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US11107744B2	Insulated gate bipolar transistor module and manufacturing method thereof An IGBT module includes a heat dissipation base plate. A first ceramic heat dissipation element is embedded in the heat dissipation base plate. A first wiring layer is provided on the surface of the heat dissipation base plate. The first side of an IGBT chip is mounted onto the first wiring layer. The second side of the IGBT chip is provided with a heat conductive metal plate. A first heat dissipation plate having a first through hole is provided on a side of the first wiring layer. The IGBT chip and the heat conductive metal plate are located in the first through hole. A second wiring layer is provided on a side of the first heat dissipation plate away from the IGBT chip. The second wiring layer is provided on a side of the heat conductive metal plate.
US11107741B2	Composite ceramic multilayer substrate, heat generating element-mounting module, and method of producing composite ceramic multilayer substrate A composite ceramic multilayer substrate includes a glass ceramic insulating layer including a wiring layer and a highly thermally conductive ceramic insulating layer made of a ceramic material having a higher thermal conductivity than the glass ceramic insulating layer. The glass ceramic insulating layer is provided on at least one main surface of the highly thermally conductive ceramic insulating layer directly and/or with a wiring layer interposed therebetween. When viewed in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the composite ceramic multilayer substrate, the composite ceramic multilayer substrate includes at least one heat generating element-mounting portion surrounded by the glass ceramic insulating layer and at which a heat generating element-mounting wiring line provide on the main surface of the highly thermally conductive ceramic insulating layer is exposed.
US11107736B1	Gate structures for semiconductor devices A semiconductor device with different gate structure configurations and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. The method includes depositing a high-K dielectric layer surrounding nanostructured channel regions, performing a first doping with a rare-earth metal (REM)-based dopant on first and second portions of the high-K dielectric layer, and performing a second doping with the REM-based dopants on the first portions of the high-K dielectric layer and third portions of the high-K dielectric layer. The first doping dopes the first and second portions of the high-K dielectric layer with a first REM-based dopant concentration. The second doping dopes the first and third portions of the high-K dielectric layer with a second REM-based dopant concentration different from the first REM-based dopant concentration. The method further includes depositing a work function metal layer on the high-K dielectric layer and depositing a metal fill layer on the work function metal layer.
US11107735B2	Methods of forming epitaxial structures in fin-like field effect transistors A method of fabricating a fin-like field effect transistor (FinFET) device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a region for forming p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) devices and a region for forming n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) devices, forming fin structures in both regions of the substrate separated by isolation features, first forming source/drain (S/D) features in the PMOS region, and subsequently forming S/D features in the NMOS region. First forming the PMOS S/D features and then forming the NMOS S/D features results in a greater extent of loss of isolation features in the PMOS region than in the NMOS region.
US11107734B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes an isolation layer disposed over a substrate, first and second fin structures, a gate structure, a source/drain structure and a dielectric layer disposed on an upper surface of the isolation insulating layer. Both the first fin structure and the second fin structure are disposed over the substrate, and extend in a first direction in plan view. The gate structure is disposed over parts of the first and second fin structures, and extends in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first and second fin structures not covered by the gate structure are recessed below the upper surface of the isolation insulating layer. The source/drain structure is formed over the recessed first and second fin structures. A void is formed between the source/drain structure and the dielectric layer.
US11107730B1	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with anti-fuse structures A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure including following operations is provided. A substrate extending along a first direction is provided. A trench crossing the substrate is then formed to define a first active region and a second active region. A lower isolation structure is formed in the trench, in which the lower isolation structure exposes a portion of a sidewall of the substrate. The exposed sidewall of the substrate is oxidized to form an upper isolation structure on the lower isolation structure, in which the upper isolation structure extends into the substrate. A conductive structure embedded in the upper isolation structure is formed. A first transistor and a second transistor are respectively formed in the first active region and the second active region.
US11107724B2	Methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated memory having an array of capacitors. The array has edges. The capacitors along the edges are edge capacitors, and the other capacitors are internal capacitors. The edge capacitors have inner edges facing toward the internal capacitors, and have outer edges in opposing relation to the inner edges. An insulative beam extends laterally between the capacitors. The insulative beam is along upper regions of the capacitors. First void regions are under the insulative beam, along lower regions of the internal capacitors, and along the inner edges of the edge capacitors. Peripheral extensions of the insulative beam extend laterally outward of the edge capacitors, and second void regions are under the peripheral extensions and along the outer edges of the edge capacitors. Some embodiments included integrated assemblies having two or more memory array decks stacked on atop another. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory arrays.
US11107721B2	3D semiconductor device and structure with NAND logic A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a single crystal layer and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer including interconnects between the plurality of first transistors, where the interconnects between the plurality of first transistors includes forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors atop at least a portion of the first metal layer, where at least six of the plurality of first transistors are connected in series forming at least a portion of a NAND logic structure, where the plurality of second transistors are vertically oriented transistors, and where the plurality of second transistors are at least partially directly atop of the NAND logic structure; and a second metal layer atop at least a portion of the plurality of second transistors, where the second metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with less than 150 nm misalignment, and where at least one of the second transistors is a junction-less transistor.
US11107712B2	Techniques for thermal treatment of electronic devices Apparatus and techniques are described herein for use in manufacturing electronic devices. Such as can include organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices. Such apparatus and techniques can include using one or more modules having a controlled environment. For example, a substrate can be received from a printing system located in a first processing environment, and the substrate can be provided a second processing environment, such as to an enclosed thermal treatment module comprising a controlled second processing environment. The second processing environment can include a purified gas environment having a different composition than the first processing environment.
US11107711B2	Micro light emitting diode transferring apparatus, method for transferring micro light emitting diode, and display apparatus A micro light emitting diode (micro LED) transferring apparatus is provided. The micro LED transferring apparatus includes a transfer array including an array of a plurality of transfer heads; and an array mask having an array of a plurality of alignment holes. A respective one of the plurality of alignment holes has a size allowing a respective one of the plurality of transfer heads and a micro LED attached to the respective one of the plurality of transfer heads to pass through.
US11107707B2	Wet etch apparatus and method of using the same A method includes dispensing a chemical solution including charged ions onto a semiconductor substrate to chemically etch a target structure on the semiconductor substrate, and applying an electric field on the semiconductor substrate during dispensing the chemical solution on the semiconductor substrate, such that the charged ions in the chemical solution are moved in response to the electric field.
US11107697B2	Floating gate fabrication method A floating gate fabrication method is disclosed. The method includes: providing a substrate, and depositing an oxide layer on the substrate; fabricating a shallow trench isolation in the substrate, a top surface of the shallow trench isolation being higher than a top surface of the oxide layer; depositing a polysilicon layer on the oxide layer and the shallow trench isolation; performing a first thermal annealing process on the polysilicon layer, thereby repairing cavities formed after the deposition of the polysilicon layer; implanting ions into the polysilicon layer; performing a second thermal annealing process on the polysilicon layer, thereby activating the implanted ions and repairing again the cavities formed after the deposition of the polysilicon layer; and planarizing the polysilicon layer to form a floating gate.
US11107696B1	Implantation for etch stop liner Examples described herein provide for methods for semiconductor processing for forming source/drain regions of transistors. An example is a method for semiconductor processing. An etch stop liner is formed in a semiconductor substrate. Forming the etch stop liner includes implanting etch selectivity dopants into the semiconductor substrate. The etch selectivity dopants form at least part of the etch stop liner. A source/drain cavity is formed in the semiconductor substrate. Forming the source/drain cavity includes etching the etch stop liner. Etching the etch stop liner selectively etches the etch stop liner relative to a material of the semiconductor substrate. A source/drain region is epitaxially grown in the source/drain cavity.
US11107692B2	Etching method An etching method of etching a silicon nitride region with high selectivity is provided. In the etching method, a processing target object, having a silicon nitride region and a silicon-containing region having a composition different from the silicon nitride region, is accommodated in a processing vessel, and the silicon nitride region is selectively etched. In a first process, a deposit containing hydrofluorocarbon is formed on the silicon nitride region and the silicon-containing region by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a hydrofluorocarbon gas within the processing vessel. In a second process, the silicon nitride region is etched by radicals of the hydrofluorocarbon contained in the deposit. The first process and the second process are repeated alternately.
US11107691B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, and the method may include: preparing a semiconductor substrate constituted of a group III nitride semiconductor, a main surface of the semiconductor substrate being a c-plane; forming a grove on the main surface by dry dry-etching the main surface; and wet-etching an inner surface of the groove using an etchant to expose the c-plane of the semiconductor substrate in a wet-etched region, the etching having an etching rate to the c-plane of the semiconductor substrate that is lower than the etching rate to a plane other than the c-plane of the semiconductor substrate.
US11107689B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a NMOS region and a PMOS region; forming a pad oxide layer on the substrate, wherein the pad oxide layer comprises a first thickness; performing an implantation process to inject germanium (Ge) into the substrate on the PMOS region; performing a first cleaning process to reduce the first thickness of the pad oxide layer on the PMOS region to a second thickness; performing an anneal process; and performing a second cleaning process to remove the pad oxide layer.
US11107679B2	Method of processing a target material Methods of processing a target material are disclosed. In one arrangement, a multilayer structure is irradiated with a radiation beam. The multilayer structure comprises at least a target layer comprising the target material and an additional layer not comprising the target material. The additional layer is metallic. The target layer is irradiated through the additional layer during the irradiation of the multilayer structure. A transfer of energy from the radiation beam to the target layer and to the additional layer is such as to cause a thermally-induced change in the target layer. The thermally-induced change comprising one or more of: crystal growth in the target material, increased carrier mobility in the target material, increased chemical stability in the target material, and increased uniformity of electrical properties in the target material.
US11107666B2	Systems and methods for using variable mass selection window widths in tandem mass spectrometry Systems and methods are used to analyze a sample using variable mass selection window widths. A tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to perform at least two fragmentation scans of a sample with different mass selection window widths using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows variable mass selection window widths. The selection of the different mass selection window widths can be based on one or more properties of sample compounds. The properties may include a sample compound molecular weight distribution that is calculated from a molecular weight distribution of expected compounds or is determined from a list of molecular weights for one or more known compounds. The tandem mass spectrometer can also be instructed to perform an analysis of the sample before instructing the tandem mass spectrometer to perform the at least two fragmentation scans of the sample.
US11107665B2	Feeding structure, upper electrode assembly, and physical vapor deposition chamber and device The present disclosure provides a feeding structure, an upper electrode assembly, and a physical vapor deposition chamber and device. In the present disclosure a RF power is fed through the center of a first introduction member of the feeding structure and is evenly distributed onto a target by a plurality of distribution members.
US11107662B2	Reactor system coupled to an energy emitter control circuit A microwave energy source that generates a microwave energy is disclosed. The microwave energy source has an on-state and an off-state. A control circuit is coupled to the microwave energy source and includes an output to generate a control signal that adjusts a pulse frequency of the microwave energy. A voltage generator applies a non-zero voltage to the microwave energy source during the off-state. A frequency and a duty cycle of the non-zero voltage is based on a frequency and a duty cycle of the control signal. A waveguide is coupled to the microwave energy source. The waveguide has a supply gas inlet that receives a supply gas, a reaction zone that generates a plasma, a process inlet that injects a raw material into the reaction zone, and an outlet that outputs a powder based on a mixture of the supply gas and the raw material within the plasma.
US11107658B2	Fill pattern to enhance e-beam process margin Lithographic apparatuses suitable for complementary e-beam lithography (CEBL) are described. In an example, a method of forming a pattern for a semiconductor structure includes forming a pattern of parallel lines above a substrate. The method also includes aligning the substrate in an e-beam tool to provide the pattern of parallel lines parallel with a scan direction of the e-beam tool. The e-beam tool includes a column having a blanker aperture array (BAA) with a staggered pair of columns of openings along an array direction orthogonal to the scan direction. The method also includes forming a pattern of cuts or vias in or above the pattern of parallel lines to provide line breaks for the pattern of parallel lines by scanning the substrate along the scan direction. A cumulative current through the column has a non-zero and substantially uniform cumulative current value throughout the scanning.
US11107657B2	Apparatus of plural charged-particle beams A multi-beam apparatus for observing a sample with high resolution and high throughput is proposed. In the apparatus, a source-conversion unit changes a single electron source into a virtual multi-source array, a primary projection imaging system projects the array to form plural probe spots on the sample, and a condenser lens adjusts the currents of the plural probe spots. In the source-conversion unit, the image-forming means is on the upstream of the beamlet-limit means, and thereby generating less scattered electrons. The image-forming means not only forms the virtual multi-source array, but also compensates the off-axis aberrations of the plurality of probe spots.
US11107643B2	Contact press-on assembly A contact press-on assembly for a switching contact piece of an electrical switching unit has a first stop and a second stop. A spring element extends between the two stops, wherein the first stop can move relative to the second stop. The second stop provides a counterbearing for the first stop, wherein a rotary bearing for the spring element can move together with the first stop.
US11107642B2	Electrical switch The electrical switch includes a first and a second fixed contact, and a movable knife contact including at least one longitudinal pair of blades being flexibly connected to each other, wherein the blades form, in a switching event, contact with contact portions of the first and/or the second fixed contact. Opposite surfaces of the contact portions of the first and the second fixed contact include a roughened area and the inner surface of each blade includes a protruded area or opposite surfaces of the contact portions of the first and the second fixed contact include a protruded area and the inner surface of each blade includes a roughened area.
US11107640B2	Electrolyte formulations for energy storage devices An energy storage device can include a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte where the electrolyte includes one or more additives and/or solvent components selected from vinylene carbonate (VC), vinyl ethylene carbonate (VEC), dimethylacetamide (DMAc), hydro fluorinated ether branched cyclic carbonate, a hydro fluorinated ether ethylene carbonate (HFEEC), hydro fluorinated ether (HFE), and fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC). The electrolyte may include a carbonate based solvent and one or more solvent components and/or one or more of vinylene carbonate (VC), vinyl ethylene carbonate (VEC), dimethylacetamide (DMAc), hydro fluorinated ether branched cyclic carbonate, a hydro fluorinated ether ethylene carbonate (HFEEC), hydro fluorinated ether (HFE), and fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC).
US11107621B2	Coil component and method for manufacturing the same A coil component includes a body including a magnetic material; a support member disposed in the body; and a coil pattern on the support member in the body. The coil pattern may include a first conductor layer formed on the support member and having a planar spiral shape; a second conductor layer formed on the first conductor layer and having a volume of a lower portion greater than a volume of an upper portion; and a third conductor layer formed to cover the second conductor layer from the outside of the second conductor layer.
US11107620B2	Coil component For a substrate of a coil component, there are arranged a plurality of through-holes; the pattern-wiring is provided with a loop-shaped portion surrounding the circumference of a center hole which penetrates the substrate a pair of end portions which extend from that loop-shaped portion; and the neighboring two through-holes within the plurality of through-holes penetrate the substrate in a state that at least a part of each of the openings thereof superimpose each of the pair of end portions and is connected electrically with each of the end portions. In addition, the opening of one of the through-holes at one of the end portions within the pair of end portions is provided at a biased position close to the other of the end portions with respect to the center of the one of the end portions in the intersecting-direction.
US11107619B2	Inductor An inductor includes: a body including a coil portion; and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body, wherein the coil portion includes an insulator having an opening and a coil pattern filling the opening, and a maximum thickness of the coil pattern is greater than a thickness of the insulator in contact with a side surface of the coil pattern.
US11107617B2	Transformer The present invention is to improve a performance of a transformer having wound iron cores. The transformer having the wound iron cores which have multi-layer band-shape magnetic material, and a coil wound to pass through an inner circumference of the wound iron core, includes a wound iron core holding member that is a member longer than a width of the wound iron core for supporting an upper inner portion of the wound iron core, a coil holding member for supporting a lower outer portion of the coil, a first support structure including an upper beam arranged on an outer circumference of the wound iron core to support the wound iron core holding member, and a lower beam arranged on an outer circumference of the coil to support the coil holding member, and a second support structure including a pair of outer plates arranged on an inner portion of the upper frame and connected to a connection member that is longer than a width obtained by adding a diameter of the wound iron core and a diameter of the coil, and a wound iron core protection structure that is longer than a width of the wound iron core, for covering a portion where the outer circumference of the coil and an inner portion of the wound iron core face each other, and being connected to the outer plates.
US11107611B2	Thermistor element and method for producing same Provided are a thermistor element including a conductive intermediate layer containing RuO2 which can have a lower resistance and a thinner profile, whereby the increase in resistance can be suppressed even when peeling of the electrode proceeds; and a method for producing the same. The thermistor element according to the present invention includes: a thermistor body 2 made of a thermistor material; a conductive intermediate layer 4 formed on the thermistor body; and an electrode layer 5 formed on the conductive intermediate layer, wherein the conductive intermediate layer has an aggregation structure of RuO2 particles that are in electrical contact with each other where SiO2 is placed in the gaps in the aggregation structure, and has a thickness of 100 to 1000 nm.
US11107607B2	Foamed polycarbonate separators and cables thereof A cable separator includes a body, and the body includes a polycarbonate-based material that is at least a partially foamed. Cables and methods of manufacturing such cables having a separator are also provided.
US11107600B2	Rare-earth metal halide scintillators with reduced hygroscopicity and method of making the same The present disclosure discloses rare earth metal halide scintillators compositions with reduced hygroscopicity. Compositions in specific implementations include three group of elements: Lanthanides, (La, Ce, Lu, Gd or V), elements in group 17 of the periodic table of elements (CI, Br and I) and elements of group 13 (B, AI, Ga, In, TI), and any combination of these elements. Examples of methods for making the compositions are also disclosed.
US11107599B2	Diffraction grating for X-ray phase contrast and/or dark-field imaging The present invention relates to a grating for X-ray phase contrast and/or dark-field imaging. It is described to form a photo-resist layer on a surface of a substrate. The photo-resist layer is illuminated with radiation using a mask representing a desired grating structure. The photo-resist layer is etched to remove parts of the photo-resist layer, to leave a plurality of trenches that are laterally spaced from one across the surface of the substrate. A plurality of material layers are formed on the surface of the substrate. Each layer is formed in a trench. A material layer comprises a plurality of materials, wherein the plurality of materials are formed one on top of the other in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The plurality of materials comprises at least one material that has a k-edge absorption energy that is higher than the k-edge absorption energy of Gold and the plurality of materials comprises Gold.
US11107598B2	Anti-scatter collimator for radiation imaging modalities Among other things, an anti-scatter collimator (200) includes a first anti-scatter structure (302) defining a retaining member (432). The retaining member includes a first protruding member having a top surface defining a first plane, and a second protruding member having a second top surface defining a second plane. The second protruding member is spaced apart from the first protruding member to define a groove (434). The retaining member includes a support member extending between the first protruding member and the second protruding member. The support member defines a bottom surface of the groove. The bottom surface of the support member is spaced a distance apart from the first plane and the second plane. A second anti-scatter structure (303) includes a septum disposed within the groove. The first protruding member, the second protruding member, and the support member maintain a position of the septum relative to the first anti-scatter structure.
US11107597B2	Cask and method of producing neutron shield A cask includes a cask body, an outer cylinder, a plurality of fins, and a plurality of neutron shields. The cask body has a tubular shape around a central axis and is capable of housing fuel assemblies. The outer cylinder has a tubular shape surrounding the cask body. The fins are aligned in a circumferential direction in a tubular space formed between the cask body and the outer cylinder, and connect an outer peripheral surface of the cask body and an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder to divide the tubular space into a plurality of divided spaces. The neutron shields contain a neutron shielding material with which the divided spaces are filled. Each neutron shield includes a void portion extending in the axial direction along the central axis. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce stress that may be exerted on the outer cylinder or other components by thermal expansion of the neutron shielding material when the fuel assemblies are housed in the cask.
