2	Waveguide-based illumination for head mounted display system A head-mounted display system is configured to project light to an eye of a user wearing the head-mounted display system to display content in a vision field of said user. The head-mounted display system comprises at least one diffusive optical element, at least one out-coupling optical element, at least one mask comprising at least one mask opening, at least one illumination in-coupling optical element configured to in-couple light from at least one illumination source into a light-guiding component, an image projector configured to in-couple an image and an at least one illumination source is configured to in-couple light into at least one illumination in-coupling optical element, an eyepiece, a curved light-guiding component, a light-guiding component comprising a portion of a frame, and/or two light-guiding components disposed on opposite sides of at least one out-coupling optical element.
US11106032B2	Digital camera with in-camera software for image correction A system is disclosed for the automated correction of optical and digital aberrations in a digital imaging system. The system includes several main parts, including (a) digital filters, (b) hardware modifications, (c) digital system corrections, (d) digital system dynamics and (e) network aspects. The system solves numerous problems in still and video photography that are presented in the digital imaging environment.
US11106030B2	Optical distance measurement system using solid state beam steering An optical distance measuring system includes a first transmitter, a first solid state device, and a receiver. The first transmitter is configured to generate a first optical waveform. The first solid state device is configured to receive the first optical waveform and steer the first optical waveform toward a target object. The receiver is configured to receive the first optical waveform reflected off of the first target object and determine a distance to the first target object based on a time of flight from the transmitter to the first target object and back to the receiver.
US11106013B2	Imaging optical lens The present disclosure relates to optical lenses and discloses an imaging optical lens The imaging optical lens includes 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 a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. A focal length of the first lens is f1, a focal length of the second lens is f2, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens is R5, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens is R6, and the following relational expressions are satisfied: 20≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤100; and −10≤f2/f1≤−2.7.
US11106011B2	Photographing lens system, imaging apparatus and electronic device A photographing lens system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof and has at least one inflection point in an off-axis region thereof.
US11106001B2	Lens barrel A lens barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention has a fixing member; an aperture unit that moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; a plurality of optical members that move forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; and an aperture FPC that connects a substrate held by the fixing member to the aperture unit. The aperture FPC bends around an axis line extending in the vertical direction in the normal attitude state and is arranged in a position overlapping a drive unit of the aperture unit on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.
US11106000B2	Driving mechanism A driving mechanism for supporting an optical member is provided, including a base, a frame, a movable portion, a driving module, and an adhesive member. The base includes a plurality of first sidewalls, and at least one recess is formed on the first sidewalls. The frame includes a plurality of second sidewalls, and at least one opening is formed on the second sidewalls. The base and the frame form a hollow box, and the opening corresponds to the recess. The movable portion and the driving module are disposed in the hollow box. The driving module can drive the movable portion to move relative to the base. The adhesive member is accommodated in the opening and the recess, and extended along the first sidewalls. The adhesive member is disposed between the first sidewalls and the second sidewalls.
US11105998B2	Super-absorbent swellable hot melt coated optical fibers, buffer tubes, cable designs thereof and manufacturing processes Embodiments of an optical fiber cable are provided. The cable includes a cable jacket and at least one buffer tube. Each buffer tube surrounds a plurality of optical fibers. The cable jacket surrounds the at least one buffer tube. Further, a coating of superabsorbent, swellable hot melt is applied to at least one of the following locations: (i) along at least a portion of the length of at least one of the plurality of optical fibers; (ii) along at least a portion of the length of the exterior or interior surface of the at least one buffer tube; or (iii) along at least a portion of the length of the interior surface of the cable jacket. Moreover, the superabsorbent, swellable hot melt is capable of absorbing at least 50 g of water per gram of superabsorbent, swellable hot melt.
US11105994B2	Fiber optic splitter module A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of fiber optic splitter modules mounted within the chassis. Each splitter module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the splitter module through a front opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the splitter module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. The adapters mounted within the interior of the chassis are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a fiber optic splitter module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed.
US11105992B2	Optical fiber ribbon and optical fiber cable Provided is an optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable, which are adaptable to manufacture at a high velocity, in the intermittent connecting type optical fiber ribbon obtained by adhering and connecting adjacent colored optical fibers by intermittent connecting portions. In an optical fiber ribbon 2 of the present invention, since, in addition to polyol having a weight average molecular weight in a specific range, rheology control agent is contained in a specific range in a material forming an intermittent connecting portion 3, the Newtonian region between a low shear rate region and a high shear rate region of the material forming the intermittent connecting portion 3 can be adjusted. Thus, scattering of the material due to a centrifugal force generated by rotation of an application roll that applies the material at the time of manufacture and the like can be suppressed, and the application amount to colored optical fiber 1 can be stabilized. In addition, the optical fiber ribbon 2 can maintain suppression of such scattering and the like even in the manufacture at a high linear velocity.
US11105989B2	Optical assembly and method of forming the same Various embodiments may provide an optical assembly. The optical assembly may include a substrate with a first and a second grooves, and a photonic integrated circuit chip with a coupling waveguide, a first and a second grooves. The optical assembly may further include a first and a second cylindrical rods held by the respective grooves of the substrate and the photonic integrated circuit chip. A portion of the first rod and a portion of the second rod define a vertical offset between the photonic integrated circuit chip and the substrate to align the coupling waveguide with an optical fiber.
US11105986B2	Ferrule housing with integrated boot Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a fiber optic connector including a connector body defining a central longitudinal axis that extends in a front-to-rear orientation. The connector body can include a front connector housing piece and a rear connector housing piece that may be aligned along the central longitudinal axis. A front end of the rear connector housing piece can be adapted to connect with a rear plug end of the front connector housing piece. The rear end of the rear connector housing piece can include a unitary fiber bend radius limiting structure. The unitary fiber bend radius limiting structure can be generally funnel-shaped. A ferrule assembly can be captured between the front and rear connector housing pieces with the rear connector housing piece functioning as a rear spring stop.
US11105985B2	Lens-based connector assemblies having precision alignment features and methods for fabricating the same Lens-based optical connector assemblies and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lens-based connector assembly includes a glass-based optical substrate includes at least one optical element within the optical substrate, and at least one alignment feature positioned at an edge of the glass-based optical substrate, wherein the at least one alignment feature is located within 0.4 μm of a predetermined position with respect to the at least one optical element along an x-direction and a y-direction. The lens-based connector assembly further includes a connector element including a recess having an interior surface, The interior surface has at least one connector alignment feature. The glass-based optical substrate is disposed within the recess such that the at least one alignment feature of the glass-based optical substrate engages the at least one connector alignment feature.
US11105984B2	Retention device for optoelectronic connections An example method of assembling an optoelectronic assembly may include aligning a receptacle with a sleeve that may have a radial flange and with a ferrule that may have a light propagation axis. The method may include axially displacing one or more of the receptacle, the sleeve, and the ferrule such that the receptacle may be positioned at least partially within the sleeve and may at least partially surround the ferrule. The method may include aligning a fiber stub that may have a fiber stub pigtail and a fiber stub flange with the receptacle. The method may include axially displacing one or both of the fiber stub and the receptacle such that the fiber stub may be positioned in close proximity with the ferrule. The method may include coupling the sleeve via the radial flange and the fiber stub via the fiber stub flange with a retention device.
US11105966B2	Functional building material for windows and doors A functional building material for a window includes a transparent glass substrate; and a low-emissivity coating formed on the transparent glass substrate. The low-emissivity coating includes a vertical sequential stack on the transparent glass substrate of a lowest barrier layer, a first dielectric layer, a lower barrier layer, a second dielectric layer, a first low-emissivity protective layer, a low-emissivity layer, a second low-emissivity protective layer, a third dielectric layer, an upper barrier layer, and a fourth dielectric layer in this order. The lowest barrier layer includes one selected from a group consisting of a first metal, a first complex metal, a first metal oxide, a first complex metal oxide, a first metal oxynitride, a first complex metal oxynitride, and a combination thereof.
US11105962B2	Optical system and control method for the optical system An optical system is provided and includes a reflecting unit, a lens unit, an image sensor, and a control module. The image sensor is configured to receive light, and the light is configured to enter the optical system and pass through the reflecting unit and the lens unit to the image sensor. The control module is configured to control a first driving module of the reflecting unit and/or a lens driving mechanism of the lens unit according to reference information to drive the light to move in a first direction and/or a second direction on the image sensor, so as to compensate for the offset displacement of the light on the image sensor when the optical system is shaken.
US11105958B2	Systems and methods for distributed-solar power forecasting using parameter regularization An example method comprises receiving first historical meso-scale numerical weather predictions (NWP) and power flow information for a geographic distribution area, correcting for overfitting of the historical NWP predictions, reducing parameters in the first historical NWP predictions, training first power flow models using the first reduced, corrected historical NWP predictions and the historical power flow information for all or parts of the first geographic distribution area, receiving current NWP predictions for the first geographic distribution area, applying any number of first power flow models to the current NWP predictions to generate any number of power flow predictions, comparing one or more of the any number of power flow predictions to one or more first thresholds to determine significance of reverse power flows, and generating a first report including at least one prediction of the reverse power flow and identifying the first geographic distribution area.
US11105954B2	Diffusion safety system A power beaming system includes a power beam transmitter arranged to transmit the power beam, and a power beam receiver arranged to receive the power beam from the power beam transmitter. A power beam transmission source is arranged to generate a laser light beam for transmission by the power beam transmitter from a first location toward a remote second location. A beam-shaping element shapes the laser light beam, at least one diffusion element uniformly distributes light of the shaped laser light beam, and a projection element illuminates a power beam receiving element of predetermined shape with the shaped laser light beam. At the power beam receiver, a diffusion surface diffuses a portion the power beam specularly reflected from the power beam receiver.
US11105950B2	Whole-body transmission x-ray scanner and methods for whole-body scanning A whole-body transmission x-ray scanner includes a collimated x-ray source, a linear x-ray camera configured to detect x-rays, a counterweight, and a positioner that aligns the source and ray camera and moves the source and camera synchronously to scan and acquire radiographic images of an object located therebetween. The positioner comprises a cable alignment assembly connecting the counterweight directly to the x-ray source and camera to maintain alignment of the source and camera during a scanning mode in which the source and camera move from one end of the object to another end. The positioner comprises a motor, a bi-directional crossover slide track bearing assembly connected to the source, and a conveyor operatively connected to the motor and to the slide track bearing assembly to move the slide track bearing assembly in a loop that correspondingly translates the source and camera along a single linear axis.
US11105949B2	Electromagnetic prediction method for concealed mines Disclosed is an electromagnetic prediction method for concealed orebodies. A factor associated with an observation direction and a factor associated with a frequency are retrieved from tensor impedance data after static shift recognition and correction. An electromagnetic recognition factor including anisotropic characteristics is constructed. A probability of a developed orebody in a particular underground depth range of a target area is then inferred by using the electromagnetic recognition factor alone or as a component of comprehensive prediction information. Due to the full use of a potential correlation between anisotropic characteristics of frequency domain electromagnetic fields and an apparent metal factor and two-dimensional (or three-dimensional) extended concealed orebodies, the success rate of predicting spatial locations and attributes of the concealed orebodies is improved.
US11105943B2	System and method for mapping hydrocarbon source rock using seismic attributes A method is described for identifying source rocks in a subsurface volume of interest. The method may include generating a trend-normalized reflectivity seismic attribute and calculating the location, thickness, organic richness and thermal maturity of the potential source rocks based on seismic data. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US11105939B2	System and method for PET data correction A method for correcting PET data includes acquiring first PET data at a time interval. The method also includes acquiring a first normalization coefficient corresponding to the first PET data. The method also includes determining a scale factor based at least partially on the first normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining second PET data based on the first PET data, the scale factor, and the second normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining a first dead time correction coefficient corresponding to the second PET data. The method also includes determining third PET data based on the second PET data and the first dead time correction coefficient. The method further includes reconstructing a first image based on the third PET data.
US11105932B2	Method and system for detecting and mitigating time synchronization attacks of global positioning system (GPS) receivers A system and method are provided for detecting and estimating time synchronization attacks (TSAs) on Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. The system and method can be implemented to address gaps in the known or proposed TSA detection solutions. In particular, the system and method can be implemented to provide a TSA countermeasure solution that: 1) provides a comprehensive countermeasure against different types of TSAs; 2) allows the GPS receiver to continue its normal operation, which is especially beneficial in Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) applications where the network's normal operation cannot be interrupted; in other words, the solution not only detects TSAs, but also mitigates their effects so that the network can continue its normal operation; and 3) is relatively simple and capable of being integrated with current GPS receivers without having to alter the circuitry of the GSP receivers.
US11105926B2	Phase difference frequency generating method, phase difference frequency generating device and electronic distance meter A phase difference frequency generating method comprising: cutting out a reference signal, which is a continuous signal with a predetermined frequency, in a predetermined time and at a predetermined time interval by a signal for intermitting and creating a first intermittent signal, shifting the signal for intermitting by a time corresponding to π/a (a=natural number) of a fundamental frequency of the reference signal, cutting out the reference signal in the predetermined time and at the predetermined time interval by the signal for intermitting as shifted and creating a second intermittent signal, and carrying out a restoration processing for restoring the second intermittent signal by a time as shifted.
US11105925B2	Accurate photo detector measurements for LIDAR A light ranging system can include a laser device and an imaging device having photosensors. The laser device illuminates a scene with laser pulse radiation that reflects off of objects in the scene. The reflections can vary greatly depending on the reflecting surface shape and reflectivity. The signal measured by photosensors can be filtered with a number of matched filter designed according to profiles of different reflected signals. A best matched filter can be identified, and hence information about the reflecting surface and accurate ranging information can be obtained. The laser pulse radiation can be emitted in coded pulses by allowing weights to different detection intervals. Other enhancements include staggering laser pulses and changing an operational status of photodetectors of a pixel sensor, as well as efficient signal processing using a sensor chip that includes processing circuits and photosensors.
US11105919B2	Vehicle radar for environmental detection A vehicle FMCW Doppler radar system (3) and related method using transmitter arrangement (4), a receiver arrangement (7) and at least one control unit (15). The radar system (3) is arranged to transmit signals (11), to receive reflected signals (12), and to obtain a plurality of measure results from the received reflected signals (12) along a main field of view (10) during at least two radar cycles where each radar cycle including a plurality of FMCW ramps. For each radar cycle, the control unit (15) is arranged to form a spectrum density map (30) from measuring points (14) along the main field of view (10), where each measure result results in a measuring point (14). The control unit (15) is arranged to combine at least two spectrum density maps to form a combined spectrum density map.
US11105916B2	Null data packet (NDP) ranging with unassociated stations An access point (AP) device of a wireless communication network determines that an unassociated client station requests to participate in a ranging measurement procedure with the AP device, and determines a preliminary network ID for uses by the unassociated client station during a ranging measurement session and while the unassociated client station remains unassociated with the wireless communication network. The AP device transmits a packet having the preliminary network ID, and after transmitting the packet having the preliminary network ID, participates in a multi-user (MU) null data packet (NDP) ranging measurement session with a plurality of client stations that includes the unassociated client station. Participating in the MU NDP ranging measurement session includes transmitting a trigger frame to prompt the plurality of client stations to simultaneously transmit respective NDPs as part of an uplink MU transmission corresponding to the MU NDP ranging measurement session, where the trigger frame includes the preliminary network ID.
US11105915B2	Apparatus, system and method of ranging measurement Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses systems and/or methods of ranging measurement. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless communication station (STA) to receive from a second STA a sounding transmission for a range measurement of a range between the first STA and the second STA; to determine a channel response estimation based on the sounding transmission from the second STA; to determine a timing value based on the channel response estimation; and to transmit a feedback message to the second STA, the feedback message including the timing value.
US11105910B2	Systems and methods for virtual aperature radar tracking A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
US11105905B2	LiDAR and camera rotational position calibration using multiple point cloud comparisons A method includes capturing, by a plurality of image sensors on an automotive vehicle, image data associated with one or more calibration objects in an environment, and capturing, by a LiDAR sensor, a three-dimensional LiDAR point cloud based on LiDAR data. The method further comprises generating a three-dimensional image point cloud based on the image data and the three-dimensional LiDAR point cloud, mapping a first alignment plane of the three-dimensional image point cloud relative to a second alignment plane of the three-dimensional LiDAR point cloud for each of the calibration objects to determine an angle between the first alignment plane and second alignment plane, and calibrating the LiDAR sensor relative to the image sensors by determining a degree of rotation of the LiDAR sensor to minimize the angle between the first alignment plane and second alignment plane.
US11105903B2	Electronic distance meter and modulated frequency determination method of feedback signal An electronic distance meter comprises a distance measuring light projecting module, a photodetector, a photodetection circuit, and a control arithmetic module, wherein the distance measuring light projecting module has a light emitter, the light emitter emits a distance measuring light, the photodetector receives a reflected distance measuring light from an object to be measured and produces photodetection signals, the photodetection circuit generates an intermediate frequency signal based on the photodetection signals, and the control arithmetic module controls the photodetection circuit and calculates a distance to the object to be measured based on each of the photodetection signals, and wherein the control arithmetic module coincides a frequency orthogonal to a frequency which a sampling signal has with a frequency of a feedback signal on a curve, which is acquired by performing a DFT processing on the sampling signal acquired by sampling the intermediate frequency signal.
US11105896B2	Trailer detection and estimation system and related techniques A method and apparatus for detecting and estimating the dimension of a trailer are presented. The method includes: capturing information on surrounding static infrastructure; determining the existence of a trailer based upon the captured information on the surrounding static infrastructure. When it is determined that a trailer is present, the method further includes: filtering detections associated with the existence of the trailer; identifying one or more regions on a trailer based upon the filtered detections, the regions corresponding to repeated reflections having an amplitude equal to or greater than a predetermined amplitude threshold with a substantially constant range relative to a fixed origin; and determining at least one of a width, length, and height of the trailer based on the identified regions.
US11105885B2	System and methods for identifying the location of a device based on calibration information An occupancy detector provides for an automated means of detecting the location of an occupant. Methods to determine with a high degree of certainty if a user is at (or occupying) a specific physical location or region are provided, using a wide variety of radio signaling technologies readily available on a wide scale due to the prevalence of wireless radio communications systems. The occupancy detector may be used to deliver a variety of services from targeted advertising in a supermarket to home automation systems. An example of a system for controlling the climate in a dwelling comprising multiple zones representing small areas such as for example rooms is described using the occupancy detection algorithms.
US11105883B2	Circular polarized angle of arrival measurement system Methods and systems are disclosed and include receiving, at a plurality of azimuth angles, a signal via a first communication channel and a second signal via a second communication channel. The method includes determining a plurality of first and second communication channel phase angle differences of the antenna system that each correspond to one of the plurality of azimuth angles. The method includes generating a first reference curve and a second reference curve based on the plurality of first and second communication channel phase angle differences, respectively. The method includes determining a first set and a second set of phase difference limits, and for each set, the method includes: identifying a minimum and maximum capping region; determining a minimum phase difference limit based on a central location of the minimum capping region; and determining a maximum phase difference limit based on a central location of the maximum capping region.
US11105872B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with enhanced image quality According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an amplifier, a gradient coil, and adjusting circuitry. The amplifier includes pulse width modulation circuitry modulating a pulse width of a driving signal, which is input to switching elements, in accordance with an input of a control signal corresponding to a waveform of a gradient magnetic field. The gradient coil generates the gradient magnetic field by an electric current supplied in accordance with an output voltage which is output from the amplifier. The adjusting circuitry executes adjustment of a gain of the amplifier, which is included in the control signal, or adjustment of the pulse width of the driving signal, in accordance with a dead time included in a switching cycle of the switching elements.
US11105869B2	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coil using transmission lines to enforce periodic conditions for resonance Embodiments relate to MRI coils and arrays comprising transmission lines to enforce periodic conditions. An example embodiment comprises a MRI RF coil array comprising: a plurality of assemblies, wherein each assembly of the plurality of assemblies comprises: a two-port device of that assembly, wherein the two-port device of that assembly is similar to the two-port device of each other assembly of the plurality of assemblies, and wherein the two-port device of that assembly comprises at least one associated inductor configured to, in a Tx mode, generate at least a portion of a B1 field; and a transmission line of that assembly, wherein a length of the transmission line of that assembly can be similar to a length of the transmission line of each other assembly of the plurality of assemblies, wherein the plurality of assemblies are connected together in a loop.
US11105868B2	Integrated data bus RF signature extraction and amplification A device to extract digital and unintended analog signals from a data bus with a non-contact common mode probe and a differential mode probe, each with a low noise amplifier. The analog and digital signals can be monitored contemporaneously.
US11105866B2	Dynamical isolation of a cryogenic processor A device is dynamically isolated via a broadband switch that includes a plurality of cascade elements in series, wherein each cascade element comprises a first set of SQUIDs in series, a matching capacitor, and a second set of SQUIDs in series. The broadband switch is set to a passing state via flux bias lines during programming and readout of the device and set to a suppression state during device's calculation to reduce operation errors at the device. A device is electrically isolated from high-frequencies via an unbiased broadband switch. A device is coupled to a tunable thermal bath that includes a broadband switch.
US11105865B2	High-sensitivity multi-channel atomic magnetometer High-sensitivity multi-channel atomic magnetometers are described. Methods for operating multi-channel atomic magnetometers are also described. Moreover, devices incorporating a plurality of multi-channel atomic magnetometers are described. A multi-channel atomic magnetometer may use the spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) technique. A multi-channel atomic magnetometer may achieve multi-channel operation in a single module, reducing the cost of sensors. A multi-channel atomic magnetometer may be a 16-channel atomic magnetometer. A multi-channel atomic magnetometer may include a single large vapor cell including alkali-metal atoms and at least one buffer gas that restricts motion of atomic spins of the alkali-metal atoms, thereby making relatively small internal cell volumes act as a multiple independent local sensing channels. A multi-channel atomic magnetometer may include a broad pump beam that simultaneously polarizes all (or substantially all) of the alkali-metal atoms in each internal sensing volume of the vapor cell, and a broad probe beam that simultaneously measures magnetic fields at multiple sensing volumes with a photodiode array.
US11105864B2	Arc fault circuit interrupter An arc fault circuit interrupter is disclosed. This arc fault circuit interrupter can include any one or more of three different sensors such as a high frequency sensor, and any one of lower frequency sensors such as a current sensor or a differential sensor. The arc fault circuit interrupter can be configured as an in line arc fault circuit interrupter installed in a wall box. In addition, the arc fault circuit interrupter can include a processor configured to determine any one of a series arc fault, or a parallel arc fault.
US11105860B2	Battery monitoring device and battery monitoring system A battery monitoring device and a battery monitoring system for suppressing a variation of a pulse width in a communication signal transmitted and received between battery monitoring devices are provided. The battery monitoring device comprises: a receiving unit, which receives a communication signal input from the outside; a signal regenerating unit, which regenerates the communication signal so that a width of a pulse that is included in the communication signal received by the receiving unit becomes a prescribed magnitude; a transmitting unit, which transmits the communication signal regenerated by the signal regenerating unit to the outside; and a processing unit, which carries out a process of measuring a cell voltage of battery cells according to the communication signal received by the receiving unit.
US11105856B2	Detection of performance degradation in integrated circuits Methods and systems of detecting chip degradation are described. A processor may execute a test on a device at a first time, where the test includes executable instructions for the device to execute a task under specific conditions relating to a performance attribute. The processor may receive performance data indicating a set of outcomes from the task executed by the device during the test. The processor may determine a first value of a parameter of the performance attribute based on the identified subset. The processor may compare the first value with a second value of the parameter of the performance attribute. The second value is based on an execution of the test on the device at a second time. The processor may determine a degradation status of the device based on the comparison of the first value with the second value.
US11105855B2	Tester and method for testing a device under test and tester and method for determining a single decision function An apparatus for determining a single decision function is configured to obtain measurements from a plurality of devices under test corresponding to stimulating signals applied to the plurality of devices under test. The stimulating signals correspond to a set of tests performed on the plurality of devices under test. The apparatus may further determine a subset of tests from the set of tests, such that the subset of tests is relevant for indicating whether the plurality of devices under test pass the set of tests. The apparatus may also determine the single decision function applicable to measurements from an additional device under test tested using the subset of tests, such that the single decision function is adapted to predict a test result for the set of tests on the basis of the subset of tests.
US11105850B2	Secure debug system for electronic devices Systems and methods for secure testing and debugging of electronic devices are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include an electronic device that includes a control switch placed on a device test bus of the electronic device between a debugger external to the device and a debug interface on the device. In some cases, the device may include at least one register placed on the device test bus between the debugger and authentication logic of the electronic device.
US11105844B2	Predictive voltage transient reduction in integrated circuits Power control arrangements for integrated circuit devices are discussed herein. In one example, an assembly includes an integrated circuit device comprising one or more processing cores and a power domain configured to distribute a supply voltage to the one or more processing cores. The assembly also includes a charge injection circuit coupled to the power domain of the integrated circuit device, and configured to selectively couple electric charge into the power domain to predictively offset at least portions of voltage transients in the power domain.
US11105841B2	Flying probe electronic board tester, and test method thereof Machine with flying probes for testing electronic boards comprising a conveyor for loading/unloading the boards into/from the testing station, a plurality of flying probes suitable to interact with predetermined points of each board and a plurality of contacting devices arranged at the sides of the working volume of the flying probes and suitable to cooperate with contact areas arranged on one edge of the board.
US11105839B2	Apparatus, method and computer program product for defect detection in work pieces An apparatus, a method and a computer program product for defect detection in work pieces is disclosed. At least one light source is provided and the light source generates an illumination light of a wavelength range at which the work piece is transparent. A camera images the light from at least one face of the work piece on a detector of the camera by means of a lens. A stage is used for moving the work piece and for imaging the at least one face of the semiconductor device completely with the camera. The computer program product is disposed on a non-transitory, computer readable medium for defect detection in work pieces. A computer is used to execute the various process steps and to control the various means of the apparatus.
US11105838B2	System and method for measuring turns ratio of a transformer A turns ratio meter may be connected to each phase of each set of windings. The excitation voltage used in testing is a DC square wave. The excitation voltage is relatively low, between 1 and 48 volts. The step down and step up testing is performed several times with different voltages and/or frequencies. Excitation losses of the transformer are determined based upon the multiple step down and step up tests. The step down and step up testing can be performed without reconfiguring the test leads on the transformer. The testing is performed on a single phase of the transformer or all three phases of the transformer simultaneously. The turns ratio of the transformer is accurately determined using the results of the step down and step up testing and the calculated excitation losses.
US11105837B2	Frequency multiplying device The invention relates to a frequency multiplying device for determination of a fundamental frequency f of an analogue target signal. The device comprises a generating device for generating a reference signal having a frequency fosc, wherein fosc is greater than f, and a first counter being coupled to a terminal, the terminal to be fed with the analogue target signal, and being coupled to the generating device such that the first counter counts a number of signal edges generated from the reference signal in a time interval corresponding substantially to 1/f and outputs a first counter signal, wherein a frequency divider is coupled between the generating device and the first counter and a second counter is coupled to the generating device for counting signal edges of a signal generated from the reference signal the second counter outputting a second counter signal and a comparator is coupled to the first counter to receive the first counter signal and coupled to the second counter to receive the second counter signal, wherein the comparator generates a signal in the event the first counter signal is equal to the second counter signal, and the output of the comparator is coupled to reset the second counter.
US11105828B2	Microelectromechanical device for out-of-plane motion detection The disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical device where the device structure includes a rotating mass structure and a linear mass structure. The rotating mass structure is formed of two rotating mass parts elastically coupled to the support through one or more springs that enable rotary motion of each of the rotating mass parts about respective rotary axes that extend parallel to each other along a first in-plane direction (IP1). The linear mass structure includes at least one elongate rigid body that extends in a second in-plane direction (IP2). One end of the linear mass structure is coupled to the first rotating mass part and the other end of the linear mass structure is coupled to the second rotating mass part such that rotary motions of the first and second masses result into linear motion of the linear mass structure in the out-of-plane direction (OP).
US11105818B2	MIC-1 receptor and uses thereof The present invention relates to the newly identified MIC-1 binding receptor, GFRAL. In vitro bioassays, for testing affinity and potency of GFRAL ligand, such as MIC- or MIC-1 variants, are provided.
US11105817B2	Role of citrullination in diagnosing diseases Provided herein are methods and markers for diagnosing cardiovascular disease and/or neurodegenearative diseases in a subject. The methods include obtaining a biological sample from a subject in need of diagnosis and detecting the amount of a citrullinated protein or a citrullinated peptide in the biological sample obtained from said subject.
US11105814B2	Assay for quantitation of proteins and peptides using stable isotope standards A methodology for the precise calibration of molecule quantifying assays is disclosed. The method uses stable isotope labeled molecules with distinguishable masses to act as internal and calibration standards that are free from endogenous interference. Furthermore, stable isotope labeled molecules allows for calibration within a test matrix. In some examples, stable isotope labeled peptides are used as internal and calibration standards for mass spectrometry assays for quantification of peptide biomarkers.
US11105810B2	Reagents for quantitative mass spectrometry In some embodiments, a mass spectrometry tag may comprise a linker region, a mass balance region, and a reporter region. The mass spectrometry tag may be configured to fragment in a mass spectrometer via an energy dependent process to produce multiple reporter molecules. For example, the reporter region of the tag may be configured to produce at least two reporter molecules via fragmentation. In some embodiments, one or more regions of the tag may comprise at least one heavy isotope. In some such embodiments, the ability to fragment into multiple reporter molecules as well as the placement and/or number of heavy isotope(s) allows the mass spectrometry tag to be distinguished from other similar mass spectrometry tags. In some such embodiments, the ability to distinguish between tags having the same or substantially similar total mass to charge ratio and reporter region mass may allow the system to have a greater multiplexing capacity than conventional systems.
US11105808B2	Methods for screening, predicting and monitoring prostate cancer Expression levels of a combination of at least seven genes in a patient sample are measured to separate prostate cancer from normal. Patient samples may be selected from prostate tissue, blood, semen, and urine. A prediction score may be generated based on relative expression levels of the at least seven genes.
US11105807B2	Method for estimating pathological tissue diagnosis result (Gleason score) of prostate cancer Provided is a method of obtaining an index value used for pathological tissue diagnosis of prostate cancer, which method has low invasiveness and can be performed at a low cost. The method is a method of estimating a Gleason score that represents the malignancy of prostate cancer, which method includes: measuring the content of a prostate-specific antigen having an N-acetylgalactosamine residue at a non-reducing terminal of a sugar chain in a sample; and estimating that the Gleason score is 7 or higher when the thus measured value is larger than a threshold value, or estimating that the Gleason score is 6 or lower when the measured value is smaller than a threshold value. The prostate-specific antigen is preferably quantified by a method including the step of binding a molecule having an affinity for β-N-acetylgalactosamine residue, such as Wisteria floribunda lectin, soybean agglutinin, Vicia Villosa lectin or an anti-β-N-acetylgalactosamine antibody, to the prostate-specific antigen.
US11105806B2	Lung cancer markers and uses thereof Methods and compositions are provided for assessing (e.g., diagnosing), treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, and particular lung cancer, using lung cancer markers (LCM). Individual LCM and panels comprising multiple LCM are provided for these and other uses. Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment or for selecting a treatment using LCM. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using LCM. Also provided are compositions that modulate LCM (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate LCM, and agents identified by these screening methods.
US11105787B2	System and method to optimize crude oil distillation or other processing by inline analysis of crude oil properties An apparatus includes at least one processor configured to obtain inline measurements of one or more properties of crude oil, translate the measurements into a set of process and control parameters, and apply the process and control parameters to process equipment. The process and control parameters configure the process equipment to process the crude oil having the one or more properties. The one or more properties of the crude oil may include at least one of: density, specific gravity, viscosity, carbon residue, and sulfur content of the crude oil. The process and control parameters could be applied to one or more controllers associated with a blending unit in a refinery or to one or more controllers associated with a crude oil distillation column in the refinery.
US11105777B2	Ultrasonic inspection device and ultrasonic inspection method This ultrasonic inspection device, for inspecting a packaged semiconductor device, is provided with: an ultrasonic transducer which outputs ultrasonic waves to a semiconductor device; a receiver (a reflection detection unit) which detects reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves reflected on the semiconductor device; a stage which moves the positions of the semiconductor device relative to the ultrasonic transducer; a stage control unit which controls driving of the stage; and an analysis unit which analyzes the reaction of the semiconductor device to the input of the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic transducer. The stage control unit controls the distance between the semiconductor device and the ultrasonic transducer on the basis of a peak occurring in time waveform of the reflected wave detected by the receiver.
US11105774B2	Light-assisted quartz crystal microbalance and measurement method thereof A novel light-assisted quartz crystal microbalance and a measurement method thereof. The microbalance comprises a QCM/QCM-D chip, an oscillation circuit, a frequency counter, a computer, a reaction chamber, and a light source. Light emitted from the light source is able to irradiate a surface of the QCM/QCM-D chip. By additionally configuring a light source with the ability to irradiate a chip surface, when irradiated the surface of the QCM/QCM-D chip changes properties thereof, and irradiation of the surface of the QCM/QCM-D chip greatly increases the resonance frequency. Correspondingly, irradiation of the surface of the chip also changes mechanical properties and piezioelectric characteristics of quartz crystal, thereby effectively improving measurement sensitivity of a quartz crystal microbalance apparatus system.
US11105769B2	System for rapid high-resolution gel electrophoresis Electrophoretic systems, formulations and methods are described which allow a user to perform electrophoresis experiments under conditions of high voltage and with reduced run time. An electrophoretic system, formulation or method may be run at 50% higher field strength than comparable systems already in use in the art. The presently described systems and formulations may be run at voltages above 225 V, above 250 V, above 275 V, above 300 V, above 325 V or above 350 V. The time required for performing an electrophoresis experiment may be reduced to less than about 30 minutes, less than about 20 minutes, less than about 15 minutes or less than about 12 minutes.
US11105765B2	Biosensor device and method for manufacturing thereof and method for detecting biological molecules A biosensor device includes a substrate plate, a metal conductive layer, a plurality of working electrodes and an insulating layer. The metal conductive layer is disposed over the substrate plate and has an upper surface. The working electrodes are disposed over the upper surface of the metal conductive layer, wherein each of the working electrodes has a top surface and each of the top surfaces is higher than the upper surface of the metal conductive layer. The insulating layer covers the metal conductive layer and surrounds the working electrodes, wherein an upper surface of the insulating layer is located between the top surfaces and the upper surface of the metal conductive layer such that the working electrodes protrude beyond the upper surface of the insulating layer. A method for manufacturing the biosensor device and a method for detecting biological molecules by using the biosensor device are also provided herein.
US11105763B2	Method for measuring an analyte in a blood sample and analyte measuring device A method includes steps of: applying a first voltage signal on a blood sample so as to obtain a preliminary value regarding an analyte in the blood sample; applying on the blood sample, a second voltage signal that includes cycles of a pulse and that has a voltage value alternating between high and low levels; measuring a physical quantity resulting from application of the second voltage signal on the blood sample at a time point in one of the cycles of the pulse of the second voltage signal so as to generate a calibration value; and calibrating the preliminary value based on the calibration value so as to obtain a calibrated value of the analyte in the blood sample which serves as a result of measurement of the analyte.
US11105761B2	Resonant sensors for wireless monitoring of cell concentration Various embodiments relate to a resonator system that can be used to monitor proteins, cells, or small molecules in a container. A resonant sensor, embedded in or on the container, can have an inductive element and a capacitive element, where the container and resonant sensor are structured such that, when a concentration of the proteins, cells, or small molecules in the container changes, dielectric permittivity and conductivity of the proteins, cells, or small molecules contributes to capacitance of the resonant sensor to affect a resonant frequency shift of the resonant sensor. Interrogating the resonant sensor can be conducted wirelessly along with wirelessly transmitting data collected from the interrogation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US11105756B2	X-ray diffraction and X-ray spectroscopy method and related apparatus A method and apparatus for rapid measurement and analysis of structure and composition of poly-crystal materials by X-ray diffraction and X-ray spectroscopy, which uses a two-dimensional energy dispersive area detector having an array of pixels, and a white spectrum X-ray beam source. A related data processing method includes separating X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy signals in the energy dispersive X-ray spectrum detected by each pixel of the two-dimensional energy dispersive detector; correcting the detected X-ray diffraction signals by a correction function; summing the corrected X-ray diffraction signals and X-ray spectroscopy signals, respectively, over all pixels to obtain an enhanced diffraction spectrum and an enhanced spectroscopy spectrum; using the enhanced diffraction and spectroscopy spectrum respectively to determine the structure and composition of the sample. The summing step includes using Bragg's equation to convert the intensity-energy diffraction spectrum for each pixel into an intensity-lattice spacing spectrum before summing them.
US11105745B2	Biosensor In some embodiments, a biosensor is provided. The biosensor includes a sensing element and a cover disposed on the sensing element. The sensing element includes: a first substrate embedded with a photodiode; and a filter layer disposed on the substrate. The cover includes: a second substrate; an upper optical element disposed in the second substrate; and an upper reaction well disposed on the upper optical element.
US11105744B2	Method and system incorporating beam shaping optics and beam stabilization This disclosure pertains to analytical instruments and related methods incorporating beam shaping optics for differentiating very bright and closely related signals over a wide range of operating conditions with an improved and uniform performance.
US11105739B2	Method and system for analyzing a sample using cavity ring-down spectroscopy, and a method for generating a predictive model Methods and systems for analyzing a sample and generating a predictive model using cavity ring-down spectroscopy are disclosed. At least part of a sample is loaded in a ring-down cavity. For each of a set of wavelengths, a laser beam is generated and directed into the ring-down cavity. The laser beam entering the ring-down cavity is extinguished. Light intensity decay data for light exiting the ring-down cavity is registered via a light intensity sensor system. A probability is determined from the light intensity decay data for the set of wavelengths that a subject from which the sample was received has a physiological condition or a degree of the physiological condition at least indirectly using a dataset of light intensity decay data for previously analyzed samples for which the presence or the absence of the physiological condition or the degree of the physiological condition have been identified.
US11105730B2	System and method for detecting biofilm growth in water systems A system and method for monitoring or detecting a level of biofilm growth in a fluid system and controlling operating parameters of the fluid system based a measured level of growth. The monitoring system and method comprises a dye injection system for periodically injecting dye into a portion of fluid from the fluid system, passing the portion of fluid though a narrow lumen tube to achieve laminar flow and using a light source and optical sensor to detect a transmission or emission indicating a level of biofilm growth in the tube corresponding to a level of growth on components in the fluid system. Information based upon the measurements or calculations made by the monitoring system may be used to manually or automatically alter various operating parameters to control the fluid system and aid in maintaining stable operation of the fluid system within preferred specifications.