US11107592B2	Plasma confinement device with helical current and fluid flow A device and method for generating plasma conditions for deuterium-tritium and advanced fuel thermonuclear fusion consisting of an inner helicity-containing plasma such as a spheromak compact toroid bounded by a plurality of outer cusped magnetic fields. Helicity driven by steady-inductive helicity injectors energizes the plasmoid with helicity. The device further includes means for driving fluid rotation about the device axis, about the device magnetic axis, and means for a hot electron sheath. Means are also provided for reducing particle losses out through the open cusp field lines through helicity injector rectification.
US11107591B1	Method and system for describing and recommending optimal treatment plans in adaptive telemedical or other contexts A method is disclosed for providing, by an artificial intelligence engine, an optimal treatment plan to use with a treatment apparatus. The method includes receiving, from a data source, clinical information pertaining to results of using the treatment apparatus to perform particular treatment plans for people having certain characteristics. The clinical information has a first data format. The method also includes translating a portion of the clinical information from the first data format to a medical description language used by the artificial intelligence engine, determining, based on the portion of the clinical information described by the medical description language and a plurality of characteristics pertaining to a patient, the optimal treatment plan for the patient to follow using the treatment apparatus to achieve a desired result, and providing the optimal treatment plan to be presented on a computing device of a medical professional.
US11107590B2	Cloud-to-local, local-to-cloud switching and synchronization of medical images and data with advanced data retrieval A method is provided for advanced-retrieval of medical data in a system that synchronizes medical data between a cloud repository on a cloud server and a plurality of local repositories on a plurality of local servers of healthcare facilities connected to the cloud server. The method is executed by the cloud server and includes: receiving diagnostic reservation information, that includes timing information for a future diagnosis date and diagnosis information that associates the diagnostic reservation information with a medical image stored in the cloud server; receiving an advanced-retrieval request that comprises an advanced-retrieval time period; determining, in response to receiving the advanced-retrieval request, that the timing information of the diagnostic reservation information overlaps with the advanced-acquisition time period; transmitting in response to the medical image being associated with the diagnostic reservation information, the medical images and data.
US11107588B2	Methods and systems of prioritizing treatments, vaccination, testing and/or activities while protecting the privacy of individuals System and methods for anonymously selecting subjects for treatment against an infectious disease caused by a pathogen. The system comprises a plurality of electronic devices comprising instructions to generate an ID and, when in proximity of another such electronic device, one or both electronic devices transmit/receive the ID to/from the other electronic device. Then, a score is generated based on a plurality of such received IDs. Additionally, based on information received from a server, relevant treatment instructions are displayed to the subjects based on the received information and the score. The server comprises instructions for sending to the plurality of electronic devices the information to be displayed with the relevant treatment instructions, additionally the server and/or the electronic devices comprise instructions to generate a prediction of likelihood of a subject transmitting the pathogen, based on the score of the subject.
US11107579B2	Personalized avatar responsive to user physical state and context Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate providing guidance to a user during performance of a program or routine using a personalized avatar. In an aspect, a system includes a reception component configured to receive biochemical information about a physiological state or condition of a user, including information identifying a presence or a status of one or more biomarkers. The system further includes an analysis component configured to determine or infer one or more characteristics of the physiological state or condition of the user based on the information identifying the presence or the status of the one or more biomarkers, and a visualization component configured to adapt an appearance of an avatar presented to the user based on the one or more characteristics to reflect the one or more characteristics.
US11107570B2	Flexible, extensible and automated systems and methods for scoring the quality of radiology examinations The present disclosure relates to automated systems and methods which assess the quality of radiology examinations and identify actionable changes to improve the quality of future exams. For each of a plurality of imaging studies, a study protocol and set of study metrics can be defined and the defined study protocol can be performed to generate data associated with the imaging study. A metrics assessment can be performed by applying at least a portion of the data associated with the result of the imaging study against the set of study metrics for the imaging study so as to generate a metrics score for the imaging study. The metrics scores can be stored in a score repository and analyzed so as to provide recommendations to improve the examination process.
US11107557B1	Force field based molecular structure and conformer generation Systems and methods for molecular structure generation and conformer elaboration, in which natural physical molecular movements can be combined with a molecular force field that constrains those movements, to rapidly produce conformational variants with relatively low energy. Construction and energy minimization of initial and subsequent 3D molecular models using force field parameters, are combined with alteration of the molecular model using biophysical transformations, to generate one or more conformations thereof. The biophysical transformations each include natural physical movements of parts of the molecule, such as rotation of atoms or bonds about a selected axis in the 3D molecular model. The selected axis can define ring components, selected bonds within a macrocyclic ring, selected bonds joining substituents or other portions of the molecule, or axes or lines defining one or more geometric features of the molecular model. Once altered using biophysical transformations, the 3D molecular model can also have energy minimization performed with respect to a molecular force field model. A subset of the generated conformers can be collected, compressed from time to time, and selected for output.
US11107549B2	At-risk memory location identification and management A volatile memory device is configured to self-document by identifying its own bad or at-risk excludable memory locations in a nonvolatile identification embedded in itself, without using additional board real estate. The identification of bad or at-risk memory is readable by firmware outside the device. The device includes volatile memory cells that have respective failure susceptibility values, some of which indicate bad or at-risk memory cells. The memory device also includes read logic and write logic, and may include refresh logic. The identification may be embedded in the device by blowing fuses in an adaptation of self-repair activity, or by writing identification data into a serial presence detect logic, for example. The configured memory device may efficiently, persistently, and reliably provide detailed memory test results regarding itself, thereby allowing customers to accept and safely use memory that would otherwise have been discarded to prevent software crashes.
US11107548B2	Leveraging chip variability Embodiments are described that leverage variability of a chip. Different areas of a chip vary in terms of reliability under a same operating condition. The variability may be captured by measuring errors over different areas of the chip. A physical factor that affects or controls the likelihood of an error on the chip can be varied. For example, the voltage supplied to a chip may be provided at different levels. At each level of the physical factor, the chip is tested for errors within the regions. Some indication of the error statistics for the regions is stored and then used to adjust power used by the chip, to adjust reliability behavior of the chip, to allow applications to control how the chip is used, to compute a signature uniquely identifying the chip, etc.
US11107545B2	Shift register, gate drive circuit and display device This application discloses a shift register, a gate drive circuit and a display device. The signal of the input signal terminal is provided to the pull-up node by the input circuit under the control of the input signal terminal; and the signal of the second reference signal terminal is provided to the output signal terminal by the output circuit under the control of the clock signal terminal and the signal of the pull-up node. The signal of the first reference signal terminal is provided to the pull-up node by the reset circuit under the control of the input signal terminal and the clock signal terminal. The pull-down control circuit resets the output signal terminal according to the signal of the first reference signal terminal.
US11107543B2	Adjustment of read and write voltages using a space between threshold voltage distributions A current demarcation voltage is determined, where the current demarcation voltage is to be applied to a memory cell for reading a state of the memory cell. Based on the current demarcation voltage and a space between a first threshold voltage distribution corresponding to a first state of the memory cell and a second threshold voltage distribution corresponding to a second state of the memory cell, a test demarcation voltage having a low error rate of reading the state of the memory cell is selected. The current demarcation voltage is set to correspond to the selected test demarcation voltage.
US11107542B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a word line connected to memory cells, bit lines respectively connected to the memory cells, and a control circuit configured to control voltages applied to the word line and the bit lines during a write operation. When writing data into a target memory cell, the control circuit executes first and second loops in sequence. In executing the first loop, the control circuit applies a first program voltage to the word line during the program operation, and applies a verify voltage to the word line during the verify operation, and upon detecting that the verify operation neither passed nor failed, the control circuit selects one of two pass write voltages to be applied to the bit line connected to the target memory cell during the program operation of the second loop according to a sequential position of the first loop in the sequence of loops.
US11107541B2	Memory device and method of operating the memory device The present technology relates to a memory device and method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The peripheral circuit performs a plurality of program loops each including a program operation and a verify operation on selected memory cells of the plurality of memory cells. The control logic controls the peripheral circuit to increase a potential of selected bit lines.
US11107537B2	Memory device and method of reading data A non-volatile memory includes a memory cell region including a first metal pad, a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad, a memory cell array region in the memory cell region including an outer region proximate a first end of the memory cell region and an inner region separated from the first end by the outer region, first and second bit lines in the memory cell region, an outer memory cell string in the memory cell region including memory cells connected to an outer pillar extending vertically upward through the outer region, and an inner memory cell string including memory cells connected to an inner pillar extending vertically upward through the inner region, and a data input/output (I/O) circuit in the peripheral circuit region including a page buffer circuit that connects the first bit line during a first read operation directed to memory cells of the outer memory cell string, and connects the second bit line during a second read operation directed to memory cells of the inner memory cell string, and a read voltage determination unit that selects a first optimal read voltage used during the first read operation, and a second optimal read voltage used during the second read operation.
US11107522B2	Multi-level cell programming using optimized multiphase mapping with balanced gray code Disclosed are systems and methods for providing programming of multi-level memory cells using an optimized multiphase mapping with a balanced Gray code. A method includes programming, in a first phase, a first portion of data into memory cells in a first-level cell mode. The method may also include reading, from the memory cells, the programmed first portion of the data. The method may also include programming, in a second phase, a second portion of the data into the memory cells in a second-level cell mode, wherein programming the second phase is based on applying, to the read first portion of the data, a mapping from the first-level cell mode to the second-level cell mode. The mapping may be selected based on minimizing an average voltage change of the memory cells from the first to second phase while maintaining a balanced Gray code.
US11107521B2	Semiconductor memory device with cache latches A semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array; and a cache latch circuit that exchanges data with the memory cell array through a plurality of bit lines extended in a second direction crossing a first direction. The memory cell array may include a plurality of cache latches arranged in a plurality of columns in the first direction and in a plurality of rows in the second direction. Each of the cache latches may be coupled to any one of a plurality of input/output (IO) pins. Cache latches coupled to the IO pins at the same time may constitute one IO cache latch unit. The cache latches included in the one IO cache latch unit may be arranged in 2×2 array units.
US11107518B2	Extending operating temperature of storage device A storage device having a wide range of operating temperatures is disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein may be used to operate MLC cells at higher temperatures before resorting to thermal throttling. Techniques disclosed herein may be used to operate MLC cells at lower temperatures without needing to pre-heat the storage device. SLC data stored in a first group of memory cells is folded to MLC data stored in a second group of memory cells while an operating temperature is outside a first temperature range. After the operating temperature is within a second temperature range, the data integrity of the MLC data is checked. The SLC data in the first group is folded to MLC data in a third group of memory cells responsive to the MLC data in the second group failing the data integrity check. The foregoing permits the storage device to increase its range in operating temperatures.
US11107517B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for refreshing memory with refresh counter A semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of banks each suitable for refreshing at least one word line corresponding to a refresh address according to a row active signal; a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling, in response to a refresh command, an activation timing of the row active signal according to mode signals and a counting signal; a refresh counter suitable for generating the counting signal by counting the number of times the row active signal is activated, and generating sequence signals which are sequentially activated; and a detection circuit suitable for generating flag signals by combining the sequence signals, and generating a detection signal according to a corresponding one of the flag signals when any of the mode signals is activated, wherein the refresh counter is initialized by the detection signal.
US11107516B1	Ferroelectric memory devices containing a two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel and methods of making the same A ferroelectric memory device includes a two-dimensional electron gas channel, a gate electrode, and a ferroelectric element located between the gate electrode and the two-dimensional electron gas channel.
US11107503B2	Pre-production systems for making movies, TV shows and multimedia contents Methods, apparatus and systems related to pre-production stage of a movie, a TV show or a multimedia content are described. In one example aspect, a pre-production system for producing a multimedia digital content including a movie includes a user interface operable to receive information about a storyline, cameras, cast, and other assets for the movie from a user, a processor, and a memory including processor executable code. The processor executable code upon execution by the processor configures the processor to determine one or more scenes based on the storyline, generate one or more machine-readable scripts corresponding to the one or more scenes, and automatically update the one or more machine-readable scripts to satisfy one or more constraints for producing the multimedia digital content.
US11107501B2	Encrypted data key in medium auxiliary memory A method for securing user data that is stored to a tape cartridge having a medium auxiliary memory (MAM) is described. When user data is sent to a tape library from a client, the tape library sends a request to a cloud based key management service for a data key to encrypt the user data and an encrypted data key that corresponds to the data key. The data key is used to encrypt the user data which is then stored to the tape cartridge and the encrypted data key is stored to the MAM. Upon decrypting the encrypted user data, the encrypted data key is extracted from the MAM and sent to the cloud based key management service where it is used to produce the data key from the cloud based key management service which is then sent to the tape library. When the tape library is in possession of the data key, the encrypted data in the tape cartridge can then be decrypted and sent to a requester of the user data.
US11107497B1	Recording head with focusing structure A recording head includes a near-field transducer proximate a media-facing surface of the recording head and a waveguide that overlaps and delivers light to the near-field transducer. The recording head includes subwavelength-sized focusing mirror comprising first and second reflectors disposed on cross track sides of the near-field transducer. Each of the first and second reflectors is spaced apart from the media-facing surface by a distance, D, measured along an axis normal to the media-facing surface.
US11107491B2	Sensor data array and method of counting occupants A system and method including receiving, from a plurality of sensors, a sequence of data indicative of a presence of a person in an area of interest within a field of view of the plurality of sensors; determining an estimate of background level information for the area of interest in an instance of an absence of a person in the area of interest; generating a probability of a person being located in the area of interest based on a combination of the determined background level information and the sequence of data indicative of a presence of a person in the area of interest; determining a number of centroids in the area of interest based on an execution of clustering executed to determine an optimized total number of centroids for a dataset; and generating a count of persons in the area of interest based on determined total number of centroids.
US11107490B1	System and method for adding host-sent audio streams to videoconferencing meetings, without compromising intelligibility of the conversational components Automated methods and systems are provided for performing acoustic echo cancellation of streaming audio for a plurality of participants who are each receiving the streaming audio from a host, and who are simultaneously engaged in remote audio communications with each other. The streaming audio is captured in memory as an audio signal copy for subsequent use in performing the acoustic echo cancellation. In this manner, participants may engage in remote audio communications with each other without receiving acoustic echoes of the streaming audio received by other participant computers, while still being able to individually hear the streaming audio outputted from their respective speakers.
US11107470B2	Platform selection for performing requested actions in audio-based computing environments Systems and methods of selecting digital platforms for execution of voice-based commands are provided. The system receives an application that performs an action associated with a service via digital platforms. The system debugs the application to validate parameters of the action on at least two platforms of the digital platforms. The system receives data packets comprising an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a client device, and parses the input audio signal to identify the action and the service. The system selects a first platform from the digital platforms to perform the action. The system initiates, responsive to selection of the first platform, an interactive data exchange to populate parameters of an action data structure corresponding to the action. The system executes the action via the selected platform using the action data structure.
US11107469B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method for enabling provision of a more convenient speech recognition service. The information processing apparatus includes a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition for speech information based on an utterance of a user, and a correction portion estimation unit that collates content of a sentence obtained as a speech recognition result with collation information necessary for determining accuracy of the content to estimate, for the sentence, a correction portion that requires correction. The sentence obtained as a speech recognition result is displayed together with the correction portion estimated by the correction portion estimation unit and presented to the user.
US11107468B2	Apparatus, method, and program product for context-based communications Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for context-based communications. One apparatus includes a processor, a microphone, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive, via the microphone, information indicating to initiate communications between the apparatus and a second device. The code is executable by the processor to transmit a request for the communications to the second device. The code is executable by the processor to, in response to transmitting the request, receive contextual awareness information corresponding to the second device. The code is executable by the processor to facilitate the communications between the apparatus and the second device based on the contextual awareness information.
US11107459B2	Electronic apparatus, controlling method and computer-readable medium An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a pronunciation dictionary including a plurality of words; and a processor configured to: obtain a second word based on a first word of the plurality of words; obtain a first text corpus related to the first word through web crawling of the first word and a second text corpus related to the second word through web crawling of the second word; and verify the second word based on a result of comparison of the first text corpus and the second text corpus.
US11107453B2	Anti-noise signal generator An anti-noise signal generator and a method of generating an anti-noise signal are presented. The anti-noise generator includes a first microphone input to receive a first sigma-delta modulated signal at a microphone sampling frequency. The first microphone input is coupled to a combiner via a first path and a second path. The combiner is adapted to combine a first filtered signal from the first path and a second filtered signal from the second path to generate the anti-noise signal. The first path includes a first digital filter adapted to operate at a filter frequency equal or greater than the microphone sampling frequency. The second path includes a second digital filter. The first digital filter may be a sigma-delta based filter that includes a sigma-delta modulator.
US11107452B2	Three-dimensional asymmetric lattice structure for tailoring the band gaps Provided is an asymmetric three-dimensional lattice structure in which physical properties of a strut of a symmetric three-dimensional lattice structure is asymmetrically changed so as to adjust a band gap and a frequency range of a wave propagated in a particular direction in the three-dimensional lattice structure. An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a lattice structure having six struts, four nodes, a first coating layer, and a second coating layer. The basic structure of the six struts is formed of polymer and the strut's basic structure has a same length L and radius r. Some struts may have a different thickness ratio between the first coating layer and the second coating layer, or may be coated with different materials to thereby have different properties.
US11107445B2	Network centric windowing system for integration and display of visual data from networked sources A system, method and computer readable medium to render, as a single image, source data from a network of data providers, that provide source data of a respective data type. A composition space contains two-dimensional (2D) display surfaces to which the source data is provided from the data providers, and transformation operator surfaces, which are located at different positions in a depth direction than the 2D display surfaces. Each of the transformation operator surfaces represent a respective visual transformation operation on surfaces of the 2D display surfaces that are positioned at lesser depths than the transformation operator surface. Using data-centric communication, updates are published to the 2D display surfaces, the updates including the source data from the data providers, and, upon detecting an update to a subscribed 2D display surface, the subscribed 2D display surface is rendered as the single image by performing the visual transformation operations.
US11107425B2	Electro-optic displays with resistors for discharging remnant charges An electro-optic display having a plurality of display pixels, each of the plurality of display pixels comprising: a pixel electrode for driving the display pixel; a thin film transistor (TFT) coupled to the pixel electrode for transmitting waveforms to the pixel electrode; a resistor coupled to the pixel electrode for discharging remnant charges from the display subsequent to the TFT being de-activated; and a storage capacitor coupled to the pixel electrode and placed in parallel with the resistor. A time constant of a circuit comprising the pixel electrode, the resistor, and the storage capacitor is larger than a driving frame time of the electro-optic display.
US11107403B2	Current limiting circuit, display device, and current limiting method A current limiting circuit includes: a gain calculation circuit which calculates a screen power value based on pixel values and calculates a gain based on the screen power value; and a gain multiplication circuit which multiplies the pixel values by the gain, and when a maximum value of the pixel values exceeds a first threshold value, the gain calculation circuit calculates the screen power value by use of a common pixel value greater than or equal to the maximum value instead of the pixel values, and when the screen power value exceeds a control target power value, the gain calculation circuit sets the gain to a ratio of the control target power value with respect to the screen power value, and when the screen power value is less than or equal to the control target power value, the gain calculation circuit sets the gain to 1.
US11107399B2	Organic light-emitting diode display device with pixel array A display device includes power lines, first driving transistors on a first side of each of the power lines, second driving transistors on a second side of each of the power lines, light-emitting elements of a first color, a second color and a third color. A first driving transistor of a first power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the first power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a second power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color. A second driving transistor of the second power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a third power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the third power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color.
US11107397B2	Display device having a feedback loop for a power supply voltage A display device includes a display panel including pixels, a data driver providing data signals to the pixels, a scan driver providing scan signals to the pixels, a DC-DC converter converting an input voltage to a power supply voltage and supplying the power supply voltage to the display panel, a feedback circuit having a variable impedance and providing a feedback path of the power supply voltage to the DC-DC converter by receiving the power supply voltage supplied from the DC-DC converter to the display panel and providing an error signal corresponding to a difference between the feedback voltage and a reference voltage to the DC-DC converter, and a controller controlling the data driver and the scan driver, calculating a panel load of the display panel based on input image data, and adjusting the variable impedance of the feedback circuit according to the calculated panel load.