US11105713B2	Engine testing device An engine testing device including a plurality of seal head units movable forward and backward relative to the intake ports and the exhaust ports. Each of the seal head units includes a plurality of seal heads disposed side by side and are connectable to respective ports of the intake ports and the exhaust ports. A pitch-varying unit changes interval pitches between the seal heads of at least one of the seal head units. The pitch-varying unit includes a plurality of first movement mechanisms connected with the seal heads and movable in a direction across the seal heads disposed side by side, and a plurality of drivers to drive the first movement mechanisms.
US11105710B2	Single OTDR measurement for a plurality of fibers A first optical path and a second optical path have a common path branching point. An OTDR sampling optical signal is emitted into the first optical path and into the second optical path through the common path branching point. At least one predefined optical property of the OTDR sampling optical signal emitted into the second optical path is altered and/or of a reflection of the OTDR sampling optical signal received from the second optical path is altered. An OTDR reflected optical signal resulting from a reflection of the OTDR sampling optical signal on the first optical path and/or from a reflection on the second optical path is detected. The OTDR reflected optical signal is analyzed to determine, based on the at least one predefined optical property, whether the OTDR reflected optical signal resulted from a reflection on the first optical path and/or on the second optical path.
US11105706B2	Hydrostatic and vibration test method for a blowout preventer A method and apparatus for testing blowout preventers for leaks involves maintaining a constant pressure in the portion of the blowout preventer to be tested. A sensor is connected to a controller for maintaining a constant pressure within the blowout preventer. Any amount of fluid introduced into or removed from the blowout preventer in order to maintain constant pressure is measured and is an indication of the leak rate in the blowout preventer. Additionally vibration instrumentation may be used to detect the location and amplitude of vibrations emitted by the test fluid passing from a high pressure regime to the low pressure regime across a leak path.
US11105699B2	Pressure sensor In a pressure sensor including a substrate supported by input-output terminals, the substrate is provided with a circular hole located substantially at its central part, and an arc-shaped communication hole formed adjacent to three through-holes to which three of lead pins are inserted and fixed, respectively.
US11105693B2	Torque sensor A torque sensor includes a first region, a second region, a plurality of third regions connecting the first and second regions, a first strain generation part and a second strain generation part. The first strain generation part of which a first end is provided on the first region, and of which a first intermediate portion is provided on a second structure. The second strain generation part of which a third end is provided on the first region, of which a second intermediate portion is provided on the second region, and of which a fourth end is provided near a second end of the first strain generation part. A strain body provided with a resistor connects the second end of the first strain generation part and the fourth end of the second strain generation part.
US11105692B2	Force sensor having first and second circuit board arrangements A force sensor includes a sensing element, a first circuit board, and at least one second circuit board. The sensing element has a top surface and the bottom surface opposite to each other and has a sensing portion, wherein the sensing portion is located at the top surface. The first circuit board is disposed on the top surface and is electrically connected to the sensing element. The at least one second circuit board is connected to the first circuit board, wherein the at least one second circuit board shields the sensing element. The sensing portion is adapted to generate a sensing signal through an external force transferred from the first circuit board to the top surface.
US11105687B2	Apparatus and method for in-line measurement of laser pulses with time-dependent polarization An apparatus and a method for in-line measurement of laser pulses with time-dependent polarization are described, which make possible to carry out in-line measurement of laser pulses whose polarization depends on time. For this, one or more polarization projections are selected: the spectrometer detects the projection on the extraordinary propagation axis of a birefringent system to measure the spectrum in that component, also the projection on the ordinary propagation axis, to measure the spectrum in that component, and finally a projection in an intermediate direction that allows to measure the interference spectrum between the two components. The method allows extracting the temporal evolution of the pulse and its polarization state as a function of time, spectral amplitudes and phases of the various polarization projections of the beam.
US11105684B2	Microbolometer structure Methods, systems, and apparatus to manufacture a microbolometer detector in a standard CMOS foundry. The method includes forming a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) wafer including a silicon substrate layer, a metal stack, a dielectric layer, and a thermoelectric conversion element embedded in the dielectric layer. The metal stack includes at least two metal layers in contact with each other. The metal stack and the dielectric layer are on the silicon substrate layer. The thermoelectric conversion element is configured to convert heat into an electrical signal. The method includes etching the metal stack to define exterior lateral edges of a microbolometer bridge including at least a portion of the dielectric layer and the thermoelectric conversion element embedded in the dielectric layer. The method includes etching the silicon substrate layer beneath the microbolometer bridge.
US11105676B2	Piezo-electric sensor reset In described examples, each node between adjacent capacitive elements of a stack of series-coupled capacitive elements is biased during a reset mode, where each of the capacitive elements includes piezoelectric material. A strain-induced voltage is generated across each of the capacitive elements. Each of the strain-induced voltages is combined to generate a piezoelectric-responsive output signal during a sensing mode at a time different from the time of the reset mode.
US11105669B2	Non-invasive fluid flow detection using digital accelerometers A system for estimating fluid flow in a system including a pump and a fluid vessel operatively coupled to the pump via a conduit is described herein. The system comprises an accelerometer affixed to an exterior surface of the conduit, wherein the accelerometer is configured to generate signals representing physical movement of the conduit, and wherein the signals are suitable for estimating fluid flow in the conduit.
US11105667B2	High and low flow rate measurement device and method having a flow rate correction for overlapping flow ranges The present invention accurately measures flow rates that have a high peak flow rate caused by pulsation, and is provided with a first flow rate converter having a first measurement range and a first response speed, a second flow rate converter having a second measurement range that is narrower on a low flow rate side than the first measurement range and has a second response speed that is slower than the first response speed, and a flow rate calculation unit that, when a flow rate contained in the second measurement range is measured, calculates the flow rate by correcting outputs from the first flow rate converter using outputs from the second flow rate converter.
US11105658B2	Computational distributed fiber-optic sensing method and system The present invention discloses a computational distributed fiber-optic sensing method and system. The method includes: determining a signal source for modulating intensity of incident light, where the signal source is a binary sequence; using an optical pulse sequence obtained after modulation is performed using the signal source, as an incident light signal, and emitting the incident light signal to an optical fiber; acquiring, according to specified sampling frequency, a scattered light signal obtained through optical fiber scattering; determining, according to the incident light signal and the scattered light signal, a time-domain reconstructed image of a to-be-detected light signal by using a time domain-based differential ghost imaging protocol; and determining a sensing signal of the optical fiber according to the time-domain reconstructed image of the to-be-detected light signal. The computational distributed fiber-optic sensing method and system provided in the present invention feature low sampling frequency, low device complexity, and low costs.
US11105654B2	Warning a user of a vehicle with an energy storage unit against an energy shortage The present disclosure relates to a method and device for warning a user of a vehicle with an energy storage unit against an energy shortage. According to the present disclosure, an energy quantity is determined that is stored in the energy storage unit at a branching point of a path driven on by the vehicle, and a direction option of the vehicle at the branching point is selected. Further, the one route is determined that is associated with the direction option and starts at the branching point, on which the vehicle is able to reach with the lowest expected energy requirement an energy charging location at which the energy storage unit can be charged. The energy requirement is compared with the energy quantity, and a warning indication is outputted with which the user is warned against the direction option if the energy requirement is greater than the energy quantity.
US11105650B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory storage medium An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure in a mode in which a plurality of users share the same vehicle sets, when determining a combination of a driving user and fellow users, a scheduled traveling route which is a scheduled route along which the vehicle travels from a getting-in spot to a getting-off spot of each of the fellow users. Upon detecting that the vehicle is traveling off a scheduled traveling route while the fellow users are in the vehicle, the information processing apparatus transmits warning information which is information warning a first user terminal of the driving user and a second user terminal of the fellow user that the vehicle is traveling off the scheduled traveling route.
US11105642B2	Stranding and scoping analysis for autonomous vehicle services Aspects of the disclosure provide for identifying problematic areas within a service area for an autonomous vehicle transportation service. For instance, a starting location within the service area corresponding to a potential pickup location for passengers or cargo for the service may be identified. A destination within the service area may be identified. A simulation may be run in order to determine a route for a simulated vehicle to travel between the starting location and the destination. That the route includes a particular type of maneuver may be determined. A new simulation without allowing the simulated vehicle to complete the particular type of maneuver may be run. Whether the simulated vehicle reaches the destination in the new simulation may be determined. Based on the determination of whether the simulated vehicle reaches the destination in the new simulation, the starting location and destination location may be flagged as potentially problematic areas.
US11105639B2	Map refinement using feature extraction from images The present disclosure relates to refining maps for vehicles, for example using feature extraction to identify parking areas and their contents from high resolution satellite or drone images. Such maps can be useful for autonomous valet parking (AVP) features of autonomous vehicles.
US11105628B1	Extendable grade rod receiver An extendable grade rod receiver includes a plurality of elongate telescoping rods provided with elongate channels along their lateral edges. A receiver receives a reference beam from a remote transmitter includes a carriage movable along the rods and coupled to the receiver for sharing axial movements. The carriage is provided with wheels moveable in directions generally normal to the axis. The wheels are receivable within the elongate channels of all of the rods and are inwardly biased towards the axis to retain the wheels within the channels or grooves of any of the rods as the carriage moves over the steps or discontinuities as it moves from one rod to a next adjacent rod. Visual and machine-readable indicia are provided on the elongate front surfaces of the telescoping rods that can be encoded by a reader module on the receiver. Other mating rolling or sliding profiles can be used.
US11105617B2	Hybrid light measurement method for measuring three-dimensional profile A hybrid light measurement method for measuring a three-dimensional profile comprises: Step 1 using a MEMS laser projector to realize projection of a laser stripe and a fringe pattern: and Step 2 performing matching to obtain a parallax, and incorporating a binocular stereo vision to perform reconstruction. The present disclosure employs MEMS projection technology to realize a hybrid measurement system capable of performing laser stripe measurement and fringe pattern measurement, thereby realizing quick measurement of three-dimensional profiles of objects having different surface properties. The present disclosure enables laser stripe measurement and fringe pattern measurement to be performed by the same measurement system without needing any additional hardware equipment. The projection device used in the present disclosure enables projection of multiple laser stripes, thereby increasing measurement precision and speed.
US11105615B2	Deformation processing support system and deformation processing support method A deformation processing system acquires target shape data of a work including a reference line, acquires intermediate shape data from the work having an intermediate shape having a reference line drawn thereon, puts these two pieces of data side by side by positioning the reference lines relative to each other, and calculates a necessary deformation amount of the work based on the difference between the two pieces of data put side by side.
US11105613B2	Universal direct measurement depth gauge A depth gauge device including a body extending a central longitudinal axis and including a channel and a light-passing hole, the light passing hole open to the channel, a light source mounted in the body for generating a light beam, the light beam passing through the light-passing hole toward a surface of a drill-bit extending through the channel, the light beam forming an incident light beam when reflected away from the drill-bit surface, an image sensor mounted in the body for sensing the incident light beam and generating a plurality of successive images of the drill-bit surface to detect variations in the position of the drill-bit moving through the channel and an clamp coupled to the body, the clamp including a plurality of adjustable arms configured to clamp the device to a protection sleeve.
US11105610B2	Apparatus and method for remote optical caliper measurement An apparatus and method for performing optical caliper measurements remotely, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, a camera attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and an optical caliper measurement tool attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle, where the optical caliper measurement tool includes a mount, a laser source attached to the mount, and a beam splitter attached to the mount, where the laser source is configured to direct a laser beam through the beam splitter to split the laser beam into two parallel laser beams separated by a fixed distance.
US11105607B2	Non-contact probe and method of operation A method of putting a feature of interest on an object and an optical inspection system of a non-contact probe mounted on a positioning apparatus in a desired relationship. The method includes: a) identifying a target point of interest on the object to be inspected by arranging the non-contact probe and object at a first relative configuration at which a marker feature, projected by the non-contact probe along a projector axis that is not coaxial with the optical inspection system's optical axis, identifies the target point of interest; and b) subsequently moving the non-contact probe and/or object so as to put them at a second relative configuration at which the target point of interest and optical inspection system are at the desired relationship, in which the positioning apparatus is configured to guide such motion in accordance with the control path.
US11105606B2	Wheel flange height difference detection and annular groove burr clearing device A wheel flange height difference detection and annular groove burr clearing device includes a turntable, a detection platform, a first intelligent compression meter, a second intelligent compression meter, a first burr cutter, a second burr cutter and the like.
US11105600B1	Identification method in a detonator network The invention relates to a method for setting up a network comprising a plurality of electronic detonators and a control unit, which are in connection with each other via a bus system, wherein each of the detonators comprises a communication module which is in connection with the bus system, for a communication between the detonator and the control unit via the bus system and wherein, as a part of the setting up of the network, the detonators are identified by the control unit.
US11105598B2	Self-glowing materials and tracer ammunition A self-glowing solid material comprises a man-made metal mixture containing at least one rare earth metal and an oxide of iron. The material is inducible by flame initiation to self-glow with yellow-to-red colors (577-to-700 nanometer wavelengths). A stealth tracer ammunition comprises a projectile body having a tip and a base, and a solid pellet disposed in the base. The pellet may be made from the above-mentioned self-glowing solid material or another suitable material. The pellet becomes incandescent as a result of being heated when the ammunition is fired. The incandescent pellet emits a glow observable only from behind when the ammunition travels downrange after being fired. An illuminant comprises a bimodal blend of a man-made metal mixture containing at least one rare earth metal and an oxide of iron. The bimodal blend is a blend of smaller-sized fragments and larger-sized pellets. The illuminant is capable of ignition and dispersion in response to ballistic energy to create illumination. An illumination device comprises a body having an interior cavity, the body configured to be launched as a projectile or configured to contain projectiles. An illuminant is disposed in the cavity, the illuminant comprising a bimodal blend of a suitable illuminant material. The illuminant is capable of ignition and dispersion in response to ballistic energy to create illumination.
US11105597B1	Castable frangible projectile A novel castable frangible projectile and techniques for manufacturing such are provided. A cartridge system includes a case defining a volume, a propellant disposed in the volume of the case, and a projectile coupled to the case. The projectile includes a body disposed at least partially within the case and configured to enclose the propellant within the volume of the case. The body is formed of a castable eutectic mixture, the castable eutectic mixture configured to be melted and cast, wherein the body is configured to break into a plurality of fragments upon impact with a target.
US11105583B1	Holster system with removable sight cover A holster system for receiving and releasably retaining a handgun with or without a reflex sight mounted thereon. The holster body comprises a pair of opposing side wall portions and an upper wall portion. The holster body may define a rear accessory sight opening for receiving the handgun with the reflex sight attached thereto. The holster system may include a first rear sight cover selectively and robustly coupleable to the holster body so as to cover the rear accessory sight opening when a handgun with conventional sights extending upwardly about ⅜ of an inch or less mounted thereto is used in conjunction with the holster system. The holster system may also include a second rear sight cover selectively coupleable to the holster body so as to cover the sight opening when a handgun with a reflex sight mounted thereto is used in conjunction with the holster system.
US11105577B1	Suppressed pistol A suppressed pistol has a breech block and a slide mounted on a frame. The breech block and slide are separate pieces, movable relatively to one another and the frame. A link extends between the breech block and the frame. The link carries a cam and a cam follower. The cam follower on the link engages a cam on the frame, the cam on the link engages a cam follower on the slide. Action between the cams, cam followers and the link causes separation between the breech block and the slide during operation of the pistol. The suppressor includes a container having baffle plates with truncated cones defining openings offset from the geometric centers of the baffle plates.
US11105575B1	Adjustable trigger assembly and method of adjusting pre-travel distance A trigger assembly apparatus for a firearm which allows adjustment of the pre-travel distance a trigger travels before initiating a firing sequence and method of making the pre-travel adjustment using the apparatus disclosed herein. The apparatus generally comprises a trigger and a trigger bow, with the trigger bow having at least one threaded receptacle in a front lateral portion thereof. The pre-travel adjustment can be achieved by rotating a threaded fastener within the threaded receptacle and the method of adjusting the pre-travel can be accomplished without complete disassembly of the firearm.
US11105574B1	Firearm A compact rifle-caliber firearm is provided herein comprising a receiver body, a barrel, and a grip. The barrel is coupled to the receiver body and extends in a forward direction relative to the receiver body. The barrel includes a bore and a bore axis. The grip is coupled to the receiver body and positioned rearward relative to the barrel. The grip is operable to accept a magazine sized for rifle cartridges. The grip includes a grip depth that is less than or equal to two inches. The compact rifle-caliber firearm may further include a magazine operable to be inserted into the grip and operable to receive rifle cartridges. An interior magazine depth may be less than a length of the rifle cartridges. Rifle cartridges positioned in the magazine may be angled relative to an uppermost cartridge.
US11105572B1	Modular forward assist for firearms A device implementable on a firearm includes a forward assist assembly which is configured to be installed on an upper receiver of the firearm. When pressed, the forward assist assembly moves along a longitudinal axis thereof to engage with a serration cut on a bolt carrier of the firearm to push the bolt carrier forward with respect to the upper receiver when pressed. The forward assist assembly includes a modular component slidingly attachable to and detachable from the forward assist assembly.
US11105570B2	Bolt for bolt action rifles A bolt for a bolt-action firearm in one embodiment is movably disposed in a receiver between forward closed breech and rearward open breech axial positions. The bolt includes an operating handle and plurality of bolt lugs arranged to selectively engage locking lugs in the firearm. The bolt is rotatable between locked and unlocked breech positions when in the closed breech position. The bolt body has a dimensionally reduced middle section with unique configuration adapted to allow the bolt to rotate when closed without interference from the magazine feed lips. Using this design, the bolt may include three bolt lugs in one embodiment for secure lockup and minimal angular rotation between the locked and unlocked breech positions. The bolt is usable with both single and double stack box type magazines with one of the bolt lugs operating to reliably strip cartridges from either type magazine.
US11105564B2	Plate stack and heat exchanger A plate stack includes a plurality of plates, each including corrugated portions formed on front and back surfaces thereof. First and second heat exchange flow passages are formed between plates, arranged alternately along stacking direction of the plates. Each plate has two through holes penetrating the front and back surfaces, through which the first heat exchange fluid is introduced and derived. The plate stack includes first partition weirs formed on at least one of two plate surfaces, the two plate surfaces forming a corresponding one of the first heat exchange flow passages therebetween. First partition weirs are symmetrically and obliquely arranged with respect to a center line connecting centers of two through holes as viewed from the stacking direction. A flow passage is formed along the center line on a side of at least one of the two through holes, from which first heat exchange fluid is introduced.
US11105560B2	Heat exchanger Heat exchanger (100) for heat exchange between a first medium and a second medium, comprising a main inlet (101) and a main outlet (102) for the first medium; and a plurality of heat exchanging plates (110), each of which comprising a plate inlet (111) and a plate outlet (112) for the first medium; and a respective first heat transfer surface (114) on a first side (113) and arranged to be in contact with the first medium flowing along said first side; a respective second heat transfer surface (116) on a second side (115) and arranged to be in contact with the second medium flowing along said second side; a respective plurality of indentations (120,130,140); wherein the plates are fastened together in a stack, comprising plates of a first type (104a) and plates of a second type (104b) arranged alternatingly, whereby corresponding ones of said indentations of adjacent plates are arranged in direct abutting contact with each other, so that flow channels (105′,105″,106) for said first and second media are formed between said surfaces. The invention is characterised in that each plate of the first type comprises a respective ridge-shaped indentation (120), arranged to form a closed flow first medium channel (105′,105″), in that each plate of the first type comprises a respective bridge-shaped indentation (130), formed to comprise a through hole (132a,132b) arranged to form an open flow channel (106) for the second medium, and in that said open flow channel communicates with corresponding open flow channels between other pairs of first and second type plates.
US11105557B2	Heat exchanger, tank for heat exchanger, and method of making the same A tank for a heat exchanger includes an extruded tank section having a generally constant extrusion profile extending in a longitudinal direction from a first tank end to a second tank end. A first planar end cap is joined to the extruded tank section near the first tank end, and a second planar end cap is joined to the extruded tank section near the second tank end. Together, the extruded tank section and first and second end caps can at least partially define an internal tank volume. The first and second planar end caps are both arranged at non-perpendicular angles to the longitudinal direction.
US11105556B2	Temperature-controlled portable cooling units Portage storage containers including controlled evaporative cooling systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system includes: a storage region, an evaporative region adjacent to the storage region, a desiccant region adjacent to the outside of the container, and an insulation region positioned between the evaporative region and the desiccant region. A vapor conduit with an attached vapor control unit has a first end within the evaporative region and a second end within the desiccant region. In some embodiments, the controlled evaporative cooling systems are positioned in a radial configuration within the portable container.
US11105546B2	System and method of controlling a variable-capacity compressor A climate-control system includes a variable-capacity compressor unit and a control module. The variable-capacity compressor unit is operable in a first capacity mode and in a second capacity mode that is higher than the first capacity mode. The control module may be configured to switch the variable-capacity compressor unit between the first capacity mode and the second capacity mode based on a demand signal, a current outdoor air temperature, an outdoor-air-temperature slope, and a previous runtime of the variable-capacity compressor unit in the second capacity mode.
US11105531B2	Blower assembly An air handling unit has a blower assembly, a first interior zone, and a second interior zone and the blower assembly physically separates the first interior zone from the second interior zone. A method includes providing a cabinet configured to receive a blower assembly, inserting a blower assembly into the air duct, and closing a cabinet door of the cabinet, wherein upon closing the cabinet door, the primary air flow path from a location within the cabinet downstream of the blower assembly to a location within the cabinet upstream of the blower assembly is through a blower housing of the blower assembly. A blower assembly has a blower housing comprising at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet and a blower deck extending from the outlet, wherein the blower deck comprises at least one substantially flat component having a substantially orthogonal wall extending from the flat component.
US11105530B2	Passive ductwork intumescent fire damper There is disclosed a passive intumescent fire damper having a metal housing, an inner meltable liner and having a metal and intumescent laminate assembly surrounding the inner liner.
US11105516B2	Panel for an HVAC system A panel assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a base panel having a sheet and a flange formed around a perimeter of the sheet, where the flange includes a plurality of openings, a stiffener bracket configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, and a liner panel configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, where the plurality of openings is configured to interchangeably couple to the stiffener bracket and the liner panel.
US11105510B2	Alignment tools and methods for assembling combustors A method for assembling a combustor includes positioning an alignment tool in an axial channel of a combustor liner. The alignment tool includes a base and an alignment rod extending from the base. The method further includes positioning a cover plate around the combustor liner. A plurality of cooling holes are defined in the cover plate. The method further includes aligning the cover plate with the combustor liner by inserting the alignment rod through one of the plurality of cooling holes.
US11105506B2	Combustor assembly and gas water heater The present disclosure discloses a combustor assembly and a gas water heater, the combustor assembly includes a burner and a combustor accommodating the burner, the combustor defines an opening facing upwards, the combustor further includes a front support and a rear support, and the front support and the rear support cooperatively clamp the front side and the rear side of the burner; the front support includes a first base plate extending up and down and a first limit plate connecting to an upper end of the first base plate and extending backwards, and the rear support includes a second base plate extending up and down and a second limit plate connecting to an upper end of the second base plate and extending forwards; and the first limit plate defines a first cooling hole, and/or, the second limit plate defines a second cooling hole.
US11105503B2	Combustion by controlled ionisation This invention is intended to produce more energy during the combustion of fuels (solid, liquid or gas). This is achieved by separating the electrons and the cations which are produced at the very beginning of the phenomenon of combustion. This way of making conducts to more violent shocks between the cations (C+++; H+) and the anions (O−−); thus more energy.
US11105500B2	Film temperature optimizer for fired process heaters A fired heater with a film temperature optimizer is presented. The fired heater is for heating a process fluid in process coils within the fired heater. The process coils experience high temperatures at the outlets. The film temperature optimizer includes baffles or means for changing the flow of the fired heating gas around the process coils near the coil outlets. The baffles are positioned near the process coil outlets.
US11105496B1	Downlight apparatus having a rotation unit and shifting unit for moving and rotating light module with respect to a host housing A downlight apparatus includes a light module, a host housing, and a light module, a first rotation unit and a shifting unit. The light module includes a light housing and LED modules. The light housing defines a light opening for a light of the LED modules to escape. The host housing is used for fixing to an installation platform. For example, the installation platform may be a cavity on a ceiling or a junction box placed on a ceiling. The host housing defines a host opening. The first rotation unit is used for the light module attached to and manually rotated with respect to the host housing along a first axial line. The shifting unit is used for the light module moving with respect to the host housing with a variable exposed distance from the host opening.
US11105495B2	Stage light shading device A stage light shading device includes a light shade, light shade adjustment wheels for adjusting a shading pattern of the light shade, a cover plate, an elastic fastening component provided on the cover plate and used for fixing the light shade adjustment wheels, and a connector coupled with the light shade provided on the cover plate. The stage light shading device can plug and play, quickly realize the shade of stage light, and is flexible and convenient to operate, preventing the light shade adjustment wheels from misoperation due to accidental contact or vibration of the stage light itself, so that a stable and reliable shading pattern can be obtained.
US11105487B2	Optical element for wind turbine tower marking A light entry part (2) for receiving light from at least one light emitting element (13) and having a central axis (6a) —a light exit part (3) for outputting light having a central axis (6b) —a longitudinally extending light transmitting part (5) having a longitudinal axis (6c), wherein the light transmitting part extends between the light entry part and the light exit part, such that the central axes of the light entry part and of the light exit part coincide with the longitudinal axis of the light transmitting part; wherein the light transmitting part is at one side configured for optical connection with the light entry part and at an opposite side configured to be in optical connection with the light exit part. The light exit part comprises a central lens (7a) and two side reflectors (a, 8b).
US11105486B2	Optic and illumination device An optic converts wavelength of light from a light source. The optic includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a fluorescent material substrate. The second substrate supports the first substrate. The second substrate includes a translucent substrate to receive the light from the light source through the first substrate. The translucent substrate has an oriented polycrystalline structure to have a crystalline anisotropy in refractive index.
US11105484B2	Lamp for vehicle A lamp for a vehicle includes a plurality of optical modules, a first bracket disposed behind the plurality of optical modules to perform aiming in a first direction for the plurality of optical modules, and a second bracket disposed on a rear surface of the first bracket to perform aiming in a second direction for each of the plurality of optical modules. The second bracket is rotatably coupled to the first bracket to allow each of the plurality of optical modules to be aimed in the second direction as the second bracket is rotated.
US11105483B2	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a light source (51) that emits light in a predetermined wavelength band, a diffractive optical element (53) that diffracts the light emitted from the light source (51) to have a predetermined light distribution pattern, and a shade (55) that shields, of the light forming the predetermined light distribution pattern, at least part of the light forming the outer peripheral portion of the predetermined light distribution pattern, and the shade (55) shields the light forming the outer peripheral portion of the predetermined light distribution pattern over the entire circumference of the light distribution pattern.
US11105482B2	Light source device, projector, and vehicle A light source device includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light having an energy density of 10 W/mm2 or more; and a phosphor layer that has phosphor particles embedded in the matrix. The phosphor particles include at least one selected from the group consisting of metal oxides represented by a following formula (1) and metal oxides represented by a following formula (2). Y3-x1-y1R1y1Cex1Al5-z1Gaz1O12 (1) Y3-x2-y2R2y2Cex2Al5-z2Scz2O12 (2) In the formula (1), R1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Gd and Tb, and x1, y1, and z1 satisfy 0.003≤x1≤0.03, 0≤y1≤2.1, and 0≤z1≤2.2, respectively. In the formula (2), R2 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Gd and Tb, and x2, y2, and z2 satisfy 0.003≤x2≤0.03, 0≤y2≤2.1 and 0≤z2≤1.5, respectively.
US11105474B2	Lamp having an elongated lens with varying reflective properties The invention discloses a lighting lamp comprising strip lamp holder, circuit board, light source and strip lens; the strip lens comprises light incident surface, two first total reflection surfaces located outside the light incident surface and respectively disposed on both sides of the main optical axis, two first light emitting surfaces respectively disposed on both sides of the main optical axis and located between the light incident surface and the first total reflection surface, two second total reflection surfaces located outside the light incident surface and respectively disposed on both sides of the main optical axis, and two second light emitting surfaces respectively disposed on both sides of the main optical axis and located between the second total reflection surface and the first light emitting surface on the same side. The lighting lamp of the present invention obtains a larger illumination range on the illumination surface with more uniform lighting.
US11105462B2	Extension arm support device An extension arm support device includes an upright post, and an adaptor module having a surrounding wall which surrounds the upright post, and a plurality of anchored portions disposed on the surrounding wall. Each anchored portion has at least one axially extending anchored rail. At least one extension arm has an anchoring portion facing the anchored portions, and having at least one anchoring member which is slidable along and engaged with the anchored rail in the axial direction such that the extension arm is removably connected to the adaptor module for adjusting the angular position of the extension arm relative to the upright post.
US11105454B2	Method for using pipe cap assembly A method of using a pipe cap assembly for a normally-sealed system includes attaching the base portion of a pipe cap to a pipe of a normally sealed system. A transition cap having internal threads is releasably coupled to an externally-threaded cylindrical connector portion of the pipe cap for sealing the same during normal operation. When access to the normally sealed system is required, the transition cap is unthreaded from the pipe cap, and a transition fitting is installed instead. A drain hose, vent hose, or the like, may be coupled to an access port of the transition fitting and fastened thereto for passing fluids to or from the normally sealed system. Alternatively, a test instrument may be coupled to the access port. Thereafter, the transition fitting is removed, and the transition cap is re-installed.
US11105450B1	Swivel flange flowline fitting A swivel flange fitting for a high-pressure flow line has a fitting body, a hub, and a rotatable flange. The fitting body has a central conduit with internal threads proximate to a terminus of the central conduit. The hub is threaded into the fitting body. The hub has a central conduit, a portion having a nominal outer diameter, and an end. The portion has external threads engaging the fitting body internal threads. The end has an enlarged outer diameter relative to the nominal outer diameter, a flange-type union face, and an inward-facing shoulder. The rotatable flange has a central passage having an outward-facing shoulder and a plurality of openings adapted to accommodate threaded connectors for applying axial load to the flange. The flange outward-facing shoulder is adapted to bear on the hub inward-facing shoulder to transmit axial load applied to the flange from the flange to the hub.
US11105444B2	Frangible hanger assembly and method A hanger assembly and method of hanging conduits in buildings is described which protects the structure of the building from damage during a seismic event. The hanger assembly includes a frangible element which is calibrated to break when subjected to some higher than normal tensile load resulting from rapid acceleration of the conduit. Thus, for example, in the event of an earthquake, the hanger will fail before damage is done to the concrete to which the anchor is attached.
US11105432B2	Fluid switchover device and method of producing a fluid switchover device A fluid switchover device includes a housing having at least three ports leading into an interior space; a valve flap rotatably arranged within the housing and having a rotational axis that is mounted to the housing at first and second locations; and a circumferential seal mounted to the valve flap and having first and second evasion portions at first and second locations, respectively, which are configured to evade the rotational axis on the same side of the valve flap, and the valve flap is configured to slidingly engage a boundary of the interior space by means of the circumferential seal, so that at a first position of the valve flap, the first and second ports are connected, and the first and third ports are mutually sealed off, and in a second position, the first and third ports are connected, and the first and second ports are mutually sealed off.
US11105430B2	Control valve A control valve includes a casing, a valve body, and a seal cylindrical member. The casing includes an inlet and an outlet. The valve body is rotatably disposed inside the casing and includes a circumferential wall portion in which a valve hole that allows the inside and outside to communicate is formed. The seal cylindrical member includes one end portion which communicates with a downstream side of an outlet and the other end portion on which a valve sliding contact surface is provided. In the other end portion of the seal cylindrical member, a protrusion height changes continuously in a circumferential direction along a shape of an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall portion. A thick portion which is thicker compared to other portions is provided in a region of the other end portion of the seal cylindrical member at which the protrusion height is high.
US11105423B2	Mechanical sealing device A mechanical sealing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a sealing ring (13) attached to a protrusion (11a) protruding from a housing (11); a mating ring (23) attached to an end portion of a rotary shaft (21); a welded bellows provided around the protrusion (11a) and located between the housing (11) and the sealing ring (13). The welded bellows (15) presses the sealing ring (13) in an axial direction to cause the sealing ring (13) to be in contact with the mating ring (23), thereby ensuring high pressure force, and in particular, uniform pressure force along its entire circumference, so as to achieve high liquid tightness, while maintaining the sizes in axial and radial directions small. Furthermore, the welded bellows (15) works as a sealing member of blocking a liquid leaked out through the O-ring (14), thereby achieving assured liquid tightness. Accordingly, an outside-type mechanical sealing device can be provided which has a compact size, and is capable of ensuring high liquid tightness in response to a high rotation speed and a high liquid pressure.
US11105422B2	Sealing unit for fork tubes of bicycles or motorcycles A sealing unit for a fork tube provided with a lining and a stem disposed slidably inside the lining through an inlet opening. The sealing unit being mounted in the inlet opening to be slidably engaged by the stem and provided with an annular stiffening insert and a flexible annular body provided with two dust-cover lips arranged in sliding contact with the stem, and with a cylindrical static sealing element forcibly and elastically locked inside the inlet opening. The cylindrical static sealing element being radially delimited outwardly by a cylindrical assembly surface having a respective axis (X) of symmetry, which is eccentric with respect to the axis (Y) of symmetry of the first dust-cover lip to ensure a uniform sliding contact of at least the first dust-cover lip on the stem.
US11105413B2	Gear position measuring device for sequential transmission The gear position measuring device includes a switch, an output unit, a processor, and a storage. The switch includes multiple individual contacts respectively corresponding to the multiple gear positions. The multiple individual contacts are separated into multiple gear position groups that include at least two of the multiple individual contacts. The output unit includes circuits so that the individual contacts for the gear positions of each of the multiple gear position groups are connected to the same circuit, thereby being able to output from the circuits that are different for each of the multiple gear position groups. When an output value from the output unit is changed, the processor determines a current gear position on the basis of the gear position stored in the storage and the multiple gear positions corresponding to the output value from the output unit.
US11105395B2	Planetary gear assembly and method of operating same A carrier assembly for a planetary gear assembly includes a planet frame defining a central aperture therethrough, the central aperture defining a rotation axis, the planet frame configured to rotatably support a plurality of planet gears, and a carrier connected to the planet frame via a stud. At least one of a portion of the carrier proximate the stud and a portion of the stud between the carrier and the planet frame has a dimension reduction, such as a thickness reduction, therein.
US11105392B1	Cable gripper insert Cable gripper jaws and cable gripper jaw members having at least one removable, cable gripping surface insert. The gripper jaw member has a recess for receiving the insert and the insert can engage with the gripper member by means of a fixative and/or a mechanical engaging means, including mechanical interlocking means. The insert and gripper member can be of different materials, including metals of differing hardness ratings. The cable gripper jaws have utility in the cable gripping fields, including in the drilling and horizontal directional drilling industries, and as part of a method for pulling cable through space, including pulling cable through space in the pipe bursting and trenchless pipe replacement industries.
US11105391B2	Dynamic damper A dynamic damper includes a hub, a vibration ring located on the outer periphery of the hub, and a pair of elastic bodies made of a rubber-like elastic body located on both sides in the axial direction of the vibration ring and coupling the hub and the vibration ring, in which the vibration ring is provided with a protrusion extending to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the hub, each of the elastic bodies has a shape of being curved outward in the axial direction from the protrusion from the hub to the vibration ring, a projection extending toward the protrusion is integrally molded on a surface on a protrusion side in the elastic bodies, and a gap is set between the protrusion and the projection.
US11105387B2	Electric brake actuator An electric brake actuator including a retracting torque applying mechanism that applies a retracting torque to a rotational shaft and including: a torsion spring; a stator including a first retaining portion retaining one end portion of the torsion spring; a rotor including a second retaining portion retaining the other end portion of the torsion spring and configured to be rotated relative to the stator so as to twist the torsion spring; and a clutch mechanism configured to selectively establish a clutch ON state and a clutch OFF state, wherein a first retaining portion prohibits the one end portion from being displaced in a forward rotational direction and includes a biasing member that biases the one end portion in the forward rotational direction, the first retaining portion being configured to allow the one end portion to be displaced in a reverse rotational direction against a biasing force of the biasing member.
US11105378B2	Wheel drive unit for vehicle A wheel drive unit for a vehicle includes a connecting member separably coupled to a constant velocity joint, a hub housing accommodating the constant velocity joint, and a hub cap to seal the hub housing. In particular, a fixing groove is formed around a first end of the constant velocity joint, and the connecting member is fitted in the fixing groove in a ring shape. When the hub cap is separated from the hub housing, the connecting member can be easily disassembled from the constant velocity joint such that inner components of the wheel drive unit can be easily replaced and repaired.
US11105377B2	Retaining ring assemblies A retaining ring configured to retain a shaft to a sleeve to fix the shaft rotationally and axially to the sleeve can include a first portion configured to install around the shaft and within the sleeve. The first portion can include one or more first curved sections and at least one first portion flat. The retaining ring can include a second portion configured to install around the shaft and moveable relative to the first portion, the second portion comprising one or more second curved sections and at least one second portion flat. The first portion flat can be defined between a plurality of the first curved sections, and wherein the second portion flat can be defined between a plurality of the second curved sections, for example.
US11105373B2	Method for non-cutting manufacturing of a bearing ring for a rolling bearing and rolling bearing comprising the bearing ring A method of creating a roller bearing, comprising re-shaping a bearing ring blank utilizing cold impact intrusion, wherein the bearing ring blank includes a surface profile that forms at least one contour section within a contact side of the bearing ring upon the re-shaping, and wherein the contact side is configured to contact a support structure.
US11105371B2	Retained roller set and roller bearing including same A retained roller set includes first and second individual tube-shaped members each having first and second axially spaced rings connected by bar elements that define pockets therebetween, the tube-shaped members being coaxially arranged and radially spaced to define a circumferentially extending intermediate space therebetween in which a plurality of roller elements are received and retained by the pockets of the first and second tube-shaped members.
US11105357B2	Fixing device A fixing device (1) for attaching an item to a suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling (16). The fixing device includes a plug portion (4) for securing in a hole (14) in the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling. The plug portion includes an aperture (6) for receiving a fastener that extends and a longitudinal backplate (2). The longitudinal backplate is attached to and projects from diametrically opposite sides of the plug portion and arranged in use to engage with the rear face of the suspended plasterboard wall or ceiling when the plug portion is secured in the hole. The perimeter of the cross section of the plug portion has a minimum bounding circle having a first diameter. The perimeter of the cross section of the fixing device through the plug portion has a minimum bounding circle having a second diameter less than or equal to the first diameter.
US11105356B2	Drop-in anchor setting tool The present invention relates in general to the field of securing structural members to masonry, and more specifically, to a drop-in anchor setting tool and method of use. The drop-in anchor setting tool includes a hands-free safety feature that allows the drop-in anchor and setting tool to remain embedded in the masonry during installation. In particular, the drop-in anchor setting tool includes a threaded portion configured to screw together the drop-in anchor and the drop-in anchor setting tool during installation. A purpose of invention is to provide a drop-in anchor setting tool and method of use that minimizes risk of injury to the operator during installation, is easy to use, and cost-effective to manufacture.