US11107384B2	Display driving device including voltage limiter for sensing voltage variation and limiting voltage level of sensing line A display driving device includes sensing lines configured to sense pixel signals of a display panel; and a voltage limiter provided for each of the sensing lines. The voltage limiter senses a voltage variation of the sensing line, and limits a voltage level of the sensing line to a reference voltage.
US11107377B2	Projected information display for IT equipment environments A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a projected equipment information operation within an IT environment. In various embodiments, the projected equipment information operation includes: receiving equipment information regarding an information handling system within the IT environment; identifying AR content associated with the equipment information regarding the information handling system within the IT environment; and, projecting the AR content associated with the equipment information onto a physical device within the IT environment, a combination of the AR content and the physical device providing a composite view, the composite view providing a hands free and device free provision of the equipment information.
US11107372B2	Display device and electronic apparatus [Object] To make it possible to improve viewing angle characteristics more. [Solution] Provided is a display device including: a plurality of light emitting sections formed on a substrate. The light emitting section has a configuration in which a luminescence layer is sandwiched by a first electrode functioning as a reflecting electrode and a second electrode in a stacking direction, a surface of the first electrode facing the luminescence layer is inclined from a plane perpendicular to the stacking direction in at least a partial region in a display surface, and an inclination direction of the first electrode has a distribution in the display surface.
US11107367B2	Adaptive assembly guidance system A device implementing an adaptive assembly guidance system includes an image sensor and a processor configured to capture, using the image sensor, an image of a set of connectable components. The processor is further configured to process the captured image to detect individual connectable components of the set of connectable components and to detect a current configuration of the set of connectable components. The processor is further configured to determine, based at least in part on the detected individual connectable components of the set of connectable components, a recommended configuration of the set of connectable components. The processor is further configured to display information for assembling the set of connectable components into the recommended configuration from the current configuration.
US11107355B2	Transport dangerous driving reporting An example operation includes one or more of identifying a dangerous driving situation, capturing first media by a vehicle involved in the dangerous driving situation, establishing a geofence based on a distance associated with the dangerous driving situation, and capturing second media by one or more other vehicles within the geofence.
US11107353B2	System for communicable integration of an automobile system and a fuel station system Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for transferring one or more resources associated with an interaction via an automobile. The system is typically configured for receiving an input from a user, via one or components of an automobile, to identify one or more third party entities associated with an interaction, identifying, via the one or more components, a current location and a destination of the user, identifying the one or more third party entities between the current location and the destination, applying logic to select a third party entity from the one or more third party entities, establishing a communication link with a third party entity device associated with the third party entity, and initiating transfer of resources to the remote device to complete the interaction.
US11107340B1	Automobile child alert warning system An automobile child alert warning system that will prevent young children, babies, and, pets from dying as a result of being left alone in hot locked automobiles. The system includes a warning light, a recording mechanism, a time delay provision, a speaker, and a visual and verbal warning message that alerts driver to make sure everyone has vacated from the vehicle at the end of the trip. This system may be built into a dashboard of the automobile during the manufacturing process. Preferably, the warning light will protrude through the speedometer or be placed adjacent to it. The speedometer location is the ideal location for this warning device because speedometers are usually located directly in front of the driver. In actuality, all that will be visible of this device will be the red warning light. The rest of the components will be hidden behind the dashboard.
US11107330B1	Networked gaming system enabling a plurality of player stations to play independent games with online play A system for and method of conducting the operations of a wagering game including player stations that permit a game player to tip a game dealer.
US11107328B2	System and method with alternative awards for winning sporting event wagers Systems and methods which utilize zero, one or more random determinations in association with a determination of an award of a placed sporting event wager.
US11107322B1	No rake platform Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing no rake line wagering. In one aspect, a method includes accessing rake line data for an event. The accessed rake line data is converted into a no rake line. The no rake line is published to a wagering platform accessible by multiple members. The wagering platform includes multiple separate wagering groups that each include multiple members. At a pre-specified time relative to a start time of the sports event, locking any wagers made within a particular group based on the no rake line. An outcome of the sporting event is obtained. From among the wagers, winning wagers and losing wagers in the particular group are determined based on the outcome of the sports event and the no rake line. Accounts of the members in the particular group that wagered on the sporting event are updated.
US11107321B2	Distributed ledger based gaming system A system is provided for securely issuing a ticket for a draw of a game via smart contracts of a blockchain. The system records in the blockchain a game smart contract. The game smart contract records a draw smart contract for issuing tickets for a draw of the game. The game smart contract receives a game place order message indicating placement of an order for a ticket for the draw of the game. The game smart contract sends to the draw smart contract a draw place order message indicating the placement of the order for the ticket for the draw of the game. The game smart contact receives from the draw smart contract a confirmation that the ticket for the draw of the game has been issued. The game smart contract coordinates generation of winning drawlines and directs the draw smart contract to identify winning tickets.
US11107311B2	Lottery ticket bin with pull-out drawer and ticket guide configuration A lottery ticket dispenser array includes a plurality of interconnected bins, wherein the bins include a housing having a bottom and an open top. A drawer is slidable into and out of the housing and includes an open top and a ticket compartment configured for receipt of a stack of the interconnected lottery tickets in a laid-down orientation. A component section adjacent in the drawer is configured to automatically dispense the lottery tickets through a dispense slot upon receipt of a dispense command. A ramp is disposed within the ticket compartment and is angled upwards from a floor of the ticket compartment towards the component section. The ramp includes a plurality of raised ridges extending across the ramp and spaced longitudinally apart along the ramp, wherein each ridge defines a retaining edge for progressively longer stacks of interconnected lottery tickets placed within the ticket compartment in the laid-down orientation.
US11107297B2	Merging discrete time signals A method of monitoring a condition of a system is provided. The method includes receiving a first sampled signal having first sampled points sampled at a first sampling rate, and receiving a second sampled signal having second sampled points sampled at a second sampling rate. Both the first and second sampled signals originate from sensing over a dimension in the same sensing process. The method further includes determining a first shift over the dimension between the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal at a first sampled point of the first sampled signal, determining a second shift over the dimension between the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal at a second sampled point of the first sampled signal, the second sampled point being different than the first sampled point, determining a calculated shift that is a function of the first shift and the second shift, generating a merged signal that includes each of the first sampled points and each of the second sampled points shifted based on the calculated shift, determining whether there is at least a threshold indication of failure based on analysis of the merged signal, and disabling or recommending for removal the component in response to determining that there is at least a threshold indication of failure.
US11107291B2	Traversing photo-augmented information through depth using gesture and UI controlled occlusion planes Systems and methods are described that obtain depth data associated with a scene captured by an electronic device, obtain location data associated with a plurality of physical objects within a predetermined distance of the electronic device, generate a plurality of augmented reality objects configured to be displayed over a portion of the plurality of physical objects, and generate a plurality of proximity layers corresponding to the at least one scene, wherein a respective proximity layer is configured to trigger display of the auxiliary data corresponding to AR objects associated with the respective proximity layer while suppressing other AR objects.
US11107286B2	Synchronized effects for multi-user mixed reality experiences There are provided systems and methods for synchronizing effects for multi-user mixed reality experiences. In one implementation, such a system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive sensor data from multiple sensors within a venue, identify an activity in the venue based on the sensor data, and track a respective perspective and a respective location within the venue of each of multiple observers of the activity. The hardware processor also executes the software code to identify a first effect triggered by an action of one of the observers, conform the first effect to the respective perspective and the respective location of each of the observers to produce multiple second effects corresponding to the first effect, and output the second effects for operating multiple actuating devices within the venue during the activity.
US11107281B2	Shared environment for vehicle occupant and remote user A method, system, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a shared vehicle experience. The method includes capturing an exterior video stream that depicts an exterior environment of a vehicle, and receiving remote user information indicating a bodily movement of a remote user. The method further includes generating and displaying an augmented video stream comprising a dynamic avatar representing the remote user as a virtual passenger, the dynamic avatar being updated based on the remote user information while the augmented video stream is being displayed in the vehicle. At least a portion of the exterior video stream and occupant information are sent to a computer device that causes, based on the at least a portion of the exterior video stream and the occupant information, a display device of the remote user to output an additional augmented video stream that provides the remote user with an experience of being in the vehicle.
US11107274B2	Methods of processing three dimensional models A data-driven, object-oriented, and customizable method for visualizing a three-dimensional (3D) structure is disclosed which includes receiving a model-based data file including instantiation of elements of a structure, identifying one or more instances of one or more objects, providing data associated with the plurality of polygons for the object geometry to a visualization engine, providing data associated with the plurality of polygons for the object placement information to the visualization engine, providing data associated with the plurality of polygons for the object color and transparency information to the visualization engine, providing data associated with the plurality of polygons for the object functional information to the visualization engine, generating a 3D model of the object based on the plurality of polygons, and outputting a rendering of the 3D model for displaying on a digital display.
US11107273B2	Dynamic three-dimensional map generation for computing environment In a computing environment comprising a plurality of equipment racks wherein each equipment rack comprises one or more of compute, storage and network assets, the method captures an image of at least one equipment rack in the computing environment. The method identifies a known object in the image to determine physical characteristics of the equipment rack. The method receives, from a peer-to-peer network, positioning beacon signals respectively associated with at least a portion of the compute, storage and network assets in and around the equipment rack. The method determines a closest asset among the portion of the compute, storage and network assets for which positioning beacon signals are received. The method obtains data indicative of physical characteristics associated with the closest asset, obtains a model of the computing environment based on the obtained data, and then obtains a three-dimensional map of the computing environment based on the model.
US11107272B2	Scalable volumetric 3D reconstruction Scalable volumetric reconstruction is described whereby data from a mobile environment capture device is used to form a 3D model of a real-world environment. In various examples, a hierarchical structure is used to store the 3D model where the structure comprises a root level node, a plurality of interior level nodes and a plurality of leaf nodes, each of the nodes having an associated voxel grid representing a portion of the real world environment, the voxel grids being of finer resolution at the leaf nodes than at the root node. In various examples, parallel processing is used to enable captured data to be integrated into the 3D model and/or to enable images to be rendered from the 3D model. In an example, metadata is computed and stored in the hierarchical structure and used to enable space skipping and/or pruning of the hierarchical structure.
US11107271B2	Three-dimensional point data based on stereo reconstruction using structured light An apparatus includes a memory configured to store multiple sets of image data. Each of the sets corresponds to a respective portion of a surface of an object and a respective portion of a structured light pattern projected onto the surface. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform structured light reconstruction of the sets, including matching a first group of image pixels that correspond to a projected pixel of the structured light pattern in a first set of image data with a second group of image pixels that correspond to the projected pixel in a second set of image data. The processor is configured to perform stereo reconstruction of the sets, including matching one or more features detected within the first group of image pixels with one or more features detected within the second group of image pixels, to generate three-dimensional point data of the surface.
US11107268B2	Methods and apparatus for efficient data processing of initial correspondence assignments for three-dimensional reconstruction of an object The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media for efficiently processing data of initial correspondence assignments, e.g., for three-dimensional reconstruction of an object. In some aspects, the system includes a processor configured to perform the acts of receiving a first set of images of a scene and a second set of images of the scene, determining a first pixel fingerprint based on the first set of images and a second pixel fingerprint based on the second set of images, generating a first binary pixel fingerprint based on the first pixel fingerprint and a second binary pixel fingerprint based on the second pixel fingerprint, and determining whether there exists a stereo correspondence between the first pixel fingerprint and the second pixel fingerprint at least in part based on comparing the first binary pixel fingerprint and the second binary pixel fingerprint.
US11107267B2	Image generation apparatus, image generation method, and program Provided are an image generation apparatus, an image generation method, and a program that can reflect, on a virtual space image, a natural light environment of a real space in actually capturing captured images. A corresponding camera position specification unit (68) specifies a corresponding camera position that is a position in a virtual space equivalent to a captured position that is a position in a real space of a real camera that has captured a captured image. An influence degree determination unit (80) determines a degree of influence on a virtual space image influenced by the captured image captured by the real camera at the captured position equivalent to the corresponding camera position based on a position of a virtual camera in the virtual space and the corresponding camera position. A virtual space image generation unit (86) generates the virtual space image based on the captured image captured by the real camera at the captured position and the degree of influence on the virtual space image influenced by the captured image.
US11107263B2	Techniques to manage execution of divergent shaders Examples are described here that can be used to enable a main routine to request subroutines or other related code to be executed with other instantiations of the same subroutine or other related code for parallel execution. A sorting unit can be used to accumulate requests to execute instantiations of the subroutine. The sorting unit can request execution of a number of multiple instantiations of the subroutine corresponding to a number of lanes in a SIMD unit. A call stack can be used to share information to be accessed by a main routine after execution of the subroutine completes.
US11107258B2	Providing a dark viewing mode while preserving formatting A method for improving visibility of contents displayed on a GUI by providing a dark viewing mode that preserves user-generated formatting and/or style contained in the contents is disclosed. The method includes receiving content for displaying on the display, parsing the received content into one or more objects, based on at least a formatting characteristic of the objects, and comparing for each object a first color characteristic of the object with a second color characteristic to determine if a contrast between the first color characteristic and the second color characteristic satisfies a threshold requirement. Upon determining that the threshold requirement is not satisfied, the method includes adjusting the first characteristic, and displaying the objects with the adjusted first characteristic.
US11107239B2	Pose detection method and device, electronic device and storage medium An orientation detection method and device, electronic device and storage medium, the method comprising: determining first position information of at least one first feature part of a target object in a target image (S100); determining three-dimensional position information of a second feature part of the target object on the basis of the first position information and device parameters of a camera device (S200); and determining spatial orientation of the target object on the basis of the first position information of the at least one first feature part comprised in the second feature part and the three-dimensional position information of the second feature part (S300). The described method may increase the accuracy of orientation detection.
US11107228B1	Realistic image perspective transformation using neural networks The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. In example implementations, the system and the method can include receiving an image having a first perspective; generating, via a deep neural network, a depth map corresponding to the image having the first perspective; generating, via the deep neural network, a point cloud representation based on the depth map; projecting the point cloud representation onto a point cloud representation corresponding to an image having a second perspective; generating a depth map corresponding to the image having the second perspective; and generating a synthetic image having the second perspective based on the depth map corresponding to the image having the second perspective and a semantic segmentation map corresponding to the image having the first perspective, wherein the second perspective is different from the first perspective.
US11107227B1	Object detection based on three-dimensional distance measurement sensor point cloud data Distance measurements are received from one or more distance measurement sensors, which may be coupled to a vehicle. A three-dimensional (3D) point cloud are generated based on the distance measurements. In some cases, 3D point clouds corresponding to distance measurements from different distance measurement sensors may be combined into one 3D point cloud. A voxelized model is generated based on the 3D point cloud. An object may be detected within the voxelized model, and in some cases may be classified by object type. If the distance measurement sensors are coupled to a vehicle, the vehicle may avoid the detected object.
US11107225B2	Object recognition device and computer readable storage medium An object recognition device includes a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executed by the processor. When the computer program is executed by the processor, the processor implements the following steps: extracting object recognition feature vectors based on at least one frame image of the video on the first tracking target; matching the extracted object recognition feature vectors with object feature vectors of registered objects in a registration object library, the registration object library being established based on pre-learning of the object feature vectors in images of the registered objects; and taking one of the registered objects as a recognition result if the extracted object recognition feature vectors match with the object feature vectors of the one of the registered objects.
US11107224B2	XR device and method for controlling the same An extended reality (XR) device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The XR device is applicable to 5G communication technology, robot technology, autonomous driving technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. The XR device includes a communication module configured to communicate with a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) that is worn by a user to provide the user with Virtual Reality (VR) content, a camera configured to receive an image of a first space including the user, and a processor configured to transmit VR content to the HMD through the communication module. The processor recognizes a position of the user and positions of a plurality of real-world objects within an image of the first space. When the user moves closer to at least one of the recognized objects by a predetermined distance or less, the processor warns the user of possibility of collision with the at least one recognized object.
US11107223B2	Image detection device, image detection method and storage medium storing program Provided are an image detection device, an image detection method and a program, which are capable of improving correspondence to a target deformation by optimizing a template shape, when performing target detection using template matching. An image detection device 100 for detecting a target from an input image comprises: a template generation unit 10 that generates a template for detecting a target; a mask generation unit 20 that generates a mask which shields a portion of the template, on the basis of temporal variations of a feature point extracted from an area including the image target; and a detection unit 30 that detects the target from the image using the template a portion of which is shielded by the mask.
US11107220B2	Image processing system and image processing method An image processing method includes the following steps: receiving a two-dimensional image and segmenting an object block in the two-dimensional image, masking the object block with a color block to generate a mask image; inputting the two-dimensional image and the mask image into a first image processing model, outputting a feature vector from the first image processing model; and inputting the two-dimensional image into a second image processing model to obtain a feature map. The feature map comprises a plurality of feature channel maps, and the feature vector contains a plurality of feature values. Each of the feature channel maps corresponds to one of the feature values in sequence. A weighted feature map is generated according to the feature channel maps and the feature values.
US11107219B2	Utilizing object attribute detection models to automatically select instances of detected objects in images The present disclosure relates to an object selection system that accurately detects and automatically selects user-requested objects (e.g., query objects) in a digital image. For example, the object selection system builds and utilizes an object selection pipeline to determine which object detection neural network to utilize to detect a query object based on analyzing the object class of the query object. In addition, the object selection system can add, update, or replace portions of the object selection pipeline to improve overall accuracy and efficiency of automatic object selection within an image.
US11107216B2	System and method for microscopic image processing and determining myelination status using processed images A system and method for microscopic image processing. The method includes cleaning leaks shown in images to create cleaned images, each of the images having a neuron signal intensity, wherein the images include at least one neuron channel image and at least one oligodendrocyte channel image, wherein cleaning the images further includes applying a filtering function to each of the images and adjusting the neuron signal intensity of each of the images based on an output of the filtering function; detecting oligodendrocytes in the cleaned images, wherein each detected oligodendrocyte is a region of the images including an object for which the neuron signal intensity is within a range of neuron signal intensities; and identifying high-intensity sub-regions within each detected oligodendrocyte, wherein each high-intensity sub-region includes at least one high-intensity object, wherein each high-intensity object is an object for which the neuron signal intensity is above a threshold.
US11107215B2	Medical image diagnosis assistant apparatus and method for generating evaluation scores for plurality of medical image diagnosis algorithms Disclosed are a medical image diagnosis assistant apparatus and method. The diagnosis assistant apparatus includes a computing system includes a processor. The computing system stores a plurality of medical image diagnosis algorithms each having the diagnostic function of a medical image in memory or a database. The processor extracts a diagnosis requirement for a medical image by analyzing the medical image, selects a plurality of diagnosis application algorithms based on the diagnosis requirement to analyze the medical image from among the plurality of medical image diagnosis algorithms, stores a plurality of diagnosis results for the medical image associated with each of the plurality of diagnosis application algorithms in the memory or database inside the computing system, and generates evaluation scores for the plurality of medical image diagnosis algorithms.
US11107210B2	Image data generating apparatus generating image data for inspecting external appearance of product In an image data generating apparatus, an image processor acquires target output image data converted from target input image data by a pre-trained model. The target input image data represents a captured image of a target product. The target output image data represents an image of a target product free from defects. The pre-trained model performs data compression and data decompression on inputted image data. The image processor generates first data by performing a first generation process on the target input image data. The first generation process includes a luminosity adjustment process adjusting luminosity in image data. The image processor generates second data by performing a second generation process including the luminosity adjustment process on the target output image data. The image processor generates inspection image data by using a difference between the first data and the second data for inspecting an external appearance of the target product.