US11105354B2	Fastening clip A fastening clip is configured to securely couple a first component to a second component. The fastening clip includes a first frame connected to an opposed second frame by an arcuate transition beam. Each of the first and second frames includes an exterior contact finger that is configured to securely abut into a first outer surface of the first component around at least a portion of a first opening formed through the first component, an interior contact finger that is configured to extend into the first opening, and a contact prong that is configured to abut into a second outer surface of the first component.
US11105349B2	Hydrokinetic torque-coupling device having lock up clutch with dual piston assembly A hydrokinetic torque-coupling device for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising a casing rotatable about a rotational axis, a torque converter including an impeller wheel and a turbine wheel, a lockup clutch including a dual piston assembly, and a selective clutch disposed outside of the casing. The selective clutch includes an input member and an output member non-rotatably mounted to the casing. The dual piston assembly includes a main piston and a secondary piston adjacent to the main piston and axially moveable relative thereto. The main and secondary pistons are coaxial with the rotational axis. The main piston is selectively axially moveable relative to the casing and the secondary piston between a lockup position and a non-lockup position. The output member is selectively axially moveable relative to the input member between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The output member selectively is axially moveable by action of secondary piston.
US11105336B2	Impeller and centrifugal compressor The present invention is provided with: an annular hub 7 having a circularly formed axial cross-section; a plurality of first blades 8 that are arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the hub 7; and a plurality of second blades 9 that are arranged closer to the downstream-side in the flow direction of fluid than the rear edges 8b of the first blades 8, in the outer circumferential surface of the hub 7, wherein the number of the second blades 9 is less than a double that of the first blades 8.
US11105335B2	Radial fan A radial fan that includes a fan wheel, which can be rotated about an axis and which comprises a base plate and airfoils protruding from the base plate, wherein the airfoils each comprise an upstream edge in a first spacing (r1) from the axis and a downstream edge in a second spacing (r2) from the axis, and an end wall, which together with the base plate, delimits a flow channel in which the airfoils engage. The cross-sectional area (A) of the flow channel between the upstream edge and the downstream edge passes through a maximum in a third spacing (r3) from the axis. The difference between a fourth spacing (r4) and a fifth spacing (r5), at which the cross-sectional area (A) in each case assumes nearest adjacent minima to the maximum, is at least half of the difference (r2−r1) between the first and the second spacing.
US11105330B2	Power transmitting component having a shaft with a circumferential channel communicating fluid between a shaft-driven pump and a feed conduit formed in the shaft A power transmitting component having a first shaft and a pump. The first shaft has a longitudinal bore, a pump mount and a feed conduit. The pump mount has a circumferentially extending surface, a drive portion and a channel that extends circumferentially about the first shaft. The channel is disposed along a longitudinal axis of the first shaft between the drive portion and the circumferentially extending surface. The feed conduit intersects and fluidly couples the longitudinal bore and the channel. The pump has a pump housing, a first rotor and a pump outlet. The pump housing is mounted about the circumferentially extending surface and is disposed circumferentially about the channel. The first rotor is coupled to the drive portion for rotation therewith. The pump outlet is coupled in fluid communication with the channel.
US11105324B2	Hydraulic arrangement A hydraulic arrangement includes a working pump for conveying a hydraulic medium in a direction of a hydraulic working load, a hydraulic tank comprising a tank outlet hydraulically connected to an inlet side of the working pump, and an auxiliary pump mounted in the hydraulic tank. A hydraulic flow of the hydraulic medium flows in the direction of the tank outlet in dependence on a control system.
US11105318B2	Method for calibrating nominal frequencies The invention relates to a method by means of which a system that is capable of oscillating can be monitored. The method comprises detection of natural oscillation modes of the system that can oscillate as a function of at least one operating parameter and/or as a function of at least one environmental parameter of the system that is capable of oscillating, creation of a frequency distribution of the detected natural oscillating modes, division of the natural oscillating modes into frequency classes and, in at least one frequency class, determination of a mode profile over the operating parameter and/or over the environmental parameter.
US11105312B1	Penstock internal maintenance system and process of assembling, anchor unit In a penstock internal maintenance system, the penstock includes an inclined portion between upper and lower ends, the upper end arranged in an edifice including a water collecting chamber and a gate bearing structure allowing a gate to close the penstock, the gate bearing structure adjacent the water collecting chamber forming a vertical pit. The system includes a set of units assembled in an assembled configuration and separated in a dismounted configuration, the units including an anchor unit, a launching unit and a penstock inspection platform unit, the units in the dismounted configuration being enter the penstock through the gate bearing structure adjacent the water collecting chamber, the units are assembled when located in the penstock, the anchor unit slidingly received and retained in the gate bearing structure, the anchor unit having two lateral edges being guided and retained in two vertical lateral grooves of the gate bearing structure.
US11105302B2	Evaporative emissions control system An evaporative emissions control system comprising an evaporative emissions control (evap) canister. A fuel vapor feed conduit includes a first end fluidically connected to the evap canister, a second end connected to an internal combustion (IC) engine and a purge valve fluidically connected thereto. A fuel vapor conduit includes a first end fluidically connected to the evap canister and a second end configured to extend into a vehicle fuel tank. A fuel vapor vent valve is fluidically connected to the fuel vapor conduit at the second end thereof. A vapor return system includes a fuel pump fluidically connected to the fuel vapor conduit through an intermediate bypass conduit having a first end fluidically connected to an intermediate portion of the fuel vapor conduit and a second end extending into the vehicle fuel tank and in communication with the vapor return system.
US11105296B1	Hot air engine system The present invention features a hot air engine system designed to improve the overall efficiency of the engine. The engine features a mechanism for oscillating a piston cylinder such that the pivot point is at the bottom of the cylinder. This mechanism improves the overall efficiency of the engine by reducing the side forces that are produced when the back and forth motion of a piston is converted into rotational movement. To achieve this mechanism, a set of arms is attached to the piston cylinder and extend into the displacer chamber and are attached to the displacer. When the displacer oscillates during operation of the engine, the arms swing, and the cylinder rod swings in line with the arms, causing the cylinder rod to pivot at the bottom of the cylinder. This engine system runs on almost boiling water and can use industrial wastewater as a fuel source.
US11105295B2	Cylinder head with connected exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine A cylinder head with connected exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine the cylinder head has an exhaust duct ending at a cylinder head connecting face to which the exhaust manifold is connected. A flange bushing insert having a bushing part and an end-side flange, is inserted into an exhaust gas duct of the cylinder head. The bushing part has a radially protruding, circumferential bead as a spacer and sealing element that bears against the exhaust duct inner wall. The flange projects at the end of the flange bushing insert and is clamped between the cylinder head connecting face and the exhaust manifold connecting face such that a circumferential insulating gap.
US11105291B1	Methods and systems for unsticking engine poppet valves Systems and methods for unsticking intake and exhaust valves of an engine are described. In one example, valves that may be adjustably timed relative to an engine crankshaft position may be adjusted to unstick intake and/or exhaust valve that are stuck open or closed. In addition, fuel injection timing and spark timing may be adjusted in an effort to unstick intake and/or exhaust valves.
US11105284B1	Method and system for a vehicle evaporative emissions control system Methods and systems are provided herein for a diagnostic routine of an internal vapor recovery line of an evaporative emissions control system of a vehicle. In one example, a method for an engine of a vehicle includes, during a refueling event, in response to a fuel tank pressure increasing upon fuel level reaching a threshold level lower than a target filling limit of a fuel tank, indicating a degradation of an internal vapor recovery line. In this way, engine shutoffs as a result of liquid fuel entering the evaporative emissions control system may be averted.
US11105283B2	Evaporated fuel treatment apparatus In an evaporated fuel treatment apparatus, a controller performs first purge concentration determination control by gradually increasing a purge flow rate in increments of a predetermined amount and detect a purge concentration based on a detection value of the pressure sensor. As the first purge concentration determination control, the controller performs a control to prohibit changing of an operating state of the purge pump or changing of an open state of the purge valve until a detected concentration determination time at which a variation range of the purge concentration detected based on a detection value of a pressure sensor becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US11105278B2	Dual fuel cylinder deactivation control system and method An engine control system includes a dual fuel internal combustion engine, a fuel system including a liquid fuel source and a gaseous fuel source, and a controller. The engine control system further includes a liquid fuel control module and at least one gaseous fuel control module associated with a first and second subset of cylinders, each communicatively connected over a network. The controller has an operating mode and a cylinder deactivation mode. The controller in the operating mode is configured to instruct the liquid fuel control module and the at least one gaseous fuel control module to operate the plurality of cylinders in a dual fuel mode. The controller in the cylinder deactivation mode transitions the plurality of cylinders to a liquid-fuel only mode over a phase out period, deactivates the first subset of cylinders, and then transitions to the dual fuel mode in the second subset of cylinders.
US11105277B1	Method and system for variable displacement engine with AC power generation Methods and systems are provided for controlling a variable displacement engine (VDE) of a vehicle to adjust a power generated by the VDE based on a demand for power from an onboard AC power generator of the vehicle. In one example, a method for a vehicle includes, with an engine of the vehicle turned off, estimating a power draw of an external electrical device to be supplied power via an onboard generator of the vehicle, and starting the engine in a variable displacement engine (VDE) mode with a number of deactivated cylinders selected based on the estimated power draw.
US11105275B2	Regulating flap A regulating flap, especially exhaust flap for the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, includes a flap body (12), a flap diaphragm (16) carried on a pivot shaft (14) that is rotatable about a pivot axis (S) in the interior of the flap body (12). A pivot drive (20) has a drive element (30) to be coupled with the pivot shaft (14). A fixing device (40) fixes the pivot drive (20) in relation to the flap body (12). The fixing device (40) includes a bayonet fastener (38).
US11105263B2	Constant flow function air expansion train with combuster A compressed air energy storage system is described, including a compressor fluidly coupled to a compressed air reservoir and an expansion train including at least a first turbine. The system further includes an electric machine aggregate configured: for converting electric power into mechanical power and driving the compressor therewith during the energy storing mode; and for converting mechanical power produced by the expansion train into electric power during the power production mode. A combustor is configured for receiving fuel and compressed air and producing combustion gas, and for supplying the combustion gas to the first turbine.
US11105262B2	Turbomachine comprising an air collection circuit The invention relates to a turbine engine extending longitudinally along an X axis and including a main duct in which an air stream flows, the turbine engine including at least one upstream compressor disc, at least one downstream compressor disc and a circuit for collecting air from an air stream collected in the main duct, the air collection circuit including a radial portion in which at least one air collection tube is mounted and a longitudinal portion extending between a cylindrical body and a central bore of the downstream compressor disc. The turbine engine includes a plurality of blades extending in the longitudinal portion of the air collection circuit, configured to be rotated about the X axis, in order to rotate the collected air stream.
US11105260B2	Outboard motor and shift switch of outboard motor An outboard motor includes a shift switch including a shift shaft and a rotary drive provided on an axis of the shift shaft and that rotates the shift shaft, and that switches a rotation direction of a propeller shaft. An entirety of the rotary drive is disposed below a mount, and at least a portion of the rotary drive is disposed above a lower case.
US11105257B2	Liquid-cooled power electronics assembly for electrically-actuated turbochargers A power electronics assembly that controls an electrically-actuated turbocharger includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a non-conductive substrate supporting one or more electrical components that attach to the non-conductive substrate on one or more sides of the PCB; one or more conductive layers that couple with the non-conductive substrate and conduct electrical current within the PCB; a fluid barrier layer applied to an outer surface of the non-conductive substrate or conductor layer; and a PCB housing, configured to couple with the electrically-actuated turbocharger, having a fluid cavity that communicates liquid from an internal combustion engine (ICE) to the fluid barrier layer separating the liquid and the PCB.
US11105256B2	Systems for a pre-chamber Methods and systems are provided for a pre-chamber. In one example, a pre-chamber comprises a plurality of slots fluidly coupling it to a primary combustion chamber. The plurality of slots comprising a plurality of corresponding flaps configured to direct gases through the plurality of slots.
US11105244B2	Exhaust gas treatment device comprising an electrochemical cell Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas treatment device. In one example, the exhaust gas treatment device comprises an electrochemical cell having a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte provided between the first and second electrodes, wherein the electrochemical cell is configured to convert a first pollutant species, such as nitric oxide, within the exhaust gas to a second pollutant species, such as nitrogen dioxide, such that a concentration of the second pollutant species within the exhaust gases leaving the exhaust gas treatment device is increased relative to the exhaust gases entering the exhaust gas treatment device.
US11105233B2	Systems and methods for regulating performance characteristics of an exhaust system with a tri-modal valve A system for regulating performance characteristics of a vehicle includes an engine configured to output an exhaust gas. The system further comprises an emissions system in fluid communication with the engine, the emissions system configured to clean the exhaust gas. The system further comprises a valve system in fluid communication with the emissions system, the valve system configured to regulate a flow of the exhaust gas. The valve system comprises a vane movable between a forward open position, a closed position, and a rear open position. The valve system further comprises a biasing member configured to bias the vane in the forward open position. The valve system further comprises a bypass channel configured to provide a bypass flow path for the exhaust gas to control a backpressure on the vane.
US11105222B1	Integrated thermal protection for an exhaust case assembly A gas turbine engine exhaust case assembly comprises: an exhaust case having an axis and defining an annular gas path; a bearing housing coaxially supported within the exhaust case; an exhaust cone coaxial and rearward of the exhaust case; a heat shield joined to the exhaust cone, the heat shield being disposed radially between the exhaust cone and the bearing housing; and a mounting bracket extending from the exhaust case and joining the exhaust case and the exhaust cone together.
US11105213B2	Seal fin, seal structure, turbo machine, and method for manufacturing seal fin There are provided a seal fin, a seal structure, a turbo machine, and a method for manufacturing a seal fin. The seal fin suppresses leak of a fluid from a gap between a first and a second structures facing each other in a radius direction, and is formed on the first structure while keeping a clearance with respect to the second structure. The seal fin includes: a fin main body extending in the radius direction; and a protrusion being formed between a front face of the fin main body and a tip face and protruding toward an upstream side. A length of the protrusion is 1.5 times a length of the fin main body or less; an angle of the protrusion is 75 degrees or less; and a tilt angle of the fin main body is set in a range of −60 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less.
US11105209B2	Turbine blade tip shroud A shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine including a plurality of rotor blades. The shroud assembly includes a plurality of tip shrouds, a plurality of flanges, and a plurality of first compressible elements. Each of the plurality of tip shrouds includes an outer band. Further each of the plurality of tip shrouds is coupled to one of the plurality of rotor blades at a tip end. Each of the plurality of flanges extends radially outward from one of the plurality of tip shrouds. Each of the plurality of first compressible elements is coupled to at least one of the plurality of flanges or one of the plurality of tip shrouds and oriented in a first circumferential direction. Further, each of the plurality of first compressible elements is oriented toward an adjacent tip shroud such that the tip shrouds mechanically engage to form a circumferential shroud.
US11105207B2	Wheel of a fluid flow machine A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N≥2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.
US11105202B2	Method for aligning a rotor of a rotary equipment Provided is a method of aligning a gas turbine shaft. The method includes securing a laser sensor to a first shaft of a first rotary component axially connected to a rotor of a gas turbine, and securing a laser generating device to a second shaft of a second rotary component. The second shaft is axially coupled to the first shaft and has a central axis misaligned with respect to a central axis of the first shaft. A jogging assembly coupled to the first rotary component is actuated to rotate the first shaft and the second shaft. Measurements representative of a misalignment of the first shaft and the second shaft are received from the laser sensor, and based on the measurements, a central axis of the first shaft can be aligned with respect to a central axis of the second shaft.
US11105200B2	Counter rotating power turbine with reduction gearbox The present disclosure is directed to a turbine engine defining a longitudinal direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The turbine engine includes a power turbine including a first turbine rotor assembly interdigitated with a second turbine rotor assembly along the longitudinal direction; a gear assembly coupled to the first turbine rotor assembly and the second turbine rotor assembly, wherein the gear assembly includes a first input interface coupled to the first turbine rotor assembly, a second input interface coupled to the second turbine rotor assembly, and one or more third gears coupled to the first input interface and the second input interface therebetween; and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, wherein each of the first output shaft and the second output shaft are configured to couple to an electrical load device.
US11105196B2	Leak detection systems and methods for components of a mineral extraction system A leak detection system includes an annular housing that defines a bore, a constriction with the bore, and a channel extending radially-outwardly from the bore and positioned upstream of the constriction. The leak detection system also includes a sensor positioned outside of the bore and fluidly coupled to the channel, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a leaked fluid within the bore.
US11105193B2	Cross-plot engineering system and method In one embodiment, a method includes facilitating a real-time cross-plot display of drilling-performance data for a current well. The real-time cross-plot display includes a plurality of data plots represented on a common graph such that each data plot specifying at least two drilling parameters. Each data plot includes a plurality of data points such that each data point is expressable as Cartesian coordinates in terms of the at least two drilling parameters. The method further includes receiving new channel data for the current well from a wellsite computer system. In addition, the method includes creating, from the new channel data, new data points for the plurality of data plots as the new channel data is received. Moreover, the method includes updating the plurality of data plots with the new data points as the new data points are created.
US11105189B2	Unibody bypass plunger and valve cage A bypass plunger combines a unitary or one-piece hollow body-and-valve cage, retains a dart valve within the valve cage portion of the hollow body using a threaded retaining nut secured by crimple detents. A series of helical grooves surround the central portion of the outer surface of the hollow body of the plunger to control spin during descent. A canted-coil-spring disposed within the retaining nut functions as a clutch. The valve cage includes ports that may be configured to control flow through the plunger during ascent. Other embodiments include clutch assemblies using canted-coil springs with split bobbins, and valve stems surfaced to achieve specific functions. Combinations of these features provide enhanced performance, durability and reliability at reduced manufacturing cost, due primarily to the simplicity of its design.
US11105182B2	Compact rotating jacking apparatus, for cementing casing in a bore providing rotating and reciprocal stroke motion to casing from surface, and other well tasks A compact rotary surface jack with a driven rotary hanger flange on an upper travelling plate of the jack is provided by the invention; the jack is preferably a horseshoe jack. Capabilities to work on the well such as rotating and reciprocating while cementing casing in place in the well, or setting or unsetting in-hole devices such as packers, anchors and bridge plugs (etc.) by providing low speed (1-6 rpm) rotational force and short (1-6 feet) linear vertical forces to tubulars in a well to which the device is attached, are enabled.
US11105173B2	Systems and methods for actuating hydraulically-actuated devices This disclosure includes systems and methods for actuating hydraulically-actuated devices.
US11105172B2	Tubing hanger installation tool A system for hydraulically controlling a subsea device includes a compensator provided within a cavity of a well system, a hydraulic connection between the compensator and the subsea device, a pressure regulator arranged to regulate the hydraulic pressure provided to the subsea device and a ventilation tool for releasing pressure at the subsea device.
US11105156B2	Pullback system for drilling tool A pullback device for attaching to a rotary drill bit that has a pair of wrench flats on its base without disassembling or removing the rotary drill bit from a drill string. The pullback device includes an anchoring portion including a collar configured to engage with the wrench flats of the rotary drill bit. The pullback device includes a plurality of arms, each of the plurality of arms having a first end including an attachment location configured to attach product to the pullback device for pullback of the product by the drill string, and each of the arms including a second end opposite the first end, the second end attached to the collar.