US11107209B2	Automated inspection using artificial intelligence An electronic device includes at least one processor, at least one memory storing a model based definition (MBD) representing a model of a part, and an artificial intelligence (AI) client service. The AI client service, in response to execution by the at least one processor, is configured to receive inspection data corresponding to a cut part being fabricated based on the model of the part, compare the received inspection data to the MBD to determine any deviations of the cut part from the MBD, determine whether the cut part is defective based on the comparison, and update a digital thread corresponding to the part when the cut part is determined to be defective.
US11107201B2	Electronic device for processing image and image processing method thereof Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory and a processor electrically connected with the memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: obtain information about a maximum value of brightness of image content based on metadata of the image content, to perform tone mapping on at least one or more frames corresponding to a preview image of the image content based on the information about the maximum value of the brightness, and to output the preview image based on the at least one or more frames on which the tone mapping is performed, on a display device.
US11107197B2	Apparatus for processing image blurring and method thereof Provided is an apparatus for processing image blurring configured to extract a sample image by calculating a blur generation area through scales of a horizontal length and a vertical length of an original image, read a pixel value corresponding to the blur generation area calculated from the original image and perform a bitwise operation on the sample image, and set, at a pixel of the sample image changed by the bitwise operation, a result value of the bitwise operation. In this case, the bitwise operation performed on the sample image includes applying the same blurring value on n pixel regions adjacent to a corresponding pixel of the sample image to reduce the time for removing image noise.
US11107193B2	Method and apparatus for processing image Provided is a method of processing an image, the method including: obtaining rotation information with respect to each of a plurality of regions included in a 360-degree image; determining representative rotation information indicating movement of a capturing device, the movement occurring when capturing the 360-degree image, based on the rotation information of each of the plurality of regions; and correcting distortion of the 360-degree image based on the determined representative rotation information.
US11107192B2	Display control device and method for generating an image of a rear view of a vehicle A display control device for a vehicle is mounted on a host vehicle, and the display control device for a vehicle is configured to generate a non-rectangular image from a rectangular image of an area located rearward of the host vehicle, the rectangular image being captured by a capturing unit mounted on the host vehicle, and display the non-rectangular image in a rectangular display area of a display unit.
US11107190B2	Decoding apparatus and operating method of the same, and artificial intelligence (AI) up-scaling apparatus and operating method of the same Provided is a decoding apparatus including: a communication interface configured to receive AI encoding data generated as a result of artificial intelligence (AI) down-scaling and first encoding of an original image; a processor configured to divide the AI encoding data into image data and AI data; and an input/output (I/O) device, wherein the processor is further configured to: obtain a second image by performing first decoding on a first image obtained by performing AI down-scaling on the original image, based on the image data; and control the I/O device to transmit the second image and the AI data to an external apparatus. In some embodiments, the external apparatus performs an AI upscaling of the second image using the AI data, and displays the resulting third image.
US11107184B2	Virtual object translation Techniques are disclosed for translating a virtual object within a displayed scene in a digital environment in a realistic and intuitive manner. The realistic and intuitive translation is achieved due to new techniques that are used for determining locations of the virtual object in the digital scene as the virtual object is being translated responsive to user input. In some embodiments, a control plane is constructed based upon a point of interaction with a virtual object and an initial surface in the scene on which the virtual object is located. The constructed control plane is then used to determine locations in the scene for locating and displaying the virtual object as the virtual object is translated from its start position to an end position in the scene.
US11107181B2	Fidelity-driven runtime thermal management for near-sensor architectures Fidelity-driven runtime thermal management for near-sensor architectures is provided. In this regard, a runtime controller is provided for controlling an operational mode of a vision or imaging system driven by fidelity demands. The runtime controller is responsible for guaranteeing the fidelity demands of a vision application and coordinating state transfer between operating modes to ensure a smooth transition. Under this approach, the vision application only needs to provide the runtime controller with high-level vision/imaging fidelity demands and when to trigger them. The runtime controller translates these demands into effective thermal management. To do this, the runtime controller applies application-specific requirements into appropriate policy parameters and activates temperature reduction mechanisms, such as clock gating and task offload. Furthermore, the runtime controller continuously adapts the policy parameters to situational settings, such as ambient temperature and ambient lighting, to meet ongoing fidelity demands.
US11107172B2	Methods for transforming complex zoning codes and regulations to produce usable data Zoning codes are unique to a specific city which means no two zoning ordinances are the same. Even if two cities cite the same zoning district abbreviation or name, it does not mean the zoning controls are the same confusing the lay person and limiting understanding. Zoning is often used in a generic sense but not specific. This invention transforms the complexity zoning by associating mapping data with the corresponding zoning ordinance and uses descriptors to standardize zoning districts, controls and changes across multiple cities.
US11107155B2	Rotating accounts for transfers A system and method may create a user interface where a first account may be lined up in relation to a second account and a transfer may move value from the first account to the second account.
US11107149B2	Collaborative list management Techniques described herein provide collaborative list management features. Various implementations receive selection of a list item included in a list associated with a list manager that provides the collaborative list management services. In response to receiving selection of the list item, one or more implementations receive input to invoke an action in a context associated with the list item, such as establishing a communication session, acquiring supplemental content, sharing list information, generating vendor-based lists, accessing third-party services, and so forth. Accordingly, various implementations invoke the action in the context of the selected list item.
US11107145B2	Order determination method, non-transitory computer-readable medium and system in an unmanned store Order determination technologies for unmanned store are disclosed. In an implementation, registration information including a container identifier (ID) associated with a shopping container is received from a mobile device of a customer shopping at a store. A user account of the customer is associated with the container ID based on the registration information. A radio frequency (RF) signal from an RF tag attached to the shopping container is detected. A plurality of RF signals are received from a plurality of RF tags are attached to a plurality of corresponding items in the store. One or more items of the plurality of items are determined within a predetermined distance from the shopping container based on the RF signals. An order including the determined one or more items is generated, and the order is associated to the customer's user account to be paid by the customer.
US11107142B2	Dynamically adjusted results for search interface Several systems, apparatuses, and methods are described. A data transmission that includes data indicating a first search query for an item of a publication system is received from a client machine. A first plurality of search results is determined from listed items based, at least in part, on the first search query, and the first plurality of search results are each associated with a price. A range of prices associated with a first subset of the search results is determined based on a price distribution range including a median price associated with the first search results, or a utility cost function using a plurality of price quantiles and a plurality of price values included in different price quantiles. The determined first search results and the range of prices associated with the first subset of the first search results are transmitted to the client machine for display.
US11107141B1	Bot-to-bot intelligence for transactions and interactions Various methods and systems are disclosed for managing and facilitating bot-to-bot transactions, implemented with electronic operations and communications in connection with a bot interaction framework service. In an example, a transaction in a bot-to-bot communication session is established and conducted via the bot interaction framework service using a series of communication, trust, and functional attributes. The processing operations performed by the bot interaction framework service may include: receiving a request for a transaction, for a transaction to be conducted via a bot-to-bot communication session between the user bot and the service bot; identifying communication, trust, and functional attributes for the bot-to-bot communication session; transmitting the communication, trust, and functional attributes to the user bot; and conducting the bot-to-bot communication session based on the communication, trust, and functional attributes.
US11107137B2	System, method and apparatus for automatic categorization and assessment of billing narratives A system for automatic categorization and assessment of billing narratives has a semantic engine that classifies billing entries with descriptions expressed in natural language into standardized categories of activity and task objective. The classification is by machine learning methods via training data that is maintained, updated and extended as needed. A rules engine applies rules to the categorized invoice data to analyze the data, report violations to a user/consumer of billed services and to perform related calculations.
US11107132B2	System for generating advertisement and method for generating advertisement A system for generating an advertisement includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute a process including: obtaining an address of a content related to a product to be advertised, the product being determined by referring to at least one of an operation history of a user terminal operated by a user, an attribute of the user, and activity information of the user; obtaining a still image or a moving image related to the product; generating advertisement data by associating the address with the still image or the moving image; and displaying the advertisement data on the user terminal.
US11107131B2	Keyword recommendation An example system can include a server that includes or is associated with a keyword recommendation module. The keyword recommendation module can be configured to select keywords for a search engine for use in a search engine marketing campaign, wherein the search engine provides more traffic to Internet content of a publisher than other search engines, for the keywords. The module can also be configured to determine, per keyword, user engagement with the Internet content resulting from the traffic provided by the search engine for the keywords, according to one or more of time spent viewing the Internet content, page views of the Internet content, and dwell times. The module can also be configured to score, per keyword, the keywords according to the determined user engagement with the Internet content, and generate keyword recommendations according to the scoring of the keywords.
US11107130B1	Content offers based on social influences Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for providing content based on social influence scores of publishers. The method comprises identifying a social influence score for each of a plurality of users associated with a social network where one or more of the users is also a publisher of content. The method further comprises receiving a request for content, the content to be delivered along with content provided by a content publisher. The method further comprises determining a social influence score for the particular content publisher and identifying one or more offers associated with content, where each offer is based at least in part on a specification by a content sponsor of at least a minimum social influence score for a given impression. The method further comprises providing a content item based on the one or more identified offers.
US11107129B1	Dynamic media content for in-store screen experiences Systems, methods, and computer program products for performing an operation comprising detecting a first mobile device within a predefined proximity of a display device, receiving profile data from the first mobile device, identifying at least one rule for selecting media content based on the profile data, selecting, based on the at least one rule applied to the profile data, a first item of media content of a plurality of items of media content, and outputting the first item of media content for display on the display device.
US11107128B1	Portable interactive product displays with region-specific products Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for portable interactive product displays with region-specific products. Example methods may include determining a set of product identifiers of products to be positioned at an interactive display, the set of product identifiers including a first product identifier for a first product, determining a user identifier associated with a user device positioned within a distance of the interactive display, and determining a user interaction with the first product by a user of the user device. Certain methods may include determining a user interaction history for the user using the user identifier, and determining that an indication of the user interaction is to be added to the user interaction hi story.
US11107125B1	Use of mobile device to provide product recommendations for an e-commerce shopping site Recommendations are made to an e-shopper based on commercials that the e-shopper may have recently viewed on TV or heard on radio. In one preferred embodiment, a cloud-based server collects and stores TV viewership data through mobile devices, using automated content recognition (ACR).
US11107118B2	Management of the display of online ad content consistent with one or more performance objectives for a webpage and/or website Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of collecting training attribute values for a set of attributes; generating a probability model using the training attribute values, the probability model providing predicted outcomes for at least one attribute in the set of attributes; identifying, using the probability model, a first predicted outcome corresponding to a subsequent combination of attribute values collected by a collection module, wherein the predicted outcomes can comprise the first predicted outcome; coordinating a first display of an ad content version of a subsequent webpage when the first predicted outcome satisfies an objective of the subsequent webpage, wherein the first display can comprise: (a) an ad at a first location on the subsequent webpage and a webpage content in a first format at a second location on the subsequent webpage; or (b) the ad at a third location on the subsequent webpage and the webpage content in a second format at a fourth location on the subsequent webpage; and coordinating a second display of an ad-free version of the subsequent webpage when the first predicted outcome does not satisfy the objective of the subsequent webpage. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11107114B2	Monitoring of a project by video analysis A monitoring project is defined interactively through an interface. Resources needed for the project are obtained, configured, arranged, and verified within a target area. Video and audio feeds are captured and analyzed during a project period within the target area and customer interactions and intentions are derived from detected customer behaviors within the feeds. The intentions and behaviors are indexed with aggregated metrics within a data store. The interface provides custom queries, reports, interactive graphics, and real-time notifications from the data store that depict the custom aggregated metrics for the intentions and behaviors of the monitoring project.
US11107107B2	Determining a value for a coupon Techniques are provided for determining, by a coupon distributor, a value for a coupon of a product or service that will be provided by a coupon provider. The coupon provider provides, to the coupon distributor, one or both of a budget value that indicates an amount the coupon provider is willing to pay the coupon distributor for distributing the coupon, and a redemption rate that indicates one or more target redemption rates. The coupon provider uses a coupon value equation to calculate the coupon value based on a budget value and a redemption rate. The coupon provider might estimate that no coupon value will allow the coupon provider to stay within the budget and ensure that the actual redemption rate will be close to a particular redemption rate, which may or may not be specified by the coupon distributor.
US11107106B2	Bot resistant network service communications to social network sites Systems and methods for subscription-based product referrals are provided. In example embodiments, a user request to refer a subscription is received. A user selection of a social network connection having a social network relationship with the user on a social network service is received. A referral request is transmitted to a device of the social network connection. Acceptance of the referral request is determined. Based on determining acceptance of the referral request, a credit is provided to the user.
US11107100B2	Distributing computational workload according to tensor optimization Optimizing market assets using tensor optimization across cloud and edge resources by generating a tensor space associated with market assets, calculating matrices associated with the tensor space according to market asset correlations, determining market asset allocation opportunities, and suggesting market asset allocations according to a user risk assessment.
US11107096B1	Survey analysis process for extracting and organizing dynamic textual content to use as input to structural equation modeling (SEM) for survey analysis in order to understand how customer experiences drive customer decisions A survey analysis process is disclosed for extracting and organizing dynamic textual content to use as input to structural equation modeling (SEM) for survey analysis in order to understand how customer experiences driver customer decisions. The survey analysis process applies natural language processing (NLP) to understand customers' open-ended comments and segment customers based on the topics. By doing this, open-ended questions can be handled in SEM. The survey analysis process then builds a structural equation model to evaluate how customers' real feelings affect their loyalty, satisfaction score, etc., which are measured as closed-ended questions in the survey. In this way, the survey analysis process enables SEM to handle customers' actual feelings.
US11107081B2	Systems and methods for streamlined checkout Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a “one-click payment” scheme for streamlining customers' online checkout experiences. According to one particular embodiment, a customer can use a computing device to be authenticated and receive a unique, one-time token to make a one-click payment during an online checkout process. The one-time token may be encrypted and directly associated with a payment account which the customer is authorized to access. The online merchant may forward a transaction request including the one-time token and purchase amount to an authorization server which would verify the token and charge the corresponding payment account.
US11107080B2	Passwordless authentication through use of device tokens or web browser cookies There is provided systems and methods for passwordless authentication through use of device tokens or web browser cookies. A user may enter into a checkout process with a merchant for a transaction requiring electronic transaction processing with a service provider. The checkout process may be performed prior to or without the user having previously established an account with the service provider for electronic transaction processing. The user may therefore provide user information, such as a name and financial information, and an account for the user may be established. To establish the account, the user is not required to enter a password, and the password is automatically set by the service provider. The service provider may then establish a token on the user's device during transaction processing that later authenticates the device for use of the account during future transaction processing when the token is received.
US11107078B2	System and method for electronic funds transfer (EFT) security A computer system is configured to provide a payment card security application programming interface (API) for providing a payment card security score to a partner entity computer system. Responsive to receipt of user identification data for a card holder from the partner entity computer system via the API, the computer system retrieves payment card electronic funds transfer (EFT) transaction data records corresponding to the card holder, and determines a transaction type and security level associated for the user's transactions. The computer system generates, based on the determined security level for each of the transactions, a security score for the card holder. The partner entity computer system provides the user identification data for the card holder to the payment card security API responsive to receipt of an authorization request for a new transaction. The partner entity computer system may determine whether to approve or deny the new payment card EFT transaction based upon the security score.
US11107069B2	Transaction authentication using network Systems and method for improved consumer and portable consumer device authentication are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include using dynamic verification values, challenge questions, and consumer notification as ways to prevent fraudulent transactions from being conducted.
US11107060B2	GUI-based wallet program for online transactions Systems and methods for transferring transactions between applications at a user device include receiving, at a first application at a user device, an indication of a transaction request for a transaction that is initiated by a second application at the user device. The transaction involves an online financial transaction program of a transaction server with a merchant application of a merchant server. The first application is authorized by a communication engine of the transaction server for transactions with the online financial transaction program. Communication is established between the first application and the communication engine to authorize the transaction initiated by the second application to be processed by the transaction server. Data is received from at least one button based on a selection by the user, and a transaction notification indicating authorization of the transaction is received at the first application and from the communication engine.
US11107056B2	Card data output for cardless transactions Disclosed are method and apparatus that enable a cardless payment transaction to be executed from a merchant point-of-sale (POS) system. A user is enabled to check in at a merchant by using a mobile device of the user and then to pay by simply appearing at the merchant and mentioning his name. By emulating card read events and intercepting receipt printer outputs, the technique cleanly integrates into a conventional merchant POS system, without the need for customized software or hardware to accommodate individual POS vendor-proprietary application programming interfaces (APIs).
US11107052B2	Systems and methods for presenting a value added offer during credential authentication The disclosed merchant server initiates a verification process in response to receiving an account identifier for an account in response to a payment selection by an account holder. In response to confirming enrollment of the account in a verification service, the merchant server receives an access point (e.g., a uniform resource locator (URL), API, etc.) and presents an offer interface corresponding to the access point. The offer interface includes a value added offer based on a profile of the account. The merchant server receives a credential and an acceptance indicator in response to the account holder accepting the value added offer. The merchant server may send an authorization request to a transaction authorization system.
US11107049B2	Methods for exchanging and evaluating virtual currency There may be provided a secure ledger network for executing cryptocurrency transactions, the secure ledger network includes at least one hardware processor, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having an executable computer readable program code, the at least one hardware processor configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: receive, by the secure ledger network, a request to validate a smart contract that determines at least one rule for performing a transaction related to a first cryptocurrency token, wherein an execution of the transaction comprising determining a price of the first cryptocurrency token based on a status of the first cryptocurrency token, and a status of an other cryptocurrency token; determine whether to validate the smart contract; when determining to validate the smart contract then updating a secure ledger maintained by the secure ledger network with the smart contract; receiving, by the secure ledger network, a request to execute a transaction related to the first cryptocurrency token; performing the transaction by executing, by the secure ledger network, the smart contract; and updating the secure ledger about a completion of the transaction.
US11107038B2	Multimedia resume distribution system A multimedia resume distribution system includes staffing core appliances including processors and memory configured to store and execute staffing core applications to receive video resume content; receive audio resume content; receive graphics resume content; receive text resume content; integrate the video resume content, the audio resume content, the graphics resume content, and the text resume content into a multimedia resume; record the multimedia resume; and distribute the recorded multimedia resume.
US11107013B2	Programmatically allocating venue capacity based on distancing requirements Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for automatically allocating physical units of a physical space. In example embodiments, an allocation request is received from a first computing device. The allocation request includes a physical space identifier, a physical unit quantity, and a physical unit arrangement type. A plurality of possible physical unit allocation subsets matching the allocation request are retrieved from a physical space repository and based on a physical unit allocation regulation associated with the physical space identifier. A physical unit allocation interface including one or more of the possible physical unit allocation subsets is transmitted to the first computing device. Available physical units associated with the physical space identifier are transformed in the physical space repository to unavailable physical units. The unavailable physical units include first physical units allocated for physical use by a physical being as well as second physical units allocated to remain unused by physical beings according to the physical unit allocation regulation.
US11107009B2	Managing user transportation needs without user intervention A software application on a device manages transportation procurement for a user. The software application collects application data. The application data is from a plurality of software applications on the device. The application detects a triggering event. The triggering event is based on the collected application data and corresponds to a state of the user. The application determines a transportation need of the user. The need is determined in response to the triggering event. The application determines the need based on the application data. The transportation need includes both a time parameter and a location parameter. The need is determined without direct input from the user. The application generates candidate transportation options which satisfy the need. These options are generated based on the time and location parameters. The application provides the candidate options to the user.
US11107007B2	Classification model generation method and apparatus, and data identification method and apparatus A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by one or more processing devices, a training sample dataset, wherein the training sample dataset comprises at least two pieces of sample data and a sample label corresponding to each piece of sample data; constructing, by the one or more processing devices, a first relational network of the at least two pieces of sample data, and representing the at least two pieces of sample data using nodes of the first relational network; obtaining, by the one or more processing devices, a vectorized representation of each node in the first relational network based on a predetermined network embedding learning model; and training, by the one or more processing devices, a classification model based on the training sample dataset, wherein the classification model associates the sample label with the vectorized representation of each node in the first relational network.
US11107001B1	Systems and methods for practical autonomy decision controller A system includes a machine learning engine configured to receive training data including a plurality of input conditions associated with a state space and a plurality of response maneuvers associated with the state space and train a learning system using the training data and a reward function including a plurality of terms associated with a plurality of end state spaces, each term in the plurality of terms defines an end reward value for each end state space. A value function and policy are generated. The value function comprising a plurality of values, wherein each response maneuvers in the plurality of response maneuvers is associated with a value in the plurality of values related to transitioning from the state space to each end state space, the policy indicative of connections between the state spaces, plurality of values, and the respective end reward value for the plurality of end state spaces.
US11106996B2	Machine learning based database management A method for machine learning based database management is provided. The method may include training a machine learning model to detect an anomaly that is present and/or developing in a database system. The anomaly in the database system may be detected by at least processing, with a trained machine learning model, one or more performance metrics for the database system. In response to detecting the presence of the anomaly at the database system, one or more remedial actions may be determined for correcting and/or preventing the anomaly at the database system. The one or more remedial actions may further be sent to a database management system associated with the database system. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US11106986B2	Systems and methods for modeling machine learning and data analytics Systems and methods for implementing and using a data modeling and machine learning lifecycle management platform that facilitates collaboration among data engineering, development and operations teams and provides capabilities to experiment using different models in a production environment to accelerate the innovation cycle. Stored computer instructions and processors instantiate various modules of the platform. The modules include a user interface, a collector module for accessing various data sources, a workflow module for processing data received from the data sources, a training module for executing stored computer instructions to train one or more data analytics models using the processed data, a predictor module for producing predictive datasets based on the data analytics models, and a challenger module for executing multi-sample hypothesis testing of the data analytics models.
US11106979B2	Unsupervised learning of entity representations using graphs Techniques for implementing a learning semantic representations of sparse entities using unsupervised embeddings are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system accesses corresponding profile data of users indicating at least one entity of a first facet type associated with the user, and generating a graph data structure comprising nodes and edges based on the accessed profile data, with each node corresponding to a different entity indicated by the accessed profile data, and each edge directly connecting a different pair of nodes and indicating a number of users whose profile data indicates both entities of the pair of nodes. The computer system generating a corresponding embedding vector for the entities based on the graph data structure using an unsupervised machine learning algorithm.
US11106965B2	Radio frequency identification tag and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a radio frequency identification tag and a method of manufacturing the same. The radio frequency identification tag includes a substrate, an antenna unit provided on the substrate and configured to transmit and receive signals, an integrated circuit unit spaced apart from the antenna unit on the substrate, and an interrupter and a delay circuit unit connected in parallel between the antenna unit and the integrated circuit unit, wherein the interrupter includes a variable portion and a fixed portion opposite the variable portion, wherein the delay circuit unit includes a capacitor and a resistor.
US11106962B2	Apparatus for arranging an electronic data carrier on a component of a fluidic system An apparatus for arranging an electronic data carrier on a component of a fluidic system is proposed. The apparatus includes the electronic data carrier. An insert is provided that can be inserted into a main body, which insert, in a first position with respect to the main body, vacates a release space in order for at least one cable portion of a cable to be introduced. In a second position with respect to the main body, the insert secures itself and the at least one cable portion to the main body such that they cannot be pulled out.
US11106957B1	System and method to track pipes using tags based on high redundancy codes Example implementations described herein are directed to a tag using a color/pattern coding scheme for better use in industrial settings which may involve curved objects such as pipes. The tag can include one or more anchors indicative of an orientation of the tag; a calibration pattern mapping each of a plurality of colors/patterns to one or more values; and encoded information provided on the tag in one or more of the plurality of colors/patterns. The tag may be printed directly on the object to ensure longevity and readability, or attached as a sticker or printed label depending on the desired implementation.
US11106956B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus with amplifier gain control An image forming apparatus includes: a transceiver circuit configured to transmit a signal. A carriage having a recording head is movable relative to the transceiver circuit. A counter counts how many times the carriage moves. An amplifier circuit mounted on the carriage receives the signal from the transceiver circuit through a cable and amplifies the received signal. A carriage controller changes a gain of the amplifier circuit, based on a count value of the counter.
US11106953B2	Laser cutting of printed labels Apparatuses and embodiments related to compensated laser cutting of labels. A computer system receives an image of a label, and rasterizes the image. The computer system determines how much of each type of printer ink of a label printer to deposit at each pixel location of the image. The computer system determines which pixels intersect a cut line, and determines the characteristics of the ink of the pixels, such as the quantity or thickness of the ink at the pixel locations. The computer system determines laser data including power, cut speed, and/or frequency of a laser that is tuned to accurately cut through the ink that forms the image, the material(s) of the label, and the adhesive that removably adheres the label to base material(s), but to not excessively damage the base material(s). A laser cutting system uses the laser data to control a laser.
US11106950B2	Multi-modal medical image processing The present invention relates to the identification of regions of interest in medical images. More particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of regions of interest in medical images based on encoding and/or classification methods trained on multiple types of medical imaging data. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide a method for training an encoder and/or classifier based on multimodal data inputs in order to classify regions of interest in medical images based on a single modality of data input source.
US11106949B2	Action classification based on manipulated object movement A computing device, including a processor configured to receive a first video including a plurality of frames. For each frame, the processor may determine that a target region of the frame includes a target object. The processor may determine a surrounding region within which the target region is located. The surrounding region may be smaller than the frame. The processor may identify one or more features located in the surrounding region. From the one or more features, the processor may generate one or more manipulated object identifiers. For each of a plurality of pairs of frames, the processor may determine a respective manipulated object movement between a first manipulated object identifier of the first frame and a second manipulated object identifier of the second frame. The processor may classify at least one action performed in the first video based on the plurality of manipulated object movements.
US11106944B2	Selecting logo images using machine-learning-logo classifiers This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that can initially train a machine-learning-logo classifier using synthetic training images and incrementally apply the machine-learning-logo classifier to identify logo images to replace the synthetic training images as training data. By incrementally applying the machine-learning-logo classifier to determine one or both of logo scores and positions for logos within candidate logo images, the disclosed systems can select logo images and corresponding annotations indicating positions for ground-truth logos. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems can further augment the iterative training of a machine-learning-logo classifier to include user curation and removal of incorrectly detected logos from candidate images, thereby avoiding the risk of model drift across training iterations.
US11106942B2	Method and apparatus for generating learning data required to learn animation characters based on deep learning Disclosed are a learning data generation method and apparatus needed to learn animation characters on the basis of deep learning. The learning data generation method needed to learn animation characters on the basis of deep learning may include collecting various images from an external source using wired/wireless communication, acquiring character images from the collected images using a character detection module, clustering the acquired character images, selecting learning data from among the clustered images, and inputting the selected learning data to an artificial neural network for character recognition.
US11106930B2	Classifying compartments at security checkpoints by detecting a shape of an object A system and method for automatically detecting prohibited objects in a compartment at a security checkpoint includes receiving a three-dimensional representation of a compartment from an imaging device connected to the computing system, identifying, by the processor, a region within the compartment that has a highest likelihood of containing a prohibited object, based on a voxel classification of the three-dimensional representation using a first trained neural network, and classifying, by the processor, shapes of objects located within the identified region using a second trained neural network to determine whether any of the shapes correspond to a shape of a prohibited object known by the second neural network.
US11106929B2	Foveated optimization of TV streaming and rendering content assisted by personal devices A mobile device such as a mobile phone is used to image a nearby user for eye tracking at a closer range than would be provided by cameras on a display device such as a TV and send the eye tracking data to a server streaming video being presented on the display. The eye tracking data is used by the server to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the video, which is more highly compressed than regions outside the ROI to facilitate efficient compression of the video game image while preserving the quality of the ROI in the image where the user is looking.
US11106926B2	Methods and systems for automatically predicting the repair costs of a damaged vehicle from images A system and computer-implemented method for automatically predicting the labor, hours, and parts costs for repair of a vehicle includes receiving one or more images of the vehicle from a policyholder. A damage assessment model is accessed. The damage assessment model corresponds to features of vehicle damage based on a plurality of damaged vehicle images contained in an image training database. The damage assessment model is compared to the images of the vehicle and vehicle damage is identified based on the images. In addition, in response to identifying the vehicle damage, total labor costs, total parts costs, and total hours for repair of the vehicle are predicted based on the associated total labor costs, total parts costs, and total hours for repair data contained in the historical claims database.
US11106921B2	Method and apparatus for determining road information, and vehicle The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining road information, a vehicle and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: triggering the camera to capture M images during driving, M being an integer not less than 2; performing three-dimensional reconstruction based on the M images to obtain a three-dimensional model; determining a first vector of the three-dimensional model, the first vector indicating a gravity direction in the three-dimensional model; and determining the road information of a road where the vehicle is located based on M spatial positions and the first vector, the M spatial positions being spatial positions of a center of the camera in the three-dimensional model at M time points and the M images are captured by the camera respectively at the M time points, the road information including a slope type and/or a slope value.
US11106916B2	Identifying segment starting locations in video compilations Technology for identifying segment starting locations in video compilations. The method includes: receiving an enumerated video compilation of a plurality of joined video segments; identifying enumerating text in key frames of the video compilation, wherein the key frames are at time intervals in the video compilation; and storing identified enumerating text information in relation to the key frames. The method then includes: analyzing the stored enumerating text information to identify time locations in the video compilation of a first occurrence of each enumerating value; and providing location references in the video compilation of the identified time locations for navigation.
US11106908B2	Techniques to determine document recognition errors Techniques to determine document recognition errors are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise an image reception component operative to receive an incoming document image; a document recognition component operative to perform a document recognition process on the incoming document image to generate a recognized document; and collect document recognition process information for the document recognition process of the incoming document image; a document reconstruction component operative to generate a reconstructed document image based on the document recognition process information; and an image comparison component operative to compare the reconstructed document image to the incoming document image to generate document recognition performance information for the recognized document. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11106907B2	Processing scanned documents Embodiments include methods, system and computer program products for processing a scanned document. Aspects include obtaining an image of the scanned document and identifying a boundary of a portion of the scanned document, wherein the portion includes at least partially obscured text. Aspects also include performing optical character recognition on the image of the scanned document to extract text from the document. Aspects further include performing additional processing on the text extracted from inside the portion of the document.
US11106905B2	Multi-character text input system with audio feedback and word completion A system for inputting and processing handwritten, multi-character text may comprise a handwriting recognition subsystem, a word completion subsystem, and an audio feedback system. The handwriting recognition system may be configured to capture a series of handwritten characters formed by a user and to convert the handwritten characters into a set of candidate partial text strings. The word completion subsystem may be configured to identify if a candidate partial text string constitutes a word segment and if so, generate one or both of (i) at least one clarifying word and (ii) at least one clarifying phrase that includes the clarifying word. The word segment may be an arbitrary string and not correspond to a valid complete word in a language associated with the system. The audio feedback subsystem may be configured to produce an audio representation of the word segment(s), the clarifying word(s), and the clarifying phrase(s).
US11106897B2	Human facial detection and recognition system Aspects of the present disclosure provide an image-based face detection and recognition system that processes and/or analyzes portions of an image using “image strips” and cascading classifiers to detect faces and/or various facial features, such an eye, nose, mouth, cheekbone, jaw line, etc.
US11106896B2	Methods and apparatus for multi-task recognition using neural networks Methods and apparatus for multi-task recognition using neural networks are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a filter engine to generate a facial identifier feature map based on image data, the facial identifier feature map to identify a face within the image data. The example apparatus also includes a sibling semantic engine to process the facial identifier feature map to generate an attribute feature map associated with a facial attribute. The example apparatus also includes a task loss engine to calculate a probability factor for the attribute, the probability factor identifying the facial attribute. The example apparatus also includes a report generator to generate a report indicative of a classification of the facial attribute.
US11106888B2	Display device for fingerprint identification and control method thereof The embodiments of this disclosure provide a display device and a control method thereof. The display device comprises a display panel including a plurality of photosensitive sensing units and the display device further comprising: a light-transmitting hole forming layer, a liquid crystal lens layer, and a light guide layer arranged on a display side of the display panel and in sequence in a direction away from the display panel, and a light source arranged on a side of the light guide layer. The light-transmitting hole forming layer is switchable between a light-transmitting state and a pinhole state, in which the light-transmitting hole forming layer forms light-transmitting holes facing each photosensitive sensing unit; the liquid crystal lens layer is switchable between a non-lens state and a lens state, in which the liquid crystal lens layer forms a convex lens facing each of the photosensitive sensing units.
US11106884B2	Fingerprint identification component, fingerprint identification method and fingerprint identification device The present disclosure discloses a fingerprint identification component, a fingerprint identification method and a fingerprint identification device. the fingerprint identification component includes an ultrasonic wave transmission circuit and an ultrasonic wave reception circuit, the ultrasonic wave transmission circuit is configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave in a direction towards a fingerprint at an interval of a first time period in a detection phase; the ultrasonic wave reception circuit is configured to, in the detection phase, receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the fingerprint, convert the ultrasonic wave into an electric signal, and output the electric signal to a signal reading line, in order for an external detection component to determine texture information of the fingerprint according to the electric signal in the signal reading line.
US11106876B1	Method and apparatus for summarization of natural language Summarization of an input story can be accomplished through identification of causal relationships, both explicit and implicit. The input story is transformed into an interpretation sequence, using syntactic cues, and common sense knowledge of an average reader. The interpretation sequence is a time ordered semantic representation of the input story, comprised of story elements. The common sense knowledge includes inference rules, which, from story elements already present, can add additional story elements to the interpretation sequence. Application of inference rules, based on type, can be prioritized. Summarization of the interpretation sequence can be accomplished by the selection of explicit story elements, according to a connection-based strategy, or a concept-based strategy. Regarding a concept-based strategy, metrics can be applied, to select the concepts for contra-causal searching of the interpretation sequence. Options can be provided, for the exclusion of means, or the inclusion of implicit, story elements in the output summary.
US11106875B2	Evaluation framework for intent authoring processes Evaluating intent authoring processes, by a processor in a computing environment. Results are received of a simulated intent labeling effort of a dataset comprising utterances of interactive dialog sessions between agents and clients for a given product or service. Figures of merits for respective algorithms used to perform the simulated intent labeling effort are computed. Each of the respective algorithms are evaluated according to the computed figures of merits; and one of the respective algorithms is implemented for labeling intents of a remaining corpus of the synthesized dataset according to parameters evaluated in the computed figures of merits.
US11106870B2	Intelligent text enhancement in a computing environment Embodiments for intelligent text enhancement in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. One or more contextual factors relating to text data in a communication may be interpreted to identify a mood/sentiment of the user prior to the user sending the communication to one or more persons using one of a plurality of applications. A text font matching the one or more contextual factors may be suggested in the communication.
US11106864B2	Comment-based article augmentation An article is automatically augmented. The article and one or more comments are received. Comment elements are extracted from the one or more comments, and article elements are extracted from the article. Alignment scores are generated for comment-article pairs based on the extracted comment and article elements. Further, it is determined that at least one comment-article pair has an alignment score at or above a threshold alignment score. At least one augmentation feature is then generated.
US11106863B1	User-specified replacement of terms in messaging Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for replacing text in a message thread. The program and method provide for receiving an indication of user input provided by a first user, the user input comprising a text-based term for updating a message thread between the first user and a second user; determining that the text-based term is included within a set of predefined terms, each predefined term within the set of predefined terms having corresponding replacement content for including in the message thread, the replacement content having been specified by the first or second user with respect to messages exchanged between the first and second user; and providing, in response to the determining and based on the set of predefined terms, the replacement content corresponding to the text-based term within the message thread.
US11106858B2	Merging selected digital point text objects while maintaining visual appearance fidelity The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that merge separate digital point text objects into a single merged digital text object while preserving the properties and original visual appearance associated with the digital text included therein. For example, the disclosed systems can determine point text character properties associated with the separate digital point text objects (e.g., rotations, baseline shifts, etc.). The disclosed systems can merge the separate digital point text objects into a single merged digital point text object and modify associated font character properties to reflect the determined point text character properties. Further, the disclosed systems can generate an area text object based on the merged digital point text object where the area text object includes the digital text and the font character properties.
US11106840B2	Models for utilizing siloed data Systems and methods for models utilizing siloed data are disclosed. For example, data stored with and/or available to one or more systems may be siloed such that it may not be aggregated and/or shared with other systems. The presently-disclosed systems and methods generate and utilize predictive layers and models to allow each system to predict outcomes using its own data and then models are shared between systems to allow each associated system to gain the benefits of the data of other systems without aggregating such data or otherwise sharing the data.
US11106835B2	Method of manufacturing conductive lines in a circuit A method of manufacturing conductive lines in a circuit is disclosed. The method includes grouping signal traces into a first set of signal traces and a second set of signal traces, fabricating, using a first mask, at least a first conductive line of a first signal trace of the first set of signal traces, and fabricating, using a second mask, at least a second conductive line of a second signal trace of the second set of signal traces. Each signal trace of the first set of signal traces has a first width. Each signal trace of the second set of signal traces has a second width different from the first width. The grouping is based on at least a current of at least a signal trace of the signal traces.
US11106831B2	Method and device for managing storage system Implementations of the present disclosure relate to method and device for managing a storage system. The method comprises in response to receiving a write request at a storage system, determining whether storage units allocated to a logic storage unit of the storage system are sufficient for data associated with the write request. The method also comprises in response to determining that the allocated storage units are insufficient, allocating a new storage unit to the logic storage unit. The method further comprises updating metadata associated with allocation of the storage units of the storage system, the metadata indicating a mapping between the logic storage unit and the storage units. The method also comprises encrypting the updated metadata. Other implementations of the present disclosure also involve corresponding method, device and computer-readable medium for decryption metadata and recovering the logic storage unit using the decrypted metadata.
US11106830B2	Side channel attack protection A system for securing a secret word during a read of the secret word from a read-only memory (ROM) is disclosed. The system includes a memory controller coupled to the ROM and a random number generator coupled to the memory controller. The random number generator is configured to generate a random number. The system further includes a number shuffler coupled to the random number generator and the memory controller. The number shuffler is configured to generate a bit read order based on the random number and the memory controller is configured to read bits of the secret word from the ROM according to the bit read order.
US11106828B2	Method and apparatus for providing a cryptographic security function for the operation of a device Provided is a method and apparatus for providing a cryptographic security function for the operation of a device, and to an associated computer program (product). The method for providing a cryptographic security function for the operation of a device carries out the following steps: receiving a request to provide such a security function, providing an interface to a point providing such a security function, said point being called a trust anchor, wherein said interface determines context information in accordance with the application initialing the request, providing the requested security function for the application initiating the request, wherein the determined context information influences the provision of said security function.
US11106824B2	System and method for dynamic management of private data Systems and methods of dynamic management of private data during communication between a remote server and a user's device, including receipt of a request for retrieval of at least one data packet from the user's device, wherein the user's device is configured to provide a response corresponding to the received request, determination of at least one communication data type of the at least one data packet corresponding to the received request, receipt of a privacy preference for the user's device, wherein the privacy preference comprises a list of allowed data packet communication types for sharing during communication, modification of data packets corresponding to requests for sharing of responses that are not compatible with the received privacy preference and maintenance of communication between the remote server and the user's device, with sharing of the modified data packet.
US11106812B2	Controlling access to datasets described in a cryptographically signed record In a dataset exchange environment in which datasets are available for exchange or transformation, a dataset validation platform may be configured to update a cryptographically signed record based on each dataset that is available via the data exchange environment. The dataset validation platform may be further configured to control access to the datasets based on whether a request to access a particular dataset is compliant with an availability requirement of the particular dataset. The dataset validation platform may be further configured to update the cryptographically signed record based on requests to access the datasets, transformations that are based on the datasets, or modifications to the availability requirement of the datasets, such as a modification to a privacy limitation or other availability requirement indicating a criteria for usage of the requested dataset.