US11105155B2	Rotary steerable drilling system and method with imbalanced force control A drilling system includes a rotatable string for connecting with a bit for drilling a borehole, and an active stabilizer which includes a body having an outer surface for contacting a wall of the borehole, and a plurality of actuators connecting the body and the string and capable of driving the string to deviate away from a center of the borehole with a displacement to change a drilling direction. The drilling system further includes a module for measuring direction parameters including at least one of a declination angle and an azimuth angle of the borehole, a module for measuring imbalance parameters including at least one of a lateral force, a bending moment and a torque near the drill bit, and a controller including a calculator for calculating an adjustment needed for the displacement, based on the measured parameters and expected values of these parameters.
US11105150B2	Winding structure for cordless window covering A winding structure includes two automatic winding mechanisms each including a side plate, a rotary member and an elastic member. The rotary member is provided with a receiving space, a through hole and a first fitting portion. The elastic member is mounted in the receiving space and is disposed at a one way helical state. The elastic member is provided with a clamping portion secured on the side plate and a second fitting portion secured on the first fitting portion of the rotary member. The side plate is provided with an extending portion extending through the through hole of the rotary member. The rotary member is rotated on the extending portion of the side plate and is returned to an original position automatically by the restoring force of the elastic member.
US11105145B2	Glass panel Provided is a glass panel capable of, even after elapse of a long period, reliably sealing a suction hole and keeping a gap in an airtight state. A suction hole sealing metal material 15 has a first protruding portion 15a formed on an atmospheric side around a suction hole 4, and a second protruding portion 15b formed on a gap side around the suction hole 4, and as seen in a thickness direction of the glass plates 1A, 1B, a first contour 16a which is an outermost edge of a first adhesion surface portion S1 where the first protruding portion 15a is in contact with an atmospheric-side surface 17A of the glass plate 1A, and a second contour 16b which is an outermost edge of a second adhesion surface portion S2 where the second protruding portion 15b is in contact with a gap-side surface 17B of the glass plate 1A, are on an outer side of a third contour 16c which is a gap-side hole edge of the suction hole 4.
US11105119B2	Locking device for a vehicle seat A locking device for a vehicle seat is disclosed. The locking device comprises at least one tolerance compensating element and a second damping element provided for damping the movement of a bolt element received in the locking device. The elements are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the action of force effected by the bolt element, such that under normal conditions the tolerance compensating element acts in a damping manner and the second damping element additionally provides a damping action under the action of high dynamic force.
US11105115B1	Two piece fence line post cap A two piece fence line post cap is disclosed, including a cap having a top component releasably engaged with a bottom component. The top component having a U-shape to retain a top rail of a fence between a top surface of the bottom component and the U-shaped top component. The bottom component is a cylindrical shape having an open end to receive the top rail.
US11105108B2	Pool cleaning apparatus and related methods A tool for cleaning debris from swimming pools includes a frame, a corresponding net, and retaining member for retaining the net on the frame. The preferred retaining member is an elongated strip of resilient, flexible material, having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The web portion of the cross-section includes an exterior surface smoothly shaped between its two edges to urge debris from the pool into the net. The leg portions of the cross-section include gripping portions to assist in engaging and/or disengaging the retaining member from the frame, to permit the net to be assembled, changed or replaced. Preferably, the retaining member is formed from at least two different materials. The preferred frame of the tool is fabricated from aluminum and includes an elongated, curved frame portion with its ends permanently assembled into the end of a tubular attachment member, to permit attachment of the tool to a handle, pole or similar structure. The preferred net of the tool includes one or more anti-slip devices to prevent the edge of the net or bag from slipping between the frame portion and retaining member. A corresponding preferred method of use is also disclosed.
US11105102B2	Leveling clip and tile leveling device for use of same A leveling clip and tile leveling device for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling clip includes a body defining an opening that is configured to accept a wedge device thereat. Tapered legs extend from the body and join a base at a base to body coupling. The base extends to a front and a rear of the body. The base to body coupling includes a frangible breakaway section that is integral prior to frangible separation and the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separates the body from the base. The leveling clip may be used with the wedge device to install two, three, or four tiles.
US11105101B2	Customizable inner frame and lighting for a modular wall overlay system A modular wall overlay system for installation on a support surface includes an outer frame having a pair of opposing ends and a pair of opposing sides and a customizable inner frame that is coupled to the outer frame. The inner frame includes a plurality of transverse supports that extend between the opposing sides and a plurality of longitudinal supports that extend between the opposing ends. The longitudinal supports and the transverse supports lie in a common plane defined within the outer frame. The system further includes a cover that is securely retained on the outer frame.
US11105100B2	Step clip fastening system and method A method of assembling a deck board by using a step clip fastening device is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of fastening the step clip fastening device onto a joist by using a plurality of fastening tools; sliding a first end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a step clip attached at a first end of the step clip fastening device; and snapping a second end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a corresponding step clip facing the step clip attached at the first end of the step clip fastening device to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the step clip fastening device.
US11105097B2	Roofing panel for concealing a biocidal source Roofing panels for concealing a biocidal source are described. In embodiments, the roofing panels include a body having as top side, a bottom side parallel with the top side, a front edge, a rear edge, and a left edge. The roofing panels may further include a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and one or more standoffs. The first and second sidewalls may have a tapered sidewall height that provides a gap between the body of the roofing panel and underlying material. The roofing panel may be installed over a biocidal source on a roof, concealing the biocidal source from view while still allowing liquid (e.g., water) to flow over the biocidal source.
US11105085B2	Column cap A column cap connector for mounting and securing a beam to a post of a building including a central web portion and upwardly extending walls disposed along longitudinal edges thereof, wherein a lower portion of the beam fits within the walls, downwardly extending legs formed from the seat and alternatively from the seat and the walls of the connector attach the connector to the post with projecting tabs attached to the seat to support the connector on the post.
US11105083B2	Plumbing fixture In a first aspect there is disclosed a plumbing fixture (10) to be installed in a waste plumbing installation. The plumbing fixture (10) includes a fixture body (12) having (i) an inlet conduit (14) defining an inlet opening (24), and (ii) an outlet conduit (16) defining an outlet opening (26). The inlet and outlet conduits (14, 16) define a flow passage (18) to provide fluid communication between the inlet opening (24) and the outlet opening (26). The outlet conduit (14) is operatively placed in fluid communication with the waste plumbing installation. The plumbing fixture (10) further includes a peripheral flange (20) which (a) extends outwardly from an outer surface of the fixture body (12), and (b) is located at a position between the inlet opening (24) and the outlet opening (26) of the fixture body (12). The peripheral flange (20) is operatively adapted to span an opening formed between the plumbing installation and a surface surrounding the plumbing installation.
US11105082B2	Clean toilet and accessories A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.
US11105081B1	Tablet dispenser for sanitizing a flush toilet A dispenser receivable in a toilet tank for automatically dispensing a sanitizing tablet into the toilet tank in response to a toilet flush.
US11105064B2	Swivelable adapter device for a skid steer loader having a pin locking mechanism A swivelable adapter device used with skid steer loaders includes a mounting plate and a swiveling work tool plate for holding, rotating, and positioning skid steer attachments. Rotation about a longitudinal axis of skid steer arms is accomplished using a barrel within a barrel assembly allowing the work tool plate to be positioned from angles between horizontal and vertical. A mounting plate is attached to skid steer arms and is rigidly affixed to an inner barrel. An outer barrel with a notch plate and a work tool plate slides over a greased inner barrel. Swivel operation of the work tool plate is accomplished by hand, eliminating the need for hydraulic systems. Once positioned, the work tool plate is locked to a notch plate using a locking mechanism, such as a locking pin or locking latch. The device is reinforced with metal plates to handle torsion forces created by heavy loads.
US11105063B2	Quick coupler circuit and quick coupler attachment/detachment method A quick coupler circuit for attaching and detaching an attachment to a quick coupler includes a coupler cylinder, an actuator, a first hydraulic pump, a boosting valve, a coupler changeover valve, and a changeover switch. The boosting valve switches to a boosting position and the coupler changeover valve switches to a lock-side position when the changeover switch switches to a lock position. When the changeover switch switches to a hold position, the boosting valve switches to a non-boosting position and the coupler changeover valve switches to the lock-side position. When the changeover switch switches to an unlock position, the boosting valve switches to the boosting position and the coupler changeover valve switches to an unlock-side position.
US11105060B2	Pole shield The present disclosure relates to a pole shield for extending around a pole structure. The pole shield comprises one or more than one sheet of composite material forming a hollow structure having an open first end and an opposed open second end. The sheet or sheets of composite material comprise from about 50% to about 80% by weight of a reinforcement impregnated with about 20% to about 50% of a polyurethane resin composition comprising a combination of a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component. Two or more pole shields may be stacked one on top of the other to form a pole shield structure which extends the height of protection of the pole structure. The pole shield can be used for protecting a pole structure from damage, such as from fire, rain, wind, sand, ice, pests, moisture or electrical. The pole shield may also be used to provide structural support to a pole structure.
US11105059B2	Snow melting mat A snow melting mat, including at least one main body that disperses heat throughout the surface of the at least one main body, at least one groove disposed on the surface of the at least one main body to prevent a user from slipping, at least one plug disposed on the at least one main body that is removably attached to at least one side of the at least one main body, at least one socket disposed on the at least one main body that is removably attached to at least one side of the at least one main body, such that the at least one plug is connected to the at least one socket, and a mesh of heating cables disposed within the at least one main body to provide heat to the at least one main body.
US11105054B2	Device for delivering traffic cones and vehicle comprising such device Device for delivering traffic cones that have a cone mantle that comprises a flange at its broadest end, comprising a repository for the traffic cones, comprising an outer drum and an inner drum, both arranged coaxially about the same length axis with respect to each other and mutually rotatable with respect to each other about said same axis wherein one of the inner and outer drum comprises a helix shaped groove at a side facing the other of the inner and outer drum, and the other of the inner and outer drum comprises a blocking, for at least partly prohibiting movement of a cone in the direction of the mutual movement of the inner and outer drum and a drive for mutually rotating the inner and outer drum.
US11105046B2	Composition and method of producing a creping paper and the creping paper thereof The present disclosure provides for a composition and method of producing a creped paper and the creped paper products made using this method. The method includes treating the surface of a wet fibrous web and/or surface of a Yankee drum dryer or cylinder with compositions containing a combination of a polyaminosilicone/polyaminosilicone block copolymer/surfactant and optionally one or more creping aids.
US11105043B2	Deckle board system with a slotless deckle seal strip A system comprising: one or more deckle board systems, each of the deckle board systems including: (a) one or more deckle board clamps; (b) a plurality of seal strip clamps; and (c) one or more seal strips; wherein each of the seal strips include one connection slot or less.
US11105041B2	Method of dyeing fabric using microorganisms This invention relates to a method for dyeing fabrics, yarns and fibers using microorganisms whereby the adsorption of dye-containing microorganisms onto textile fibers is improved using carbon sources above a threshold concentration. Dye molecules contained within the microorganism are released from the microorganism and fixed directly and locally to the textile fibers using a heat treatment step. Said heat treatment also deactivates the carrier microorganisms. Single or multiple microorganism species, and single or multiple dyes produced by said single or multiple microorganism species may create a variety of textile colors. Suitable synthetic dyes may also be added before, during or after microorganisms have produced dyes but before the dye-releasing heat treatment step.
US11105040B2	Bedding product including composite layer and method of manufacture A composite layer for use in a bedding product such as a mattress and a method of manufacture are disclosed. The composite layer generally includes an extruded three dimensional fibrous layer and a foam material, e.g., polyurethane, latex or the like, disposed within the fibrous layer and occupying at least a portion of the free volume in the layer. Also disclosed are processes for manufacturing a foam-fiber composite.
US11105035B2	Washing machine A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
US11105031B2	Washing machine and control method thereof A washing machine is provided with a control panel and is further provided with a connecting part of an intelligent terminal. The connecting part is in data connection with the intelligent terminal and is used for controlling the washing machine by the intelligent terminal. The control panel is of a panel structure which is not provided with a washing program control button, a display screen as well as a peripheral circuit for driving the display screen and the washing program control button. The washing machine is simple and generous in appearance, easy to operate, capable of greatly reducing the production cost and also saving manpower and material resources, and convenient to popularize.
US11105030B1	Break away needle bar stud A needle bar stud having a break away region to induce part failure in the needle bar stud and not in the reciprocating slide block in an embroidery machine. The improved needle bar stud with the break away region features a replaceable insert to allow quick and easy repair of the embroidery machine when a jam occurs and the needle bar stud is damaged.
US11105027B2	Cleaning fabric Fabrics are provided that include mono-component staple fibers, a first group of split staple fibers comprising a first polymeric material, and a second group of split staple fibers comprising a second polymeric material that is different than the first polymeric material. The mono-component staple fibers, the first group of split staple fibers, and the second group of split staple fibers are physically entangled together to define a consolidated nonwoven. The fabrics may be physically entangled by hydroentanglement.
US11105011B2	Chemical solution production Solution production devices, systems, and methods. The system includes a base portion configured to receive a vessel containing a liquid. Upon the base portion receiving the vessel, liquid is transferred from the vessel and into the base portion where it undergoes an electrochemical reaction to produce a cleaning solution. The cleaning solution is then circulated back into the vessel.
US11105003B2	Water electrolysis device A water electrolysis device comprises an ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell. The ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell includes an ion exchange membrane, a cathode chamber, an anode chamber, a hydrogen output tube, and an oxygen output tube. An anode is configured in the anode chamber, and a cathode is configured in the cathode chamber. The ion exchange membrane is configured between the anode chamber and the anode chamber. The hydrogen output tube is coupled to the cathode chamber, and the oxygen output tube is coupled to the anode chamber. When water is electrolyzed by the ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell, oxygen is generated by the anode and then exported through the oxygen output tube, and hydrogen is generated by the cathode and then exported through the hydrogen output tube. The hydrogen and the oxygen are exported from the same side of the ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell.
US11104996B2	Heating stage and apparatus having the same A heating stage includes a pedestal and a thermal-conductive plate. The thermal-conductive plate is located on the pedestal. The thermal-conductive plate has a central portion and an edge portion surrounding the central portion, and the edge portion comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion, where the first portion is sandwiched between the central portion and the second portion. A height of the second portion gradually decreases along a direction from the central portion toward the edge portion.
US11104992B2	Substrate processing apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium thereof and semiconductor manufacturing method by employing thereof Embodiments of the invention relate to a substrate processing apparatus. In one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of process units. The process unit includes a process chamber for processing a substrate, an exhaust conduit connected to the process chamber and an exhaust pump arranged in the path of the exhaust conduit. The substrate processing apparatus further includes a connecting conduit connected to the exhaust conduits of the process units in the upstream of the exhaust pump and a switching unit which switches an exhaust path of the process chamber to the other exhaust pump in the other process unit via the connecting conduit.
US11104991B2	Processing apparatus and cover member There is provided a processing apparatus including a stage disposed inside a chamber, and a cover member provided in an outer edge portion of the stage and configured to partition an interior of the chamber into a processing space above the stage and a bottom space below the stage. The cover member includes a first protrusion portion configured to make surface-to-surface contact with a surface of the stage, a second protrusion portion spaced apart from the first protrusion portion and configured to make surface-to-surface contact with the surface of the stage, and an exhaust path provided between the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion and configured to exhaust a gas from a buffer space formed by the cover member and the stage.
US11104989B2	Chemical vapor deposition process to build 3D foam-like structures A chemical vapor deposition process comprising heating a porous metal template at a temperature range of 500 to 2000° C.; and passing a gas mixture comprising a carrier gas carrying along a vapor of an organometallic compound and at least one of a carbon precursor gas and a boron nitride precursor gas through the heated metal template is provided. The heating temperature causes the decomposition of the organometallic compound vapor into metal particles, the carbon precursor gas into graphene domains, and/or the boron nitride precursor gas into hexagonal-boron nitride domains. The graphene domains and/or the hexagonal-boron nitride domains nucleate and grow on the metal particles and the metal template to form a three-dimensional interconnected porous network of graphene and/or the hexagonal-boron nitride. A foam-like structure produced by a process as described above is also provided. A foam-like structure as described above for use in electrochemistry, solar cells, filler, thermal interface material, sensing or biological applications is further provided.
US11104985B2	Ultra-fine pattern deposition apparatus, ultra-fine pattern deposition method using the same, and light-emitting display device manufactured by ultra-fine pattern deposition method A deposition apparatus, such as an ultra-fine pattern deposition apparatus is provided. A deposition apparatus includes a base substrate, a heating assembly, a deposition source material and a pattern guide. The heating assembly has at least a part thereof included in the base substrate. The deposition source material is disposed on the heating assembly. The pattern guide overlies the base substrate and has a portion thereof above the heating assembly and the deposition source material. The pattern guide has an opening including a laterally recessed lower region and an upper region. The opening extends from an upper surface of the base substrate to an upper surface of the pattern guide. The lower region of the opening is wider than the upper region of the opening, and the opening of the pattern guide is configured to guide a material emitted from the deposition source material to a target region on a target substrate that is spaced apart from the base substrate.
US11104984B2	Evaporation mask and evaporation method An evaporation mask and an evaporation method are disclosed. The evaporation mask includes a blocking region and a plurality of evaporation regions arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of evaporation regions is integrally formed as an opened structure; the blocking region is disposed to surround each of the evaporation regions to separate adjacent evaporation regions; and the blocking region is provided with a plurality of perforated structure.
US11104982B2	Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy and electronic component using the same An Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy is represented by Composition Formula, (Fe(1-a)M1a)100-b-c-d-e-gM2bBcPdCueM3g, where M1 is at least one element selected from Co and Ni, M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, and Mn, M3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Al, Ga, and Ge, and 0≤a≤0.5, 2≤b≤3, 9≤c≤11, 1≤d≤2, 0.6≤e≤1.5, and 9≤g≤11.
US11104981B2	Aluminum-cobalt-chromium-iron-nickel-silicon alloy, powder and cladding thereof An aluminum-cobalt-chromium-iron-nickel-silicon alloy has atomic percentages of 4-12 at % aluminum, 15-25 at % cobalt, 25-35 at % chromium, 4-8 at % iron, 15-25 at % nickel, 10-25 at % silicon, wherein the atomic percentage of aluminum plus silicon is between 18-32 at %. The disclosure applies the alloy design to develop a low-aluminum Al—Co—Cr—Fe—Ni—Si alloy composition, and has high-temperature hardness, high wear resistance, corrosion resistance and high temperature oxidation resistance.
US11104978B2	Alloy for seal ring, seal ring, and method of making seal ring for seal assembly of machine A seal ring for a seal assembly includes a body and a seal flange. The body is generally cylindrical and extends along a longitudinal axis between a load end and a seal end. The seal flange is disposed at the seal end of the cylindrical body. The seal flange circumscribes the body and projects radially from the body to a distal perimeter of the seal flange. The seal flange includes a sealing face which is annular and disposed adjacent the distal perimeter. The seal ring is made from an alloy that includes between 6 percent and 9 percent by weight of iron, between 1.5 percent and 3 percent by weight of silicon, greater than 14 percent by weight of chromium, and at least 65 percent by weight of nickel.
US11104974B2	High yield ratio type high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet manufactured by a cold-rolled steel sheet manufacturing method comprising a continuous annealing step, which has a composition comprising, by weight %: C: 0.1-0.15%; Si: 0.2% or less (including 0%); Mn: 2.3-3.0%; P: 0.001-0.10%; S: 0.010% or less (including 0%); Sol.Al: 0.01-0.10%; N: 0.010% or less (excluding 0%); Cr: 0.3-0.9%; B: 0.0010-0.0030%; Ti: 0.01-0.03%; Nb:0.01-0.03%; the balance being Fe and other impurities, and satisfies following relationship 1. [relationship 1] 1650≤5541.4C+239Mn+169.1Cr+0.74SS-1.36RCS≤1688, in which microstructure comprises, in area %, at least 90% of martensite and tempered martensite; and 10% or less of ferrite and bainite, in which the fraction of the tempered martensite in the martensite and the tempered martensite is 90% or more, in area %, and the ratio (b/a) of the C+Mn concentration (a) in the martensite to the C+Mn concentration (b) in the ferrite and the bainite is 0.65 or more.