US11106807B2	Domain name obfuscation and metadata storage via encryption Systems and methods are described for the generation of domain names that may be associated with a particular user device and may be encrypted to obfuscate the domain names of content requested by the user device.
US11106798B2	Automatically replacing versions of a key database for secure boots A technique includes, in a first phase of a secure boot of a computer system, executing boot code of the computer system to access a first version of a secure boot key database to authenticate driver code. The first version of the secure boot key database stores a key corresponding to a plurality of drivers. The technique includes executing the boot code to automatically prepare the secure boot key database for a second phase of the secure boot in which operating system bootloader code is executed. Preparing for the second phase includes executing the boot code to automatically replace the first version of the secure boot key database with a second version of the secure boot key database, and the second version of the secure boot key database stores a key, which corresponds to the operating system bootloader code. The technique includes in the second phase of the secure boot, executing the boot code to access the secure boot key database to authenticate the operating system bootloader code.
US11106792B2	Methods and systems for performing a dynamic analysis of applications for protecting devices from malwares Disclosed herein are systems and method for deep dynamic analysis for protecting endpoint devices from malware. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises launching a deep analysis process, by a deep analysis tool, the launching including: injecting a dynamically loaded component into an address space of an application code and initializing, by the dynamically loaded component, to allow an execution activity, by the injected dynamically loaded component, parsing dependencies of run-time linkages, hooking system functions, creating an application memory map with separate application and system code areas, transferring control back to the application code, and performing on-sample-execution activity, obtaining control of exception handler and monitoring attempts to use the exception handler, changing an available area, logging accesses, inspecting exception reasons and applying policies, determining whether or not the application of the sample is a malware, and sending a final verdict.
US11106783B2	Systems and methods for authentication An authentication method for a tag device includes exchanging authentication codes between the tag device and an authentication server to perform mutual authentication. A reader device acts as a communications bridge between the tag device and the authentication server. The reader device may observe mutual authentication between the tag device and the authentication server as an indicator that the tag device is authentic. A failure of mutual authentication indicates that the tag device is not authentic.
US11106778B2	Toggle between accounts Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a sign-on option, which allows members of the team to use either native authentication or third-party single-sign-on authentication. Upon successful authentication of a member using third party single sign-on authentication, the member is automatically assigned to use only the third party single sign-on authentication.
US11106776B2	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.
US11106773B2	System and method for an improved personal vaporization device A vape device system including a payload reservoir that is identified by a payload identifier and that is configured to hold a substance for atomization. A processor is configured to determine an operational setting based on at least one of the payload identifier and a secondary data, which may include user information, prescription information, location information, payload information, historical vape device usage information, and historical payload reservoir information. A vape device system, and method of using the same, that includes a vape device and a computing device that includes the processor. A method of controlling a vape device including determining an operational setting of the vape device based on the payload identifier and/or secondary data. The operational settings may include a duty cycle setting, a temperature setting, an operational time duration, a dosage setting, and a security setting.
US11106772B2	System and method for continuous user identification via piezo haptic keyboard and touchpad dynamics A piezo haptic keyboard and touchpad user identification system may comprise a processor receiving an authenticating user input identifying an authorized user of the information handling system, and a controller operably connected to a plurality of piezo electric elements situated beneath the keyboard. The controller may detect haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters describing characteristics of a plurality of deformations of the piezo electric elements during interaction between the authorized user and the keyboard, and the processor may use machine learning to identify a repeated pattern of values for a combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters reoccurring during interaction between the authorized user and keyboard. The processor may associate the repeated pattern of values for the combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters with the authorized user for later, passive authentication of a user based on typing dynamics.
US11106765B2	Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to encode auxiliary data into relational database keys and methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to obtain encoded data from relational database keys Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to encode auxiliary data into relational database keys and methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to obtain encoded data from relational database keys are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a code determiner to divide a relational database key value into a first number of groups. Disclosed example apparatus also includes an encoded data determiner to determine remainders for respective ones of the groups based on corresponding incremental values, and modify the remainders to obtain the encoded data.
US11106763B2	Systems and methods for transaction-based licensing The present disclosure relates to a transaction licensing system (TLS) for managing transactions and entitlements in a cloud-based system, wherein a transaction is a communication with an external server. The TLS includes at least one transaction licensing database (TLDB) that is configure to store entitlement and transaction data. The entitlements may include a general entitlement pool, as well as specialized entitlement pools with entitlements for executing particular transactions. The TLS is configured to determine identifying information for a transaction and then use this information to determine whether the general or specialized entitlement pools associated with the transaction has entitlements available in the TLDB to execute the transaction. When a suitable entitlement is determined to be available, the transaction is executed and the general or specialized entitlement pool is appropriately decremented. When no suitable entitlements are available, the TLS returns an exception.
US11106746B2	Determining sentiment of content and selecting content items for transmission to devices One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. An informational database may be analyzed based upon an entity to identify an informational article. The informational article may be analyzed to identify one or more first references associated with a first sentiment category and/or one or more second references associated with a second sentiment category. Sentiment tags, indicative of sentiment categories, may be assigned to one or more first reference content items associated with the one or more first references and/or to one or more second reference content items associated with the one or more second references. For each content item of a plurality of content items associated with the entity, a sentiment category associated with the content item may be determined based upon a comparison of the content item with the one or more first reference content items and the one or more second reference content items.
US11106745B2	Method and apparatus for notifying a user of updated content for a webpage An electronic device with one or more processors, a screen and memory displays, using a web browser application, a webpage on the screen. After receiving, at the web browser application, a user request for receiving updated content of the webpage, the device generates a webpage update summary widget and displays the webpage update summary widget on the screen. The electronic device obtains, using the webpage update summary widget, current summary information corresponding to the webpage in accordance with a predetermined monitoring frequency and then displays, in the webpage update summary widget, the current summary information corresponding to the webpage.
US11106744B2	Search engine A search engine to index web content with user content. A server computer receives, from a first client computer operated by a first user, an identification of first web content displayed by a web browser of the first client computer in a main browser window. The identification of the first web content is transmitted by the first user to the server computer via a user interface separate from the main browser window. The server computer then indexes the first web content. In response to receiving a search query from a web browser of a second client computer operated by a second user, the server computer transmits search results to the web browser of the second client computer. The search results include the first web content identified by the first user in a position relative to identifications of other web content received from other users.
US11106735B2	Directed graph compression In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an original graph including nodes is obtained. The nodes of the original graph are reordered to generate a reordered graph. Non-zero elements in an adjacency matrix for the reordered graph are clustered as compared with an adjacency matrix for the original graph. The adjacency matrix for the reordered graph is encoded with integers. The integers correspond to non-empty blocks in the adjacency matrix for the reordered graph.
US11106733B2	Playlist analytics Systems and methods are disclosed for providing playlist analytics. A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content items and generating metrics based on the logged first user interactions with the playlist. The playlist is associated with a default playback sequence of the content items. A first metric indicates a last content item played by a user from the playlist is different from a last content item in the default playback sequence associated with of the playlist. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric. The playlist is to be modified based on one or more of the plurality of metrics.
US11106722B2	Lyric search service This application relates to a client-server architecture that enables search queries to be applied to transcription information for multimedia files. A server device implements a service configured to query a search platform to retrieve results associated with a plurality of multimedia files stored in a content database. The results are ordered according to a plurality of heuristic values calculated based on a text relevance analysis. The service is configured to modify the heuristic values to adjust an order of the results, and generate a response to a search request that includes a representation of at least a portion of the transcription information of the multimedia files referenced by the results. The heuristic values are modified based on at least one of a popularity score for a corresponding multimedia file, a weight associated with a particular field, or a relevance score based on feedback signals.
US11106721B2	Line-of-sight-based content-sharing dynamic ad-hoc networks Methods, systems and wearable devices are provided, which are associated with users in communicating group(s). Devices receive or derive their position, calculate their device axis orientation with respect to an axis of a reference frame and a line of sight (LOS) of associated component(s) or user, and deliver specified data to other users according to their position with respect to the LOS and predefined rules. The systems may be configured to understand the nature of the situation and to enable automatic sharing of relevant digital information among the users within a dynamic network according to specified criteria (e.g., thresholds). Pictures and videos may be shared automatically with the relevant friends assuming that those friends are within the position and orientation of the taken image, linked within a private network to the user sharing the image, and approved to receive such data from the network.
US11106715B1	Systems and methods for using heterogeneous graphs to derive object embeddings The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) maintaining a heterogeneous graph that represents (a) objects of a first type, (b) objects of a second type, and (c) relationships between the objects of the first type and objects of the second type, (2) using features of the objects of the first type to train a first embedding model to generate embeddings of the first type that (a) predict a label of objects of the first type and (b) predict, when combined with embeddings of the second type, graphical relationships in the graph, and (3) using features of each of the objects of the second type to train a second embedding model to generate the embeddings of the second type that predict, when combined with the embeddings of the first type, the graphical relationships in the graph. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11106711B2	Natural language data analytics platform A system for natural language analytics, stored and operating on a network-connected computing device, comprising a natural language application data importer, further comprising a natural language application data importer, a natural language application data augmenter that enriches the data and an analytics component which provides a means of querying structured as well as unstructured data and which also contains a method for providing adaptive natural language analytics.
US11106706B1	Geospatial visualization and query tool A geospatial query and navigation process receives a user selection of a geographical region of interest, and retrieves an identification of assets within a portfolio dataset. The process also generates an exposure rank, and associates for each retrieved identification of an asset, an indicium where the associated indicium is related to the exposure rank. The process generates for display in a graphical user interface, data representing a geospatial relationship of the assets, where each asset is distinguished based upon the associated indicium and receives a user-selection of a displayed asset by detecting that the user has selected the indicium of the associated asset. The process displays an image view of the selected asset, and displays within the graphical user interface, a set of fields of information that characterize the asset.
US11106704B2	Maintaining states of partitions of a table for adjusting clustering ratios The subject technology creates partitions based on changes to a table, at least one of the one or more partitions overlapping with respect to values of one or more attributes with at least one of another partition and a previous partition. The subject technology maintains states for the partitions, each state from the plurality of states representing a particular degree of clustering of the table. The subject technology determines a number of overlapping partitions and a depth of the overlapping partitions, and determines a clustering ratio based at least in part on the number of overlapping partitions and the depth. The subject technology reclusters partitions of the table to increase the clustering ratio, the clustering ratio determined by at least a proportion of rows in a layout of the table that satisfy an ordering criteria based at least in part a particular attribute of the one or more attributes.
US11106702B2	Efficient data clustering A data processing technique includes: accessing a matrix (M) representing a graph; wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of nodes to be clustered and a plurality of edges; an edge in the plurality of edges represents an association between two of the plurality of nodes; and an entry of the matrix has a corresponding edge among the plurality of edges. The technique further includes performing an operation on the matrix to generate a result matrix, the operation includes a multiplication function on the matrix; and identifying one or more clusters among the plurality of nodes, based at least in part on the result matrix, including detecting one or more vertices among the plurality of nodes using the result matrix.
US11106697B2	Reading own writes using context objects in a distributed database In embodiments, a context object is created when a write operation is initiated. The client application or user performs a write operation to a table and receives a context object which has information on all the tablets that are impacted by writes by the client application. In embodiments, the context object may contain a list describing what key ranges the client application has updated. As such, only that small portion of what has been touched needs to be looked for and this typically only includes a small subset of tablets compared to all the tablets associated with that table. This leads to a small verification cost when checking only impacted tablets in the cluster. The only portion of the table in the database that needs to be verified is the one or more portions that were updated and nothing else.
US11106691B2	Automated extraction rule generation using a timestamp selector Embodiments are directed towards a graphical user interface identify locations within event records with splittable timestamp information. A display of event records is provided using any of a variety of formats. A splittable timestamp selector allows a user to select one or more locations within event records as having time related information that may be split across the one or more locations, including, information based on date, time of day, day of the week, or other time information. Any of a plurality of mechanisms is used to associate the selected locations with the split timestamp information, including tags, labels, or header information within the event records. In other embodiments, a separate table, list, index, or the like may be generated that associates the selected locations with the split timestamp information. The split timestamp information may be used within extraction rules for selecting subsets or the event records.
US11106690B1	Neural query auto-correction and completion Various embodiments of systems and methods allow unsupervised, deep learning, character-level language models to complete and correct search engine queries, given arbitrary search prefixes. Embodiments use a multi-layer, character-level, recurrent neural network trained on query logs to generate query suggestions for the user. Integrated is an error correction framework. More particularly, approaches disclosed herein for query error correction and completion combine the character-level language models with an edit-distance-based potential function calibrated to generate spelling corrections, linking the two using a tree-based beam search algorithm that can exploit the potential functions and efficiently rank the suggestions. Optimizations are made to the predictive system, and efficient processor-based computations complete the queries, with error correction, in real-time. The embodiments substantially increase hit rate over standard approaches and are capable of handling tail queries.
US11106680B2	System, method of real-time processing under resource constraint at edge Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing a relationship between real-time analysis processes and applications, where each of the applications are configured to utilize output from one or more of the corresponding real-time analysis processes. In an example implementation, resource adjustment is applied to the real-time analysis process based on a determined priority.
US11106679B2	Enforcement of sets of query rules for access to data supplied by a plurality of data providers A method for execution by a query processing system includes determining a first set of query rules for first data received from a first data provider and to determine a second set of query rules for second data received from a second data provider. A query received from a requesting entity is determined to involve at least one query function that accesses a subset of the first data. Compliance data is generated by determining whether the query complies with the first set of query rules. When the compliance data indicates the query complies with the first set of query rules, a query result is for the query based on execution of the query, and the query result is transmitted to the requesting entity. The query result is not transmitted to the requesting entity when the compliance data indicates the query does not comply with the first set of query rules.
US11106671B2	Executing graph path queries Embodiments of the invention relate to executing graph path queries. A database stores data entities and attributes in node tables and stores links between nodes in an edge table. Edges form a path between a source node and a target node. A source node set is generated and joined with the edge table to produce a first intermediate set. Similarly, a target node set is generated and joined with the edge table to produce a second intermediate set. A result path is generated through a joining of the first and second intermediate paths and application of a length condition.
US11106665B1	Automated SQL source code review A computer-implemented automated review method for structured query language (SQL) source code files seeking to access a data store comprises the steps of calculating an SQL complexity score; setting an issue flag if the SQL complexity score is greater than a threshold; checking the SQL source code for SQL-92 compliance; setting the issue flag if any of the SQL source code files is not SQL-92 compliant; comparing a type of data in the SQL source code files to be input to the data store with a type of a field in the data store set to receive the input data; setting the issue flag if the type of any input data does not match the type of a corresponding data store field; checking the SQL source code for SQL triggers set to activate when selected SQL commands are executed; and setting the issue flag if there are any SQL triggers.
US11106664B2	Systems and methods for generating a contextually and conversationally correct response to a query The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating contextually, grammatically, and conversationally correct answers to input questions. Embodiments provide for linguistic and syntactic structure analysis of a submitted question in order to determine whether the submitted question may be answered by at least one headnote. The question is then further analyzed to determine more details about the intent and context of the question. A federated search process, based on the linguistic and syntactic structure analysis, and the additional analysis of the question is used to identify candidate question-answer pairs from a corpus of previously created headnotes. Machine learning models are used to analyze the candidate question-answer pairs, additional rules are applied to rank the candidate answers, and dynamic thresholds are applied to identify the best potential answers to provide to a user as a response to the submitted question.
US11106659B2	Blockchain-based recording and querying operations Implementations of this specification provide blockchain-based recording and querying methods and apparatuses. An example method includes operations performed by an access gateway, including receiving, from a first service system, user data including a user identifier of a user; transmitting, to an identifier hash system, a first hash request for the user identifier; receiving, from the identifier hash system, a hash digest of the user identifier; replacing the user identifier in the user data with the hash digest of the user identifier, and packaging the user data into a storage transaction; transmitting, to a blockchain, the storage transaction; receiving, from the blockchain, a result of the storage transaction having been performed by a smart contract published by the first service system on the blockchain; and providing, to the first service system, the result of the storage transaction.
US11106649B2	Electronic apparatus, data chain archiving method, system and storage medium The present application relates to a data chain archiving method. The method includes: dividing an original data table in a database into partitions, and writing finished data in the partitions into a first temporary table according to a predetermined first processing mode by utilizing preset parallel threads; obtaining data with superior and subordinate association in the first temporary table by utilizing a single thread after the data is written in the first temporary table, and writing the data with the superior and subordinate association into a second temporary table; and dividing the second temporary table into preset partitions after all the data in the first temporary table is processed, archiving the data in the partitions of the second temporary table into a pre-established archive table in the database according to a predetermined second processing mode by utilizing preset parallel threads.
US11106642B2	Cataloging database metadata using a probabilistic signature matching process A system and computer implemented method for cataloging database metadata using a probabilistic signature matching process are provided. The method includes receiving an input name to be matched to keys in a data corpus; dividing the received input name into a plurality of text segments; identifying a set of matching keys by matching each of the plurality text segments against keys in the data corpus; analyzing the set of matching keys to construct a tag; and cataloging the metadata with the matching key as the construct tag.
US11106641B2	Supporting graph database backed object unmarshalling Implementations of the disclosure provide for unmarshalling objects from a back-end server graph database as they would be available in local memory at a client device. An apparatus is provided that comprises a memory and a processing device to inspect a graph model associated with an object comprising a plurality of node data structures. The graph model defines one or more services provided by each node of the object. Using a graph database, graph data elements are identified for at least one node data structure of the object in view of the inspected graph model. Metadata that describes the object associated with the inspected graph mode is generated. Thereupon, the metadata is provided to reconstruct using the graph data elements the one or more services associated with the object at a client device.
US11106638B2	Data revision control in large-scale data analytic systems A computer-implemented system and method for data revision control in a large-scale data analytic systems. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented method comprises the operations of storing a first version of a dataset that is derived by executing a first version of driver program associated with the dataset; and storing a first build catalog entry comprising an identifier of the first version of the dataset and comprising an identifier of the first version of the driver program.
US11106637B2	Metadata-driven tiered storage A metadata-driven file system prioritizes the distribution of files across different storage devices based on arbitrary file metadata matching to different file usage scenarios defined within one or more workflows or taxonomies. The file metadata may be tagged with different key-value pairs from the defined workflows or taxonomies. Upon receiving a file or file access request, the metadata-driven file system matches the file metadata to a key-value pair combination of the taxonomy, and stores the file to a storage device that is selected using a storage rule that is defined for the matching key-value pair combination. The taxonomy may be defined with other programmatic file operations that the metadata-driven file system may perform against files with matching metadata.
US11106631B2	Cookie exclusion protocols A cookie directive file may include an exclusion directive specifying sub domain names associated with the server specified in disjointed form. A hardware processor may request the cookie directive file from a server computer and store the cookie directive file locally with the hardware processor. Responsive to detecting a browser request to send to the server computer, the hardware processor may cull existing cookies based on cookie setting attributes associated with the existing cookies, and remove from the culled list of existing cookies to be sent with the browser request, a cookie that matches the exclusion directive.
US11106626B2	Managing changes to one or more files via linked mapping records A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.
US11106622B2	Firmware update architecture with OS-BIOS communication An operating system (OS) may communicate with a basic input/output system (BIOS) at OS runtime to inform the BIOS of a firmware update storage location. A method may begin with receiving, by an OS, an update for a firmware of an information handling system. The OS may select a memory for storage of the firmware update and may store the firmware update in the selected memory. The OS may then store a location of the firmware update in a portion of a memory accessible by both the OS and the BIOS.
US11106620B1	Mixed signal device address assignment Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving addressability of slave devices coupled to a serial bus are described. A method the slave device includes delaying transitions in a control signal received at an input pin of the slave device, enabling a counter after detecting a delayed first transition in the control signal, where the counter is configured to count pulses on a data line of a serial bus, transmitting a first pulse on the data line of the serial bus after enabling the counter, counting the first pulse and one or more additional pulses on the data line of the serial bus, and using an output of the counter to generate a unique identifier used for communicating over the serial bus. Each of a plurality of slave devices may be configured to transmit one of the additional pulses on the serial bus after the first transition occurs in the control signal.
US11106617B2	Memory module and data processing system for reducing heat generation A memory module may include: a plurality of stacked memory chips; a memory controller; and an interposer connected between the plurality of memory chips and the memory controller.
US11106616B1	Virtualized peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device Examples described herein generally relate to a Peripheral Connect Interconnect Express (PCIe) device. An example is a non-transitory memory storing a representation of a design that is to be implemented on a programmable integrated circuit. The design includes a classifier module (CM), a message trap engine module (MTEM), and a configuration space. The CM is capable of receiving a PCIe message and is configured to determine whether the PCIe message is a PCIe Type 1 configuration transaction. The CM is configured to forward the PCIe message to an endpoint device and to the MTEM when the PCIe message is a non-PCIe Type 1 configuration transaction and the PCIe Type 1 configuration transaction, respectively. The MTEM is configured to virtualize a downstream port(s) of a virtual switch and maintain the configuration space. The MTEM is capable of accessing the configuration space in response to the PCIe message.
US11106597B2	Controller, data storage device and operating method thereof A controller for controlling an operation of a data storage device may include: a host interface configured to perform data communication with a host device; a memory configured to store firmware for controlling an operation of the host interface; and a processor configured to load the firmware to control the operation of the host interface. The firmware may generate transfer pattern information regarding previous data transfer operations by monitoring a data transfer status between the host interface and the host device, adjust an operation timing of the host interface based on the generated transfer pattern information, and control the host interface to perform a current data transfer operation according to the adjusted operation timing.
US11106595B2	Hierarchical memory systems Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. A hierarchical memory system can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory, thereby increasing an amount of storage space allocated to a computing system at a lower cost than approaches that rely solely on non-persistent memory. An example method includes initiating a read request associated with an address from an input/output device, redirecting the read request to a hierarchical memory component, generating, by the hierarchical memory component, an interrupt message to send to a hypervisor, gathering, at the hypervisor, address register access information from the hierarchical memory component, and determining a physical location of data associated with the read request.
US11106589B2	Cache control in a parallel processing system Method and apparatus are disclosed for cache control in a parallel processing system. The apparatus includes a plurality of application specific engines configured to generate a plurality of commands, a cache array configured to store the plurality of commands, and a cache command controller configured to receive a command asynchronously from an application specific engine in the plurality of application specific engines, update the cache array to include the received command, and validate the updated cache array while maintaining parallel accessing of the cache array by the plurality of application specific engines.
US11106586B2	Systems and methods for rebuilding a cache index Systems and methods for rebuilding an index for a flash cache are provided. The index is rebuilt by reading headers of containers stored in the cache and inserting information from the headers into the index. The index is enabled while being rebuild such that lookup operations can be performed using the index even when the index is incomplete. New containers can be inserted into used or unused regions of the cache while the index is being rebuilt.
US11106583B2	Shadow caches for level 2 cache controller An apparatus including a CPU core and a L1 cache subsystem coupled to the CPU core. The L1 cache subsystem includes a L1 main cache, a L1 victim cache, and a L1 controller. The apparatus includes a L2 cache subsystem coupled to the L1 cache subsystem. The L2 cache subsystem includes a L2 main cache, a shadow L1 main cache, a shadow L1 victim cache, and a L2 controller. The L2 controller receives an indication from the L1 controller that a cache line A is being relocated from the L1 main cache to the L1 victim cache; in response to the indication, update the shadow L1 main cache to reflect that the cache line A is no longer located in the L1 main cache; and in response to the indication, update the shadow L1 victim cache to reflect that the cache line A is located in the L1 victim cache.
US11106582B2	Memory controller A device includes first and second buffers fillable with contents of memory locations. A selection circuit is configured to select a filling mode between simultaneous filling of the buffers and sequential filling of the buffers. In some examples, the device can be a system on a chip that includes a non-volatile memory and a processor.
US11106578B2	Memory controller, memory system and operating method of memory device A memory controller includes a block ratio calculator configured to calculate a ratio of free blocks among memory blocks for storing data; a policy selector configured to select, based on the calculated ratio of free blocks, any one garbage collection policy of a first garbage collection policy of specifying priorities to be used to select a victim block depending on attributes of the data, and a second garbage collection policy of specifying the priorities to be used to select the victim block regardless of the attributes of the data; and a garbage collection performing component configured to perform a garbage collection operation on at least one memory block of the memory blocks according to the garbage collection policy selected by the policy selector.
US11106577B2	Periodic flush in memory component that is using greedy garbage collection An amount of valid data for each data block of multiple data blocks stored at a first memory is determined. An operation to write valid data of a particular data block from the first memory to a second memory is performed based on the amount of valid data for each data block. A determination is made that a threshold condition associated with when valid data of the data blocks was written to the first memory has been satisfied. In response to determining that the threshold condition has been satisfied, the operation to write valid data of the data blocks from the first memory to the second memory is performed based on when the valid data was written to the first memory.
US11106576B2	Data storage device for managing memory resources by using flash translation layer with condensed mapping information There is provided a data storage device for managing memory resources by using a flash translation layer (FTL) for condensing mapping information. The FTL divides a total logical address space for input and output requests of a host into n virtual logical address streams, generates a preliminary cluster mapping table in accordance with stream attributes of the n virtual logical address streams, generates a condensed cluster mapping table by performing a k-mean clustering algorithm on the preliminary cluster mapping table, and generates a cache cluster mapping table configured as a part of a condensed cluster mapping table frequently referred to by using a DFTL method. The FTL extends a space of data buffers allotted to non-mapped physical address streams to a DFTL cache map in a data buffer of a volatile memory device by the condensed cluster mapping table.
US11106565B2	System for time-deterministic, distributed and synchronized execution for control test and measurement applications Systems for time-deterministic, distributed and synchronized execution for control, test and measurement applications, consisting of one or more modules (M0, . . . , Mn) that share at least one trigger signal and one clock signal and comprising a Time-Deterministic Processor, which uses the clock signal and one or more of the trigger signals shared by all modules (M0, . . . , Mn) to run a program distributed across multiple modules (M0, . . . , Mn) with precise control of instant of execution of each instruction and synchronize the execution of all or a subset of modules (M0, . . . , Mn). The Time-Deterministic Processor communicates with a common signal bus to all modules (M0, . . . , Mn), comprising a control bus which share at least a clock and trigger signals. Optionally, the signal bus includes a communication bus with which the time-deterministic processor in the modules (M0, . . . , Mn) communicates with each other and optionally with a host processor or external computer.
US11106564B2	Deframeworking for static program analysis A method for detecting a defect may include extracting, from application code, a registration of a framework object and a request for the framework object, deriving a synthetic request using the registration and the request, transforming the application code by replacing, by a computer processor, the request with the synthetic request, and detecting the defect by performing a static analysis on the transformed application code.
US11106558B2	Sensor opening test system, sensor opening test management terminal, sensor, sensor opening test method, and computer program The present invention is provided with a sensor-side metadata acquiring unit that acquires sensor-side test metadata, an application-side metadata acquiring unit that acquires application-side test metadata, a matching unit that determines matching of acquired sensor-side test metadata and acquired application-side test metadata, and a dataflow control command instructing unit that transmits a dataflow control command instructing test data flow to an opening test application from a sensor or network adaptor specified by matched sensor-side test metadata and the application-side test metadata.
US11106556B2	Data service failover in shared storage clusters Described herein is a system that provides data service failover in shared storage clusters. An example shared storage cluster can include multiple data node devices equipped to access to a shared storage location. Each of the data node devices can host multiple network attached storage (NAS) servers. For each NAS server at a data node device, a different data node device in the shared storage cluster can be designated as a backup node. The designated backup nodes for NAS servers at any one data node device in the shared storage cluster can be distributed across multiple other data node devices in the shared storage cluster, thereby sharing the burden of data node device failure across multiple other data node devices.
US11106555B2	Semiconductor memory device with redundant memory area A semiconductor memory device has a memory cell array area including a normal area including memory blocks and a redundant memory area including a redundant block which is a replacement target of a defective block among memory blocks; a storage unit storing address information indicating a position of the defective block in the normal area and address information indicating a position of the redundant block being the replacement target of the defective block, both being in association with each other as a first information; and an output circuit outputting a data row exhibiting a positional relation between the defective block and a memory block other than the defective block in the normal area based on the first information stored in the storage unit in response to the data read signal.
US11106550B2	Block storage relocation on failure A failure of a storage device used to provide a mirrored storage volume can be managed without a full re-mirroring of the volume. The volume can be provided using a set of similar storage devices on each of a master server and a slave server, and a technique such as data striping can be used to store the data for the volume across the various devices. When a storage device becomes unavailable, the data from the corresponding storage device on the other mirrored server can be written to the remaining storage devices on the server experiencing the device failure. The data interface can be virtualized such that the user can continue to send input and output (I/O) requests using the same address information. A translation layer can map the virtualized addresses to the physical addresses where the data is stored.
US11106544B2	System and method for management of largescale data backup A remote agent for providing data protection services includes persistent storage and a backup manager. The persistent storage stores lifecycle policies. The backup manager updates an asset catalog using an asset map associated with a virtual machine; generates a lifecycle policy of the lifecycle policies using the asset catalog; and generates a backup for the virtual machine using the lifecycle policy. The lifecycle policy prioritizes generating the backup for the virtual machine over generating a second backup for a second virtual machine.
US11106539B2	Rule book based retention management engine Systems and methods for determining retention periods or policies for backups are disclosed. A rule book stores relationships between rules and recommended retention periods. Data related to a backup is collected and organized. A query is generated from the organized data and used to identify a rule from the rule book. The retention period corresponding to the identified rule in the rule book is then applied to the corresponding backup.
US11106526B1	Architecture-based root cause analysis Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a first identifier associated with an incident arising in a first software system, transmitting a first query to an architecture metadata repository, receiving, from the architecture metadata repository, first architecture metadata at least partially including a first architecture graph that is a computer-readable data representation of the first software system and cross-link data representative of one or more dependencies between the first software system and a second software system, transmitting a second query to the architecture metadata repository, the second query including a second identifier assigned to the second software system, receiving second architecture metadata representative of the second software system, and displaying at least a portion of the first architecture metadata and at least a portion of the second architecture metadata in a display.
US11106525B2	Systems and methods for classifying and predicting the cause of information technology incidents using machine learning The present disclosure provides systems and methods for classifying incidents based on determining an odds ratio that represents a likelihood of an incident being related to the problem, classifying incidents based on determining a decision tree that forms branches based on whether a feature is present in the incident, and predicting whether a new incident is related to a problem. Features may be extracted from a set of incidents (e.g., that are reported over a certain time period) that include incidents related to a problem and incidents not related to the problem. The incidents related to the problem and a portion of the incidents not related to the problem may be used to train a logistic regression model or generate a decision tree. The trained logistic regression model may be used to determine the odds ratios or predict whether a new incident is related to a problem.
US11106516B2	Selective service-specific controls in a virtualized container environment A containerized application is executed within a container in a virtualized container environment. The containerized application exposes service and diagnostic interfaces that allow a container manager to interact with and control different code paths that provide different services from the containerized application. Using the exposed service and diagnostic interfaces, responsive to a container crash and prior to bringing the containerized application back online within the virtualized container environment after the container crash, functionality of the different code paths that provide the different services from the containerized application is validated.
US11106514B2	Message stream processor microbatching Embodiments provide a batching system that conforms message batches to publication constraints and also to message ordering requirements. An output array of messages is formed from messages received from a plurality of input streams, in which the messages are ordered. The output array preserves the ordering of the messages found in the source input streams. Messages are added from a head of the output array to a batch until addition of a next message to the batch would violate a particular batch processing constraint imposed on the batch. According to embodiments, one or more additional messages are included in the current batch when addition of the one or more additional messages to the batch (a) does not violate the particular batch processing constraint, and (b) continues to preserve the ordering of the messages, in the batch, with respect to the respective ordering of each of the plurality of input streams.
US11106498B1	Element life cycle management system and method for the components of an integrated computing system A component life cycle management system includes a computing system that executes instructions to receive component information associated with a component to be included in a customized integrated computing system. From the received component information, the instructions create a logical design element (DE) using the received component information, the DE representing an abstracted representation of the component, and assign a life cycle phase tag to the component, the life cycle phase tag representing one of multiple life cycle phases of the component, each life cycle phase representing a portion of a life cycle that the component is available for implementation in the customized integrated computing system. The instructions also restrict modification to the DE according to the life cycle tag assigned to the DE.
US11106494B2	Memory system architecture for multi-threaded processors Disclosed embodiments relate to an improved memory system architecture for multi-threaded processors. In one example, a system includes a system comprising a multi-threaded processor core (MTPC), the MTPC comprising: P pipelines, each to concurrently process T threads; a crossbar to communicatively couple the P pipelines; a memory for use by the P pipelines, a scheduler to optimize reduction operations by assigning multiple threads to generate results of commutative arithmetic operations, and then accumulate the generated results, and a memory controller (MC) to connect with external storage and other MTPCs, the MC further comprising at least one optimization selected from: an instruction set architecture including a dual-memory operation; a direct memory access (DMA) engine; a buffer to store multiple pending instruction cache requests; multiple channels across which to stripe memory requests; and a shadow-tag coherency management unit.
US11106493B2	Systems and methods for multiresolution priority queues A system for storing and extracting elements according to their priority takes into account not only the priorities of the elements but also three additional parameters, namely, a priority resolution pΔ and two priority limits pmin and pmax. By allowing an ordering error if the difference in the priorities of elements are within the priority resolution, an improvement in performance is achieved.
US11106475B2	Correlating class loader objects across execution environments Updating a native class pointer in persisted compiled code for use in an execution environment other than the one in which the native class pointer was created. This is done by using an identifier, stored with the persisted compiled code, of the class first loaded by the class loader that also loaded the class to which the native class pointer refers. A table is maintained in the execution environment mapping class identifiers to class loaders, and the stored identifier is used to consult this table to find a candidate class loader from those in the current execution environment that can provide the correct updated pointer.
US11106467B2	Incremental scheduler for out-of-order block ISA processors Apparatus and methods are disclosed for implementing incremental schedulers for out-of-order block-based processors, including field programmable gate array implementations. In one example of the disclosed technology, a processor includes an instruction scheduler formed by configuring one or more look up table RAMs to store ready state data for a plurality of instructions in an instruction block. The instruction scheduler further includes a plurality of queues that store ready state data for the processor and sends dependency information to ready determination logic on a first in/first out basis. The instruction scheduler selects one or more of the ready instructions to be issued and executed by the block-based processor.
US11106465B2	Vector add-with-carry instruction Vector add-with-carry instructions are described which use some elements of a destination vector register, or corresponding fields of a predicate register, to provide the carry information corresponding to results of an add-with-carry operation. This is useful for accelerating computations involving multiplications of long integer values.
US11106462B2	Method and apparatus for vector sorting A method for sorting of a vector in a processor is provided that includes performing, by the processor in response to a vector sort instruction, sorting of values stored in lanes of the vector to generate a sorted vector, wherein the values are sorted in an order indicated by the vector sort instruction, and storing the sorted vector in a storage location.
US11106461B2	Rotate instructions that complete execution either without writing or reading flags A method of one aspect may include receiving a rotate instruction. The rotate instruction may indicate a source operand and a rotate amount. A result may be stored in a destination operand indicated by the rotate instruction. The result may have the source operand rotated by the rotate amount. Execution of the rotate instruction may complete without reading a carry flag.
US11106460B2	Software change tracking and analysis A change tracking and analytics system and method receives software code blocks from one or more repositories of software related to a software project, such as a new video game. Changes associated with software code blocks, such as relative to previous versions of the software code blocks, may be determined and logged. Additionally, various analytics, such as metrics associated with complexity, divergence from a master version of software code blocks, and/or any cascading effects of the software code blocks may be generated and stored in association with the software code blocks. The change information and analytics may then be used to generate any variety of reports indicating complexity, divergence, or the like over time, information related to software code blocks, and/or information related to behavior of software teams. The change information may also be used to make changes to allocated resources, such as quality assurance resources and/or software engineering resources.
US11106459B2	Distributed parallel build system This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing distributed parallel builds. A computer-implemented method to manage parallel builds, comprises identifying one or more software components in a software project, wherein each software component includes an executable binary file; determining a build configuration for each software component, wherein the build configuration includes a mapping from each software component to one or more build servers; and building each software component using the mapped one or more build servers in the corresponding build configuration, wherein the building includes compiling one or more source files associated with each software component to one or more object files, by distributing the one or more source files to one or more compilation machines.
US11106447B2	Virtualized file server user views In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor and one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines. The VFS may be configured to receive a request for storage system information from a user and generate and send a response to the request, wherein the response is customized according to configuration information of the VFS that is specific to the user. The storage system information requested may include a total size of storage available to the user, and the user may have an associated storage quota limit.
US11106439B2	Offload server and offload program An offload server includes: a parallel processing designation section configured to identify repeat statements in an application and specify a directive specifying application of parallel processing by an accelerator and perform compilation for each of the repeat statements; a parallel processing pattern creation section configured to create parallel processing patterns each of which specifies whether to perform parallel processing for repeat statements not causing a compilation error; a performance measurement section configured to compile the application with a parallel processing pattern, deploy the compiled application to a verification machine, and perform processing for a measurement of a performance of the application; and an executable file creation section configured to compile a parallel processing pattern with the highest processing performance to create an executable file.
US11106438B2	Integration of automated complier dataflow optimizations Various embodiments are generally directed to optimizing dataflow in automated transformation frameworks (e.g., compiler, runtime, etc.) for spatial architectures (e.g., Configurable Spatial Accelerator) that translate high-level user code into forms that use “streams” (e.g., Latency Insensitive Channels, line buffers) to reduce overhead, eliminate or improve the efficiency of redundant memory accesses, and improve overall throughput.
US11106422B2	Method for processing display data A method for processing display data comprises: the host divides the display area into a central area and an edge area according to the field of view of a head-mounted display; segments each frame of the display data into first display data corresponding to the central area and second display data corresponding to the edge area; processes the first display data and the second display data according to a first transmission factor and a second transmission factor to obtain first transmission data and second transmission data and sends them to the head-mounted display; and the head-mounted display performs image reconstruction to the received first transmission data and second transmission data, to obtain the displayed image corresponding to the frame of display data, and outputs and display it.
US11106420B2	Method, device, system and storage medium for information transmission and data processing Method, device and system for information transmission and data processing. In embodiments, for target information displayed on the screen of a second terminal, when a first terminal needs the target information, the first terminal cooperates with the second terminal, and the second terminal captures the screen of the second terminal, based on the screenshot operation of the second terminal, which is combined with the information that indicates the position of the target information on the screen of the second terminal and the cross-screen transmission, the first terminal obtains the target screenshot containing the target information. Compared to taking a photo of the screen of the second terminal, the screenshot is relatively less affected by interference factors such as the screen refresh frequency, quality of the screenshot is relatively high, thus information obtained by the first terminal has relatively high clarity.
US11106413B2	Method and system for multi-mode data object transformation and delivery Methods, apparatus, and computer program products directed to the multi-mode delivery of documents are provided. Example embodiments implement the transformation and delivery of data objects for use in connection with parallel delivery topologies and pathways to overcome technical challenges associated with the accuracy, reliability, scalability, and efficiency of conventional document delivery approaches.
US11106412B2	Job processing apparatus, method of controlling job processing apparatus, and storage medium In a case where a job associated with a user has not been successfully stored in a job processing apparatus, it is not possible to exclusively notify the user that the job has not been successfully stored. A control method in a job processing apparatus includes storing a job such that the job is associated with a user, storing, identification information for identifying the user associated with a job that has not been successfully stored, and notifying the user that the job has not been stored according to login to the job processing apparatus, by the user, in a case where identification information for identifying the user having logged in to the job processing apparatus has been stored.