US11104969B2	Formulation aid This invention relates to new formulation aids, as well as to the production thereof, to the uses thereof and to the formulations comprising them.
US11104967B2	Evolution of site-specific recombinases Some aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for evolving recombinases to recognize target sequences that differ from the canonical recognition sequences. Some aspects of this disclosure provide evolved recombinases, e.g., recombinases that bind and recombine naturally-occurring target sequences, such as, e.g., target sequences within the human Rosa26 locus. Methods for using such recombinases for genetically engineering nucleic acid molecules in vitro and in vivo are also provided. Some aspects of this disclosure also provide libraries and screening methods for assessing the target site preferences of recombinases, as well as methods for selecting recombinases that bind and recombine a non-canonical target sequence with high specificity.
US11104959B2	In vitro method for identifying pancreatic cancer or intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas The present invention refers to an in vitro method for screening for subjects at risk of developing pancreatic cancer or intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas (IPMN) comprising: (a) measuring the expression pattern or level of at least hsa-miR-33a, or of at least hsa-miR-320a, or of at least hsa-let-7e, or of at least hsa-let-7f, or of at least hsa-miR-1257, or of at least hsa-miR-1304, or of at least hsa-miR-151b, or of at least hsa-miR-3120-3p, or of at least hsa-miR-3133, or of at least hsa-miR-3714, or of at least hsa-miR-4468, or of at least hsa-miR-4639-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4713-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4714-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4770, or of at least hsa-miR-548d-3p, or of at least hsa-miR-761, obtained from an isolated biological sample of the subjects to be screened; and (b) comparing said expression pattern or level of at least hsa-miR-33a, or of at least hsa-miR-320a, or of at least hsa-let-7e, or of at least hsa-let-7f, or of at least hsa-miR-1257, or of at least hsa-miR-1304, or of at least hsa-miR-151b, or of at least hsa-miR-3120-3p, or of at least hsa-miR-3133, or of at least hsa-miR-3714, or of at least hsa-miR-4468, or of at least hsa-miR-4639-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4713-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4714-5p, or of at least hsa-miR-4770, or of at least hsa-miR-548d-3p, or of at least hsa-miR-761, of the subjects to be screened with an already established expression pattern or level, wherein over expression of at least any of the above mentioned miRNAs is indicative of pancreatic cancer or intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas (IPMN).
US11104947B2	Nanopore sequencing of polynucleotides with multiple passes Provided are methods for analyzing properties of a target portion of a polynucleotide using a nanopore. Also provided are methods for nanopore-based analysis of a polynucleotide, the methods comprising modifying a polynucleotide to comprise an enzyme binding site, an enzyme activity blocking structure, and an enzyme displacement region. Such methods further comprise the use of an enzyme that translocates the polynucleotide through a nanopore against a voltage force when the enzyme activity blocking structure is removed. The enzyme blocking structure is reconstituted by movement of the enzyme. Also provided are methods for providing a polynucleotide comprising an abasic region, a region to be analyzed, a GQ fold, and an enzyme binding site, where such methods further comprise removing one enzyme molecule at the abasic region and allowing another enzyme molecule to bind at the enzyme binding site.
US11104944B2	Chemically-enhanced primer compositions, methods and kits A chemically-enhanced primer is provided comprising a negatively charged moiety (NCM), an oligonucleotide sequence having a) non-nuclease resistant inter-nucleotide linkages or b) at least one nuclease resistance inter-nucleotide linkage. The chemically-enhanced primer can be used for sequencing and fragment analysis. Methods for synthesizing the chemically-enhanced primer as well as a method of preparing DNA for sequencing, a method of sequencing DNA, and kits containing the chemically-enhanced primer are also provided. The method of sequencing DNA can comprise contacting amplification reaction products with the composition wherein excess amplification primer is degraded by the nuclease and the chemically-enhanced primer is essentially non-degraded.
US11104941B2	5′ adapter comprising an internal 5′-5′ linkage This disclosure provides, among other things, a 5′ adapter of the formula 3′—X—(5′5′)—Y—3′, where: 3′ is a blocked 3′ end, X is a synthetic sequence, (5′5′) is an internal 5′-5′ linkage, Y is an adapter sequence, and 3′ is a hydroxylated 3′ end. In use, sequence X hybridizes to sequence X′ in a population of RNA molecules of formula R—X′, which increases the efficiency of ligation of the 5′ adapter to the nucleic acid molecules.
US11104933B1	Compositions and methods for determining the presence of active leukocyte cells using an electrochemical assay The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods and test devices for determining the presence of active leukocyte cells, for example, by using novel LE and/or HNE substrates in an electrochemical assay.
US11104928B2	Fermentation process with Pichia yeast expressing recombinant protein The present invention discloses a fermentation process with a Pichia yeast expressing a recombinant protein, in which Pichia pastoris is used as a fungal strain. The process comprises performing primary seed culturing to reach a fungal concentration of 20±2 g/L; then performing secondary seed culturing to reach a fungal concentration of 120±10 g/L; next proceeding to a glycerol culturing stage, wherein the amount of glycerol added in the glycerol culturing stage is 60-70 g/L; and then proceeding to a methanol-induced stage for 120±8 h after the dissolved oxygen quickly reaches a relatively stable state, to complete the fermentation process. In the present invention, a glycerol fed-batch addition stage in existing processes is omitted, and the process proceeds to a next stage as soon as glycerol is completely consumed, with no need to prepare sterilized glycerol for fluidic addition. As such, the glycerin sterilizer is omitted, the consumption of energy and resource and the waste of glycerin are reduced. Moreover, the fungal concentration has no need to be monitored, thus reducing the probability of errors, and lowering the fermentation failure caused by technical errors. Therefore, the present process is more suitable for large-scale industrial production, and brings convenience and great economic value for the industrial production of the recombinant protein.
US11104927B2	Recombinant microorganism for producing crocin and method for producing crocin using the same The present disclosure relates to a recombinant microorganism for producing crocin in which a gene (CCD2) encoding carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase, a gene (aldH) encoding crocetin dialdehyde dehydrogenase and a gene (UDP-glycosyltransftrase, UGT) encoding crocin biosynthesis enzyme are introduced, and a method for producing crocin using the same. Compared with the conventional method for producing crocin, which is produced in small amounts through a part of plants or callus, the production method using the recombinant microorganism of the present disclosure enables mass production of crocin.
US11104926B1	Pro-fluorophore compounds and use thereof Provided are N,N′-diacyl rhodamine compounds, which may be converted to rhodamine by porcine liver esterase (PLE) to produce a fluorescence signal. These compounds may be used, for example, as substrates in enzymatic assays or as labels in cellular imaging.
US11104917B2	Promoters for expression of heterologous genes The present disclosure relates generally to promoters derived from the AAV anti-sense strand, their use in the expression of one or more heterologous coding sequences, and isolated polynucleotides, vectors and recombinant viruses comprising the promoters. The present disclosure also relates to enhancers derived from the AAV anti-sense strand, their use in increasing the expression of one or more heterologous coding sequences, and isolated polynucleotides, vectors and recombinant viruses comprising the enhancers.
US11104912B2	Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced or eliminated suckers The present disclosure provides the identification of genes involved in sucker growth in tobacco. Also provided are promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
US11104901B2	Brush polymer-assisted compaction of oligonucleotides The disclosed subject matter relates to brush polymer-oligonucleotide conjugates comprising oligonucleotides covalently attached to the backbone of a non-cationic, sterically congested brush polymer and the use of such polymer-oligonucleotide conjugates in antisense gene regulation and as diagnostic agents.
US11104899B2	Oligomer-conjugate complexes and their use Oligonucleotides, chemically-modified oligonucleotides, and oligonucleotide-conjugate complexes for use in research, diagnostics, and/or therapeutics are described herein. In some embodiments, oligonucleotides comprising a stabilized phosphate moiety covalently attached to the 5′-terminal nucleoside are provided.
US11104897B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of nucleotide repeat expansion disorders The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of nucleotide repeat expansion disorders such as myotonic dystrophy.
US11104892B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of pain Embodied herein are engineered fusion proteins that bind and target nociceptor neurons, compositions comprising these engineered fusion proteins, and methods for treatment of pain using these engineered fusion proteins or compositions containing the engineered fusion proteins. The engineered fusion proteins contain domains derived from protein toxins such as the anthrax toxin, clostridial botulinum family of toxins, disulphide-containing toxins, and AB component type toxins.
US11104879B1	Sanxan gum synthetic strain-Sphingomonas sp. with a molecular marker and application thereof in Sanxan gum preparation The present invention relates to Sanxan gum preparation, and more particularly to a Sanxan gum synthetic strain-Sphingomonas sp. with a molecular marker and application thereof in Sanxan gum preparation by inoculating the Sphingomonas sp. strain (CGMCC No. 19480) into a culture medium containing a carbon source and a nitrogen source after sterilization, aeration fermentation and extraction. The invention solves the problems of no rapid identification of a product containing Sanxan gum and synthetic strain, and low performance indexes of a prepared Sanxan gum. It can quickly identify whether a product contains Sanxan gum. The main technical indicators of the prepared Sanxan gum products are significantly better than the existing products.
US11104876B2	Bioreactor for biological material A method and system of and for handling, preserving, separating, filtering, collecting, manipulating, and/or culturing ex vivo biological material including red blood cells, white blood cells, and blood plasma within a bioreactor having a gas permeable membrane that allows for passive ventilation.
US11104865B2	Dishwash composition comprising rinse-activatable antifoam The invention is in the field of hard surface cleaning compositions. There is need for compositions that foam copiously during the washing/cleaning stage. However, during the rinse stage, the foam should rinse-off as quickly as possible in minimum number of rinses-cycles so that the process becomes sustainable. Disclosed is an aqueous cleaning composition, having a pH of 6.5 or lower, comprising (i) 3.0 to 25.0% by weight alkyl ethoxy sulphate; (ii) 1.0 to 5.0% by weight amphoteric surfactant; (iii) 0.1 to 1.0% by weight fatty acids being saturated non-hydroxy C8-12 fatty acid and a saturated non-hydroxy C14-18 fatty acid, where ratio of amount of said C8-12 fatty acid to that of said C14-18 fatty acid is from 1:0.1 to 1:10 parts by weight; and (iv) 0.5 to 5% by weight non-ionic surfactant, wherein (iii) and (iv) together an antifoaming system, and wherein amount of non-alkoxylated anionic surfactant in said composition in less than 1.0% by weight.
US11104857B2	Fuel composition A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising: a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: •at least one bicyclic (meth)acrylate ester •optionally at least one lower-alkyl (meth)acrylate, •optionally at least one aromatic vinyl monomer, and •optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
US11104853B2	Catalyst and process for the production of diesel fuel from national gas, natural gas liquids, or other gaseous feedstocks A unique process and catalyst is described that operates efficiently for the direct production of a high cetane diesel type fuel or diesel type blending stock from stochiometric mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This invention allows for, but is not limited to, the economical and efficient production high quality diesel type fuels from small or distributed fuel production plants that have an annual production capacity of less than 10,000 barrels of product per day, by eliminating traditional wax upgrading processes. This catalytic process is ideal for distributed diesel fuel production plants such as gas to liquids production and other applications that require optimized economics based on supporting distributed feedstock resources.
US11104851B2	Method and process for depolymerization of a plastic polymer Methods for depolymerization of a plastic polymer. An embodiment includes supplying a plastic polymer and aromatic bottoms from an aromatic recovery complex, the aromatic bottoms comprising C9+ aromatic compounds; dissolving the plastic polymer in the aromatic bottoms to obtain a dissolved plastic polymer solution comprising dissolved plastic polymer and C9+ aromatic compounds; and catalytically cracking the dissolved plastic polymer solution in the presence of a catalyst such that the dissolved plastic polymer and the C9+ aromatic compounds are cracked to obtain light products.
US11104849B1	Method for restricting laser beams entering an aperture to a chosen dyad and measuring the beams' separation One embodiment of a method for restricting laser beams entering an aperture to a chosen dyad and measuring their separation; the method works with frequency-modulated coherent light, and one embodiment uses a moveable, variable-aperture apparatus (FIG. 1) in conjunction with a converging lens (6) and a detector (7); and key elements of other embodiments are also described.
US11104848B2	Etching solution for silicon substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same Disclosed is an etching solution for a silicon substrate. More specifically, an etching solution for a silicon substrate is disclosed in which a concentration of a silane compound (silicon) in the etching solution for the silicon substrate is adjusted to improve an etching selectivity of a silicon nitride film relative to a silicon oxide film during etching of the nitride film.
US11104847B2	Cadmium free blue absorbing II-VI quantum dots for thin film applications The invention pertains to the field of nanotechnology. More particularly, the invention relates to highly luminescent nanostructures, particularly highly luminescent nanostructures comprising a ZnTe core and CdS, CdSe, CdTe, ZnS, ZnSe, or ZnTe shell layers. The nanostructures show strong absorbance at 450 nm and have a high OD450/mass ratio. The invention also relates to methods of producing such nanostructures.
US11104845B2	Phosphor arrangement and method The present invention provides a phosphor arrangement (30) for light conversion, in particular for conversion of blue light into white light. The phosphor arrangement (30) comprises a substrate (10) with a mounting surface (11). The phosphor arrangement (30) further comprises a polymer (20) with a phosphor mixture (21), wherein the polymer (20) is arranged on the mounting surface (11), and wherein the phosphor mixture (21) comprises metallic nanoparticles (5), and wherein a content of the metallic nanoparticles (5) is between 1.5 to 3.0 mmol/kg of the polymer (20). The present invention further provides a corresponding method.
US11104844B2	Organic compound, electrochromic device, optical filter, image pickup apparatus, window, and electrochromic mirror An organic compound denoted by formula [1], where each of X1 and X2 is independently selected from an alkyl group optionally having a substituent, an aryl group optionally having a substituent, and an aralkyl group optionally having a substituent, each of R11 to R20 is independently selected from a hydrogen atom and a substituent, Y represents an alkyl group optionally having a substituent or an aryl group optionally having a substituent, and each of A1− and A2− independently represents a monovalent anion.
US11104840B2	Method of extracting underground resources by using hydrolysable particles A method of extracting underground resources including a step of mixing hydrolysable particles and a proppant to an aqueous dispersion fluid, and introducing the fluid with pressure into an ore chute formed under the ground, wherein as the hydrolysable particles, use is made of spherical particles that include a hydrolysable resin of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of not less than 5,000 and, specifically, not less than 10,000, and that have an average particle size (D50) in a range of 300 to 1,000 μm, and a circularity of a short diameter/long diameter ratio of not less than 0.8. The spherical particles have a hyrolysable capability, a circularity and a particle size adapted to the hydraulic fracturing.
US11104831B2	High modulus urethane adhesive compositions, manufacture and use thereof The invention relates to a urethane adhesive composition having high modulus and is pump transferable at room temperature.
US11104827B2	Gummed paper A gummed paper includes: a first adhesive layer, configured to adhere to an object; a first substrate, adhered to a surface of the first adhesive layer opposite to the object; a second adhesive layer, adhered to a surface of the first substrate opposite to the first adhesive layer; a second substrate, adhered to a surface of the second adhesive layer opposite to the first substrate; and a plurality of foaming agent particles, distributed in the first adhesive layer.
US11104812B2	Silicone composition, release paper, and release film Provided is a solventless silicone composition which can form a highly transparent release coating having excellent adhesion to a substrate, in particular to a plastic film substrate, and which can provide a layer of cured product having good adhesion even when the release coating exhibits a small peeling force. Also provided is a release paper and release film having such a cured coating.
US11104806B2	Triarylmethane leuco compounds and compositions comprising the same A method of making a triarylmethane leuco compound comprises reacting an aromatic aldehyde compound, a first oxyalkylenated aryl compound, and a second oxyalkylenated aryl compound in a condensation reaction in the presence of an acidic catalyst to produce the triarylmethane leuco compound. The first oxyalkylenated aryl compound is oxyalkylenated with ethylene oxide. The second oxyalkylenated aryl compound is oxyalkylenated with propylene oxide or with both ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
US11104804B2	Separators, batteries, systems, and methods for idle start stop vehicles In accordance with at least selected embodiments or aspects, the present invention is directed to improved, unique, and/or high performance ISS lead acid battery separators, such as improved ISS flooded lead acid battery separators, ISS batteries including such separators, methods of production, and/or methods of use. The preferred ISS separator may include negative cross ribs and/or PIMS minerals. In accordance with more particular embodiments or examples, a PIMS mineral (preferably fish meal, a bio-mineral) is provided as at least a partial substitution for the silica filler component in a silica filled lead acid battery separator (preferably a polyethylene/silica separator formulation). In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present invention is directed to new or improved batteries, separators, components, and/or compositions having heavy metal removal capabilities and/or methods of manufacture and/or methods of use thereof.
US11104799B2	Meltable intumescent flame retardant compositions Meltable flame retardant compositions and fibers fabricated thereof are provided. Compositions of the present disclosure comprise a polymer, a nitrogenous compounds and/or a phosphorus compound. Fibers and compositions of the present disclosure can be used to make fabrics. When fibers, fabrics, and compositions of the present disclosure are exposed to flame, non-flammable gases are released such that the flames is retarded and/or extinguished.
US11104795B2	Composition of reinforced polyalkylene terephthalate, preparation and use thereof A composition comprises polyalkylene terephthalate and terpolymer of alkylene diol, isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid, and polyalkylene terephthalate reinforcing fiber. The composition may be used to form an article, alone or with other thermoplastic material, at lower processing temperature, with higher melt flowability. The article formed is characterized with lower warpage and improved mechanical properties. The article may be useful for automotive, electrical, household, construction, and industrial applications. A method of preparing such thermoplastic polyester is also disclosed.
US11104793B2	Molding material and fiber-reinforced composite material A molding material that enables acquirement of a fiber-reinforced composite material which has excellent demoldability from a mold and excellent surface appearance, which contaminates a mold surface after molding less, and which has excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance; and a fiber-reinforced composite material which has excellent demoldability from a mold and surface appearance, which contaminates a mold surface after molding less, and which has excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance, are provided. A molding material of the present invention includes a component (A): an epoxy resin; a component (B): an epoxy resin curing agent; a component (C): a compound that has a solubility parameter of 11.2 or less and a melting point of 115° C. or lower; and a reinforcement fiber.
US11104789B2	Method for preparing graft copolymer, graft copolymer and thermoplastic resin molded article The present invention relates to a method for preparing a graft copolymer, which includes polymerizing a first conjugated diene-based polymer, a second conjugated diene-based polymer, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer, wherein particle size distribution of the first conjugated diene-based polymer is 0.346 to 0.404, and particle size distribution of the second conjugated diene-based polymer is 0.196 to 0.304, a graft copolymer and a thermoplastic resin molded article.
US11104783B2	Polypropylene for films and the films therefrom A process to prepare a polypropylene, and the polypropylene and films therefrom, comprising combining a high melt strength polypropylene comprising at least 50 mol % propylene, and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) greater than 6, a branching index (g′vis) of at least 0.95, and a melt strength of at least 20 cN determined using an extensional rheometer at 190° C., and within the range from 20 to 1000 ppm of a long half-life organic peroxide, and isolating the polypropylene, wherein the polypropylene thus formed has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) within a range of from 7 to 22, a z-average molecular weight of less than 1,600,000 g/mole, a branching index (g′vis) of at least 0.95; and a melt strength less than 20 cN.
US11104778B2	Talc particulate and uses thereof There is disclosed a talc particulate having a d50 of from about 0.5 to 5.0 μm and comprising less than about 500 ppm of particles having a particle size of equal to or greater than 45 μm and a shape factor equal to or greater than about 40. A process for making the talc particulate is also disclosed. The talc particulate may be used in polymer compositions as a filler from which polymer composites and articles may be formed.
US11104763B2	Renewable polymers and resins and methods of making the same The present disclosure relates to methods for producing polymers and resins, the method including a first reacting of at least a first diamine with a first carbonate-containing compound and a second carbonate-containing compound to produce at least one of the polymer or the resin, where the first reacting is according to each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 include at least one of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a saturated hydrocarbon chain, and/or an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, and R comprises at least one of a carbon atom, a saturated hydrocarbon chain, and/or an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain.
US11104751B2	Biaryl phenoxy group iv transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising at least one metal ligand complex and to processes for polyolefin polymerization incorporating the catalyst systems. The metal ligand complexes have the following structures: (I)
US11104746B2	Process for the synthesis of a cyclodextrin derivative This invention relates to an improved process for the synthesis of Sugammadex or a salt thereof, to Sugammadex or a salt thereof having high purity as obtained by said process and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said high purity Sugammadex or a salt thereof.
US11104743B2	Genetic engineering of non-human animals for the production of chimeric antibodies The invention provides non-human cells and mammals having a genome encoding chimeric antibodies and methods of producing transgenic cells and mammals. Certain aspects of the invention include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and kits. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to diagnostic and treatment methods using the antibodies of the invention.
US11104742B2	Antibodies to quetiapine and use thereof Disclosed is an antibody or a binding fragment thereof which binds to quetiapine, which can be used to detect quetiapine in a sample such as in a competitive immunoassay method. The antibody or the fragment thereof can be used in a lateral flow assay device for point-of-care detection of quetiapine, including multiplex detection of aripiprazole, quetiapine, olanzapine, and risperidone in a single lateral flow assay device.
US11104738B2	Monoclonal antibodies to human FLT3/FLK2 receptor protein The described invention provides compositions containing bi-specific antibodies that bind to human tyrosine kinase receptor FLT3/FLK2 receptor protein and to CD3 receptor protein expressed on T-cells and use of the compositions containing the bispecific antibodies in the preparation of a medicament for eliminating hematopoietic stem cells/hematopoietic progenitors (HSC/HP) in a patient.
US11104733B2	PD-1 immune modulating agents The present application provides anti-PD-1 antigen-binding proteins or a fragment thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding anti-PD-1 antigen-binding proteins or CAR T cells expressing such antigen-binding protein or fragment. Also provided are methods of regulating T cells or treating patients using such constructs or cells.
US11104727B2	Anti-canine TARC antibody used for treatment and diagnosis of canine atopic dermatitis Provided are an anti-canine TARC antibody for use in the treatment and diagnosis of canine atopic dermatitis, and a method for treating or diagnosing canine atopic dermatitis using the same. An anti-canine TARC monoclonal antibody binding to canine TARC, comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 and a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, or a functional fragment thereof binding to canine TARC.
US11104723B2	Antibody compositions for disrupting biofilms Provided herein are methods and compositions for disrupting biofilms in vitro and in vivo. Also disclosed are antibodies comprising a specified heavy chain (HC) immunoglobulin variable domain sequence and/or a specified light chain (LC) immunoglobulin variable domain sequence.
US11104720B2	Nucleic acids encoding a Tn3 scaffold comprising a CD40L-specific monomer subunit The present invention provides Tenascin-3 FnIII domain-based scaffolds that specifically bind to CD40L. The invention further provides engineered variants with increased affinity for the target. The present invention is also related to engineered scaffolds as prophylactic, diagnostic, or therapeutic agents, in particular for therapeutic uses against SLE and other autoimmune diseases and conditions.
US11104718B2	Red blood cell targeted factor VIII and method of using the same Targeted Factor VIII molecules comprising a Factor VIII linked with at least one domain that specifically binds to a membrane protein on a red blood cell is provided. The disclosed targeted coagulation factors prolong their duration of action and thus, are an improvement for the treatment of hematological diseases such as hemophilia A.
US11104713B2	Modified integrin polypeptides, modified integrin polypeptide dimers, and uses thereof Described herein are modified integrin α and/or β headpiece polypeptides, and crystallizable integrin polypeptide dimers comprising a modified integrin α and/or β headpiece polypeptide and a disulfide bond linking the two integrin headpiece polypeptide subunits. Methods for using the modified integrin α and/or β headpiece polypeptides and the integrin polypeptide dimers are also provided herein. For example, methods for characterizing integrin-ligand interaction and identifying integrin ligands are also provided herein. In some embodiments, the identified integrin ligands can be used as inhibitors of integrins.
US11104711B2	Growth differentiation factor 15 agonist compounds and methods of using the same Compounds are provided herein for inducing weight loss and for treating diabetes, dyslipidemia, NASH and/or obesity. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and therapeutic uses of such compounds and compositions, where such compounds act as GDF15 agonists with extended time of action and other advantageous properties.
US11104710B2	Methods and compositions comprising tau oligomers Tau protein has a causative role in Alzheimer's disease and multiple other neurodegenerative disorders exhibiting tau histopathology collectively termed tauopathies. The primary function of tau protein is to facilitate assembly and maintenance of microtubules in neuronal axons. In the disease process tau protein becomes modified, loses its affinity to microtubules and accumulates in the cell body where it forms aggregates. The large neurofibrillary tangles formed from tau protein assembled into filaments were thought to be the pathological structure of tau. However, more recent work indicates that smaller, soluble oligomeric forms of tau are best associated with neuron loss and memory impairment. Here, novel compositions of tau oligomers and novel mechanisms for tau oligomer nucleation, extension and termination are taught. Methods for producing and purifying these structures for the development of small molecule and immunotherapeutics as well as antibodies for biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases are taught.
US11104708B2	Articles comprising a silk polypeptide for antigen delivery The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a silk polypeptide and an antigen. Further, the present invention relates to an article comprising the polypeptide. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the article. In addition, the present invention relates to the article or pharmaceutical composition for use as a pharmaceutical, for inducing an immune response and/or for use in a prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease.
US11104705B2	Methods for removing bacterial toxins from a biological fluid Methods for removing bacterial toxins such as lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid from a biological fluid with a peptide selected from KKIRVRLSA (SEQ ID NO:1), RRIRVRLSA (SEQ ID NO:2), KRIRVRLSA (SEQ ID NO:3) and RKIRVRLSA (SEQ ID NO:4), the peptide being covalently attached to a solid support through the C-terminus, optionally with the interposition of a linker.
US11104701B2	Neuroactive steroids and methods of use thereof Compounds are provided according to Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, R5a, R5b, R6a, and R6b are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions.
US11104692B1	Heterocyclic diazenyl pyridinone copper(II) complexes as pharmacological antitumor agents Heterocyclic diazenyl pyridinone copper(II)-based complexes are provided as pharmacological antitumor agents e.g. to treat lung cancer.
US11104685B2	Crystalline forms of therapeutic compounds and uses thereof Described herein are crystalline forms of Compound 1 useful for the prevention and treatment of angiogenic ocular conditions; methods of treating a disease comprising; processes for preparing; and kits comprising, the same.
US11104683B2	Thioglycoluril compound, and method for producing same A novel monothioglycoluril compound and a novel dithioglycoluril compound. A thioglycoluril compound of the following Formula (1): (wherein X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and four Rs are each a hydrogen atom, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 4, a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a benzyl group, or a C3-9 alkyl group having at least one ether bond on the main chain).
US11104676B2	Pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine compounds as inhibitors of TAM and MET kinases Provided herein are compounds of the Formula I: and stereoisomers, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R9, X1 and G are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of one or more TAM kinases and/or c-Met kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with a TAM kinase inhibitor and/or a c-Met kinase inhibitor.
US11104674B2	Tetrahydropyridopyrimidines for the treatment of HBV infection The present invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1 to R4, A, W, Q and Y are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11104668B2	Inhibitors of bruton's tyrosine kinase This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula (I): wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are useful for the treatment of oncological, auto-immune, and inflammatory diseases caused by aberrant B-cell activation. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
US11104666B2	Tetrahydronaphthalene and tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives as estrogen receptor degraders The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of estrogen receptor (target protein). In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain on one end at least one of a Von Hippel-Lindau ligand, a cereblon ligand, Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins ligand, mouse double-minute homolog 2 ligand, or a combination thereof, which binds to the respective E3 ubiquitin ligase, and on the other end a moiety which binds the target protein, such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of target protein. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of target protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of the target protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.
US11104660B2	PDE4D inhibitors Provided herein are phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) inhibitors, including methods of using the same. Also provided are methods of treating subjects suffering from conditions associated with aberrant PDE activity.
US11104653B2	Methods for forming aryl carbon-nitrogen bond using light The disclosure relates to a method for forming aryl carbon-nitrogen bonds and to photoreactors useful in these and other light-driven reactions. The method comprises contacting an aryl halide, such as 4-bromobenzotrifluoride, with an amine, such as morpholine, in the presence of a Ni salt catalyst solution and an optional base, thereby forming a reaction mixture; exposing the reaction mixture to light under reaction condition sufficient to produce the aryl carbon-nitrogen bonds, e.g., to give a product such as 4-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)morpholine. In certain embodiments, the amine may be present in a molar excess to the aryl halide. In certain embodiments, the Ni salt catalyst solution includes a Ni(II) salt and a polar solvent, wherein the Ni(II) salt is dissolved in the polar solvent. In certain embodiments, the reactions conditions include holding the reaction mixture at between about room temperature and about 80° C. for between about 1 hour and about 20 hours such that at least about 50% yield is obtained.
US11104648B2	Pyrazole derivative A pyrazole derivative having the following formula stru-1: The pyrazole derivative is used for prevention and control of pests.
US11104647B2	Multi-functional, stimuli-responsive materials, methods of preparation, methods of use, and uses thereof A multi-functional, stimuli-responsive material includes a substrate functionalized with a pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound or co-assemblies containing Azo-QPS compounds. The Azo-QPS compound includes a positively-charged phenyl-azo-pyridinium core, an anion affiliated with the core, a head group, a tail group, a surface bonding group coupling the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the substrate, and a spacer connecting the pH-sensitive Azo-QPS compound to the surface bonding group.
US11104639B2	Branched fluorine-containing compound A novel branched fluorine-containing compound represented by formula (1): (Rf—Yn1LX-A)n2 (1) wherein L represents a predetermined carbon-containing linker moiety; Rf, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents fluoroalkyl optionally having at least one ether bond; Y, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents a predetermined divalent linking group or a bond; RY, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents hydrogen or an organic group; L represents an (n1+n2)-valent carbon-containing linker moiety having at least one carbon atom; n1 represents a number greater than or equal to 1; n2 represents a number greater than or equal to 1; n1+n2 is a number from 3 to 6; X, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents a divalent linking group or a bond; A, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents —ArSO3M or the like; M, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents hydrogen, —NR4, or a metal salt; and R represents hydrogen or a C1-4 organic group.
US11104627B2	Method for making 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene A process for the manufacture of 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene, the process comprising dehydrochlorinating 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane.
US11104617B2	Phosphorus extraction and recovery system (PEARS) Separation methods and systems for converting high concentrations of animal wastes into nutrients and other useful products such as struvite and potassium struvite. Advantageously, the system and methods do not require the addition of external chemicals other than an acid and a base.
US11104615B2	Oxide sintered body and sputtering target An oxide sintered body having metal elements composed of In, Ga, Zn and Sn and containing a hexagonal layered compound represented by InGaO3(ZnO)m (m is an integer of 1 to 6). When ratios (atomic %) of contents of In, Zn and Sn to all metal elements excluding oxygen contained in the oxide sintered body are taken as [In], [Zn] and [Sn], respectively, the relations [Zn]≥40 atomic %, [In]≤15 atomic %, [Sn]≤4 atomic % are satisfied.
US11104609B2	Method and device for integrating gemstones in glass A method and a device for encasing gemstones, such as diamonds, in glass. In order for their optical effects and appearance to be maximized, the gemstones are placed at a defined position and at a defined orientation. A suction cannula is provided for that purpose with an opening to fit the gemstone and to hold the gemstone by vacuum. Guide elements, such as spirals or meshes, are carried on the suction cannula so as to assure even distancing from the walls of the glass tube into which the gemstone is inserted.
US11104607B2	Crystallized glass A crystallized glass includes a crystallized glass mother material, and, in a surface, a compressive stress layer, wherein the crystallized glass has, for a thickness of 10 mm, a light transmittance of, including reflection loss, 80% at a wavelength in 400 to 669 nm, and has a Vickers hardness [Hv] of 835 to 1300. In the crystallized glass, the crystallized glass mother material contains, in % by weight on an oxide basis, 40.0% to 70.0% of a SiO2 component, 11.0% to 25.0% of an Al2O3 component, 5.0% to 19.0% of a Na2O component, 0% to 9.0% of a K2O component, 1.0% to 18.0% of a MgO component, 0% to 3.0% of a CaO component, and 0.5% to 12.0% of a TiO2 component, and a total content of the SiO2 component, the Al2O3 component, the Na2O component, the K2O component, the MgO component, and the TiO2 component is 90% or more.
US11104606B2	Tempered glass plate and production method for tempered glass plate A tempered glass sheet (G4) includes a compressive stress layer having a compressive stress on a main surface, and a tensile stress layer having a tensile stress in an inside. The tempered glass sheet (G4) includes: a highly anisotropic stress region (Qa) which is arranged in at least part of an end edge portion, and which has a stress showing anisotropy in a plane parallel to the main surface; and a low anisotropic stress region (Qb) which is arranged on a center side in a main surface direction so as to be adjacent to the highly anisotropic stress region (Qa), and which has a stress showing lower anisotropy than the highly anisotropic stress region (Qa) in the same plane parallel to the main surface.
US11104604B2	Low sparkle anti-glare glass-based articles with reduced warp and methods of reducing warp in anti-glare glass-based articles Anti-glare glass-based articles and methods of processing a glass based article to reduce warp are disclosed. A method for processing a glass-based article includes etching a first surface of the glass article to create a first anti-glare surface having a plurality of first anti-glare features and etching a second surface of the glass-based article to create a second anti-glare surface having a plurality of second anti-glare features. At least one of a length, a width, and a diagonal of the glass-based article is greater than or equal to 500 mm. A difference of warp between a first warp value before etching the first surface and the second surface and a second warp value after etching the first surface and the second surface is less than or equal to 0.15 mm across each of one or more 500 mm intervals of length, width, or diagonal of the glass-based article.
US11104601B2	Bendable electronic device modules, articles and bonding methods of making the same A foldable electronic device module that includes a glass cover element having a thickness from about 25 μm to about 200 μm, an elastic modulus from about 20 GPa to about 140 GPa. The module further includes: a stack having a thickness from about 50 μm to about 600 μm; and a first adhesive joining the stack to a second primary surface of the cover element, the adhesive having a shear modulus from about 0.01 MPa to about 1 GPa and a glass transition temperature of at least 80 C. Further, the device module includes a flex-bond residual stress region through the thickness, and within a central region, of the cover element that ranges from a maximum compressive residual stress at the second primary surface to a maximum tensile residual stress at a first primary surface of the element along a central bend axis of the cover element.
US11104600B2	Dental bulk block for grinding processing and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a dental bulk block for grinding processing. The dental bulk block includes a crystalloid, which includes lithium disilicate as a main crystal phase and silicate as a sub-crystal phase, and hyaline as a remainder. The dental bulk block is a functionally gradient material having a crystalline size gradient with respect to a depth thereof and having no interface at a change point of a crystalline size gradient value. The dental bulk block is useful for manufacturing an artificial dental prosthesis that is similar to natural teeth. Accordingly, the time and process for manufacturing the artificial dental prosthesis are shortened, and structural stability is increased in terms of dispersion of force due to gradient functionalization of mechanical properties.
US11104599B2	Systems and methods for measuring the temperature of glass during tube conversion A system for producing articles from glass tube includes a converter having a base with a plurality of processing stations and a turret moveable relative to the base. The turret indexes a plurality of holders for holding the glass tubes successively through the processing stations. The system further includes a thermal imaging system that includes a thermal imager coupled to the turret for movement with the turret. The thermal imaging system may also include a mirror coupled to the thermal imager and positioned to reflect infrared light from one of the plurality of holders to the thermal imager. The thermal imaging system may measure one or more characteristics of the glass tube during the conversion process. Processes for controlling the converter using the thermal imaging system to measure one or more process variables are also disclosed.
US11104596B2	Bioreactor, system, and method for reduction of sulfates from surface waters Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a bioreactor, a floating bioremediation platform system, and a process for reducing sulfates, in surface water.
US11104595B2	Processing of aqueous waste streams to remove naphthenic acids A method is provided for the treatment of waste streams resulting from the processing of hydrocarbons that contain naphthenic acids, for example desalter brine resulting from the extraction or production of hydrocarbons from an oil sands reservoir. Naphthenic acids can be removed from these streams by removing oil-wet solids from the waste stream prior to conventional waste water processing, and the oil-wet solids can further be independently remediated to reduce naphthenic acid concentration for disposal.
US11104594B2	Ammonia solution production device and ammonia solution production method An ammonia solution production device produces a dilute ammonia solution by supplying ammonia from an ammonia supply device to ultrapure water supplied from an ultrapure water production device and dissolving the ammonia, and supplies the ammonia solution to a use point. Here, the ultrapure water production device has the ability to supply ultrapure water having a resistance value of 18 MΩ·cm or more, and a metal ion concentration of 1 ng/L or less, particularly 0.1 ng/L or less. Ammonia is added to the ultrapure water from the ammonia supply device to produce the dilute ammonia water. The ammonia solution production device is suitable for the production of dilute ammonia water having an ammonia concentration of 100 mg/L or less. Such an ammonia solution production device is capable of producing an ammonia solution with a stable concentration, and achieves excellent follow-up performance with respect to a change in the concentration.
US11104590B2	Sterilization device using straightener and UV LED array facing the straightener A sterilization device includes: a processing chamber in which a fluid passing through a straightener flows in a first direction, the straightener being provided at an inlet of the processing chamber; a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in an array on a plane facing the straightener in the first direction, sandwiching the processing chamber, and irradiating the fluid in the processing chamber with ultraviolet light; a light source chamber that houses the plurality of light emitting devices inside; and a discharge path provided to the side of the light source chamber and allowing the fluid passing through the processing chamber to flow in the first direction.
US11104588B1	Solar distillation system with integrated cooling and controller A solar distillation system for producing a distillate and providing cooling for a structure or appliance, and a method of using the system to produce a distillate and cool a structure or appliance. The system includes a distillate cooling coil, a secondary cooling coil, an expansion valve which is capable of controlling an amount of a coolant that flows through each of the coils. The system also includes a compressor, a plurality of sensors including a temperature sensor and a distillate flow sensor, and a controller which receives input from the sensors and controls the activity of the compressor and expansion valve. The system is capable of producing distillate at night in the absence of solar radiation.
US11104581B2	Methods for producing carbon fibers from coal A method of producing advanced carbon materials can include providing coal to a processing facility, beneficiating the coal to remove impurities from the coal, processing the beneficiated coal to produce a pitch, and treating the pitch to produce an advanced carbon material such as carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon fibers, polymers, biomaterials, or other carbon materials.

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