US11106409B2	Feed instruction apparatus, method, and storage medium A feed instruction apparatus includes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a print job for printing an image on a plurality of recording media. The transmission unit transmits, upon reception of the print job, a plurality of feed instructions for feeding two or more recording media of a number smaller than a total number of recording media subjected to printing based on the one received print job. Each time the feed instruction is received by a feeding unit, recording medium of a number based on the received feed instruction are fed one by one to a conveyance unit by the feeding unit. In processing the one print job, an image based on the one print job is printed on the recording media by a printing unit. The recording media is configured to be conveyed via the conveyance unit based on the plurality of feed instructions.
US11106408B2	Printing control apparatus, controlling method, and a storage medium The present invention provides a highly-convenient function relating to printing. For this purpose, in the case where execution of printing is instructed, a printing control apparatus receives first print data via predetermined printing software and generates second print data interpretable by a printing apparatus based on the first print data and print setting information.
US11106392B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A data processing system includes: a host suitable for generating an initialization command and generating program mode information by selecting a program mode; a memory device including a plurality of memory cells storing a single level data and a multiple-level data; and a controller suitable for: receiving the initialization command and the program mode information from the host; controlling the memory device to perform an initialization operation on the memory device in response to the initialization command; and controlling the memory device to perform a program operation on the memory device based on the program mode information after the initialization operation is performed.
US11106390B1	Combining in-process reads to reduce die collisions Method and apparatus for managing data in a storage device, such as a solid-state drive (SSD). In some embodiments, a first read command from a command queue is forwarded to a non-volatile memory (NVM) to request retrieval of a first set of readback data. While the NVM initiates in-process execution of the first read command, an expanded read command is issued to the NVM. The expanded read command supercedes the first read command and requests an expanded set of readback data that includes the first set of readback data as well as a second set of readback data. The second set of readback data may be associated with a second read command in the command queue. The NVM transfers the expanded set of readback data to a read buffer responsive to the expanded read command. The first and second read commands may be client reads, background reads or both.
US11106379B2	Multi cloud asynchronous active/active transactional storage for availability A method, apparatus, and system for storing data at a multi cloud-based storage system is disclosed. The operations comprise: receiving a data block at a first cloud of a multi cloud-based storage system for storage, the multi cloud-based storage system comprising a first number (n) of clouds; generating the first number (n) of coded blocks at the first cloud based on the data block, wherein the data block is recoverable from any second number (k) out of the first number (n) of coded blocks, and wherein the second number (k) is greater than 1 and less than the first number (n); and distributing, by the first cloud, the first number (n) of coded blocks to the first number (n) of clouds of the multi cloud-based storage system, each of the clouds including the first cloud receiving a respective one of the first number (n) of coded blocks for storage.
US11106377B2	Storage management method, device and computer-readable medium The present disclosure provides a storage management method, a device and a computer-readable medium. The method comprises: receiving a request for creating a storage space, the request at least comprising a storage capacity and a RAID configuration of the storage space, the RAID configuration at least indicating a RAID type; allocating an extent based on the storage capacity; creating a RAID group for the extent based on the RAID type; and storing metadata of the RAID group in the extent, the metadata indicating a configuration of the RAID group and a configuration of a user data region in the extent.
US11106376B2	Method of storage allocation, electronic device, storage system and computer program product Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of storage allocation, an electronic device, a storage system and a computer program product. The method of storage allocation includes: obtaining respective wear levels of a plurality of disks associated with a redundant array of independent disks (RAID). The method further includes: determining respective spare extents in disk extents of the plurality of disks based on the obtained wear levels, such that a number of spare extents in a disk is positively correlated with the wear level of the disk. The method also includes: selecting, from disk extents other than the spare extents, a predetermined number of disk extents for creating RAID extents for the RAID, the predetermined number of disk extents being from different disks of the plurality of disks. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, a life cycle of a disk is prolonged, frequent replacement of worn disks with new disks is avoided, and data loss is reduced.
US11106367B2	Apparatuses and methods for encoding and decoding of signal lines for multi-level communication architectures Apparatuses and methods for multi-level communication architectures are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a driver circuit configured to convert a plurality of bitstreams into a plurality of multilevel signals. A count of the plurality of bitstreams is greater than count of the plurality of multilevel signals. The driver circuit further configured to drive the plurality of multilevel signals onto a plurality of signal lines using individual drivers. A driver of the individual drivers is configured to drive more than two voltages.
US11106364B2	Fast locate using imitation reads on tape drives A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: determining whether a first amount of time associated with performing a locate operation to advance a magnetic tape from a current position to a beginning of the requested data is less than a second amount of time associated with performing a number of read operations to advance the magnetic tape from the current position to the beginning of the requested data. In response to determining that the first amount of time is less than the second amount of time, a tape drive is instructed to perform the locate operation. In response to determining that the first amount of time is not less than the second amount of time, the tape drive is instructed to perform the number of read operations. The tape drive is also instructed to discard data read from the magnetic tape while performing the number of read operations.
US11106358B2	Electronic device and method for controlling screen displayed in flexible display which is rollable Methods and electronic devices are provided. A first user interface (UI) having a size of a first portion of the flexible display, is displayed within the first portion. A user input associated with a first point and a second point, both in the first portion, is identified while displaying the first UI within the first portion. The first point is different from the second point. A second UI, based at least in part on the first UI, is displayed within a second portion of the flexible display, in response to identifying the user input. The second portion is distinct from the first portion.
US11106340B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus capable of newly displaying an object for text to display text in an enlarged view in accordance with a user operation. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a text input dialogue at a predetermined position in a display area of the information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object for text extends off the display area, and a moving unit configured to move, in a case when it is determined that the object for text extends off the display area, the text input dialogue from the predetermined position in a direction opposite to a direction in which the object for text is displayed, with respect to the text input dialogue. The display control unit, the determination unit, and the moving unit are implemented by at least one processor of the information processing apparatus.
US11106339B2	Designing and resizing graphical user interfaces The present disclosure is directed toward systems, and corresponding computer-readable media and methods for resizing a graphical user interface. For instance, the systems described herein detect a user selection of an object within a graphical user interface, segment the user selection into quadrants, and move the quadrants to resize the selected object based on the user input. The systems further place a pivot point within the selected object to partition the object into the quadrants. The systems detect movement of one or more selected edges and move the quadrants together with movement of the one or more selected edges to resize the selected object.
US11106335B1	Methods and systems for providing alimentary elements A system for providing alimentary elements includes a computing device configured to receive a primary input relating to a first user for a compatible alimentary element based on biological extraction, receive secondary input from the second user for an alimentary element not associated with biological extraction, generate an extensible alimentary element display for the second user, wherein generating the extensible alimentary element display includes locating at least an alimentary element originator as a function of the secondary input and the compatible alimentary elements, generating a queue of alimentary elements from the located alimentary element originator, wherein the queue includes alimentary elements for the second user as a function of the secondary input and compatible alimentary elements for the first user, and provide a representation, via a graphical user interface, of a compatible alimentary element for the first user and an alimentary element for the second user.
US11106331B1	Interactive display with workflow management system A user interface for working through workflows can include a dual-region approach. The first display region can display a series of workflows that an assigned worker (“assignee”) may have. Each of the workflows can have one or more tasks associated therewith. Each workflow and/or task can be associated with one or more triggers that initiate the assignment of that workflow and/or task. In response to selection of a workflow or task, the second display region can display information associated with the workflow or task.
US11106330B2	Self-serve content classification platform Techniques for implementing a self-serve content classification platform are provided. In one technique, through a user interface (UI) of the content classification platform, a user selects an option corresponding to a particular processor type. A processor configuration is also received through the same or different UI. Based on the user selection and the processor configuration, processor data that associates the particular processor type and the processor configuration is stored in association with a client context. A content classification request is received from a client associated with the client context. In response to receiving the content classification request, content that is referenced by the content classification request is identified, the processor data is accessed based on the content classification request, a processor that is defined based on the processor data is caused to be executed based on the content, and a result is generated based on output from the processor.
US11106322B2	Touch screen panel A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
US11106320B2	Touch sensor, method for manufacturing touch sensor, and image display device A touch sensor includes a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern respectively extending in mutually intersecting directions on the same surface of a transparent base material, in which the second electrode pattern has a plurality of second island-shaped electrode portions disposed at intervals in a second direction intersecting the first direction and second wire portions that build bridges and electrically connect the second island-shaped electrode portions adjacent to each other on the transparent base material, and a third transparent layer having a refractive index p of 1.5 or higher and a thickness of 300 nm or less and a fourth transparent layer having a refractive index lower than the refractive index p and a thickness of 0.5 μm or more are provided in this order on the second wire portion, a method for manufacturing the same, and an image display device.
US11106315B2	Touch screen device facilitating estimation of entity orientation and identity Devices, systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate estimating orientation and/or identity of an entity that touches a touch screen device are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a pixelated touch screen that provides a two-dimensional capacitance map in response to detection of one or more entities touching the pixelated touch screen. Capacitance data of the two-dimensional capacitance map is inversely proportional to a distance between fingers of the one or more entities and the pixelated touch screen. The device can further comprise a processor that applies an analytic method to the two-dimensional capacitance map to estimate orientation or identity of the one or more entities.
US11106312B2	Touch apparatus A method of predicting the behaviour of one or more objects on a touch surface of a touch-sensitive apparatus comprises outputting an object position value of a first time series describing a position of the one or more objects on the touch surface. The method further comprises outputting an object position value of a second time series describing a position of the one or more objects on the touch surface. The object position value of the second time series is outputted before the corresponding object position value of the first time series. The method yet further comprises predicting the behaviour of the one or more objects based at least on the object position values of the second time series.
US11106307B2	Method for low power driving of display and electronic device for performing same An electronic device includes a touch sensor; a touch sensor integrated circuit (IC) to detect a touch sensed by the touch sensor, a display panel, a host processor, and a display driving integrated circuit (IC) to drive the display panel such that an image received from a host processor is displayed on the display panel.
US11106299B2	Touch display panel and touch display device A touch display device includes a substrate defining an active area and a non-active area around the active area; a touch pad in the non-active area; a plurality of signal lines; a signal line insulation layer; first electrodes; at least one noise reduction electrode on the signal line insulation layer and in a portion other than the area corresponding to the first electrodes; a second electrode over the plurality of first electrodes and the at least one noise reduction electrode; an encapsulation layer on the second electrode; touch lines on the encapsulation layer and connected to the touch pad; and touch electrodes on the encapsulation layer and electrically connected to at least one touch line. The encapsulation layer has a sloped surface between the touch pad and the touch electrodes, and the touch lines are arranged on the sloped surface of the encapsulation layer having a corresponding slope.
US11106297B2	Display apparatus with integrated touch screen A display apparatus with an integrated touch screen is provided. The display apparatus includes: a light-emitting device layer on a first substrate, a first encapsulation layer on the light-emitting device layer, a touch sensing layer on the light-emitting device layer, and a second encapsulation layer on the touch sensing layer, the second encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer.
US11106296B2	Shift register unit, driving method thereof, scan driving circuit and display panel A shift register unit includes an input circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a third control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit. The first and second output circuits selectively transfer a first reference voltage from a first reference voltage terminal and a third reference voltage from a third reference voltage terminal to an output terminal of the shift register unit. This allows the shift register unit to output a desired output signal in an easy manner.
US11106293B2	Electronic pen An electronic pen includes a rectifier circuit, a first integrated circuit, and a second integrated circuit. The rectifier circuit, in operation, stores a voltage in a first capacitor based on energy received from a position detecting device. The first integrated circuit operates using the voltage stored in the first capacitor. The first integrated circuit, in operation, controls transmission of a first signal that is wirelessly transmitted from a pen tip. The second integrated circuit, in operation, wirelessly transmits a second signal after the voltage stored in the first capacitor is greater than a predetermined voltage.
US11106287B2	Stratified keyboard One is to compose stratified keyboard for commands and symbols. Another is to compose corresponding system between screen displayed virtual keyboard and actual keyboard. For instance, one virtual key on the screen is endowed with certain function and when we touch one key on the actual keyboard whose position is corresponding to that one on the displayed screen, the function belonging to displayed one is executed. All operations are executed through touching keyboard and thus manipulations get stereo typed and speedy. Furthermore, stratified stereo typed keyboard system for command, symbols, figures and characters propose us the chance to deliberate systematic formation for them.
US11106285B1	Keyboard containment system Systems and methods are involved with an apparatus including a keyboard containment system, which includes an engageable keyboard and an engageable keyboard tray wherein the engageable keyboard tray can be shaped and sized to receive the engageable keyboard and the engageable keyboard tray can be couplable with the engageable keyboard. In addition, other aspects are described.
US11106281B2	Providing haptic feedback on a screen A computer system associates one or more haptic feedbacks with one or more user activities. The computer system monitors current user activity on a computing device to determine whether the current user activity corresponds to at least one of the one or more user activities. In response to determining that the current user activity corresponds to a first user activity of the one or more user activities, the computer system causes a first haptic feedback of the one or more haptic feedbacks to be provided on the computing device, wherein the first haptic feedback is associated with the first user activity.
US11106265B2	Attention detection service In an embodiment, a device may include an attention detection service. The attention detection service may monitor various peripheral devices in the device for indications that a user is paying attention to the device. Various clients may register for notification of attention detection and attention lost (attention no longer detected) events, or may poll the service for the events. If a user is not paying attention to the device, it may be possible to take various actions to permit reduced energy consumption.
US11106264B2	Processor power management Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to collect user information for a user of a data processing device, generate a user profile for the user of the data processing device from the user information, and set a power profile a processor in the data processing device using the user profile. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11106261B2	Optimal operating point estimator for hardware operating under a shared power/thermal constraint Integrated circuits, or computer chips, typically include multiple hardware components (e.g. memory, processors, etc.) operating under a shared power (e.g. thermal) constraint that is sourced by one or more power sources for the chip. Typically, the hardware components can be individually configured to operate at certain states (e.g. to operate at a certain frequency by setting a clock speed for a clock dedicated to the hardware component). Thus, each hardware component can be configured to operate at an operating point that is determined to be optimal, usually in terms of achieving some desired goal for a specific application (e.g. frame rates for gaming, etc.). In the context of chip hardware that operates under a shared power/thermal constraint, a method, computer readable medium, and system are provided for determining the optimal operating point for the chip that takes into consideration both performance of the chip and power consumption by the chip.
US11106257B2	Over-temperature protection circuit and motherboard platform using same An over-temperature protection circuit applied in a motherboard platform includes a first processor, a second processor, and a peripheral circuit. The first processor includes first temperature detection unit, the second processor includes second temperature detection unit. The over-temperature protection circuit includes third temperature detection unit and digital processing unit. The first processor can determine that the motherboard platform is in an over-temperature state through the first temperature detection unit, the second processor can determine that the motherboard platform is in the over-temperature state through the second temperature detection unit, and the digital processing unit can determine that the motherboard platform is in the over-temperature state through the third temperature detection unit. When an over-temperature state is determined by any such means, the first processor controls the motherboard platform to enter a sleep mode.
US11106251B2	Operation of the light management application for a mobile device with motion sensor A method and system of controlling lighting that includes displaying on a graphic user interface of a mobile device a grid of light functions. The grid of light functions including a plurality of selectable light function settings. The method may further include selecting a light function setting from the selectable light function settings by traversing a cursor over the light function setting that is selected, wherein motion of the cursor is controlled by motion of the mobile device that includes a motion sensor for correlating said motion of the mobile device to said traversing of the cursor. The method may also include transmitting a control signal for the light function setting that is selected from said mobile device to a luminaire, wherein the luminaire projects light with properties consistent with said light function setting simultaneously with the cursor being present on said light function that is selected.
US11106248B2	Hinged device The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a hinge assembly that rotatably secures a first portion and a second portion. The hinge assembly can define a hinge shaft. The hinge assembly can include an adjustable closed-loop friction band secured to the first portion. The adjustable closed-loop friction band can extend between an aperture end and a removable end. The removable end can include a removable torque control element having a thickness that also at least in part controls a dimension of an aperture that receives the hinge shaft and thereby controls friction between the aperture and the hinge shaft.
US11106246B2	Adaptive enclosure for a mobile computing device A device includes an enclosure and logic. The enclosure includes a plurality of capacitive touch sensor arrays disposed at least on two of a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side of the device. The enclosure also includes a first display on the front side of the device. The logic receives touch interaction information from the plurality of capacitive touch sensor arrays and initiates an action based at least in part on the touch interaction information.
US11106238B2	IC card and portable electronic device According to one embodiment, an IC card includes an antenna, a first oscillator, and a first processor. The first oscillator is configured to output a first clock signal of a first frequency, and output a second clock signal of a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency as requested. The first processor is configured to operate based on the first clock signal when not during an execution period of first processing corresponding to a reception command received by the antenna, request the second clock signal for executing the first processing, and execute the first processing based on the second clock signal of the first oscillator that receives the request.
US11106236B2	High speed multi moduli CMOS clock divider An electronic circuit which is a high speed CMOS logic circuit to divide the frequency of an input signal is provided. The electronic circuit comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator comprises a plurality of gated inverters. At least one of the gated inverters is configured to receive an oscillating signal and a control signal at two complementary inputs. The electronic circuit is configured to be partially gated such that a divide ratio is selectable. By means of clock partial gating, open loop clock buffering and avoiding slow combinatory logic in the data path, a very high speed multi-moduli clock divider is achieved.
US11106230B2	Systems and methods for amplitude shift keying modulation of a digital data signal onto radio frequency power An amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation system includes a linear regulator circuit powered by input direct current (DC) power at a first voltage level and that generates regulated DC power at a second voltage level tracking the first voltage level. The system also includes an intermediate DC power switching circuit that receives a digital data signal and selectively couples an intermediate power node with the input DC power at the first voltage level when the digital data signal represents a first binary value, and with the regulated DC power at the second voltage level when the digital data signal represents a second binary value. The ASK modulation system also includes a radio frequency (RF) driver circuit powered by intermediate DC power received at the intermediate power node and that delivers RF output power representative of the digital data signal to a load at an RF carrier frequency.
US11106226B2	Valve control device, valve control system, valve control coefficient calculation method, and valve control method Provided are: a valve control device which is capable of reducing the difference between a set opening amount and the actual opening amount, when executing a partial valve stroke test; a valve control system; a method for calculating a valve control coefficient; and a valve control method. This shut-off valve control device is provided with a microcomputer for controlling the opening and closing of a solenoid valve which supplies air from an air supply source, to a cylinder of an air cylinder for controlling a valve shaft of a shut-off valve, and discharges said air. The microcomputer acquires a set opening amount of the shut-off valve. Furthermore, the microcomputer controls the solenoid valve to a value obtained by dividing the acquired set opening amount by a predetermined coefficient C.
US11106220B2	Applications for using mass estimations for vehicles Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations Center (NOC), organizing vehicles operating in a platoon and/or partially controlling the operation of one or more vehicles operating in a platoon based on the relative mass estimations between the platooning vehicles. When vehicles are operating in a platoon, the relative mass between a lead and a following vehicle may be used to scale torque and/or brake commands generated by the lead vehicle and sent to the following vehicle.
US11106217B2	Automated driving integrated control apparatus, automated driving integrated control system, and vehicle control apparatus An automated driving integrated control apparatus includes: a server side reception processer; a command value calculator; and a server side transmission processer. The server side reception processer receives a vehicle information including at least an information of a current position and an information of a brake specific fuel consumption or a brake specific power consumption from a vehicle. The command value calculator obtains a driving force reference value on a basis of at least the information of the brake specific fuel consumption or the brake specific power consumption in the received vehicle information, and calculates an acceleration command value for an automated driving on a basis of the driving force reference value. The server side transmission processer transmits the calculated acceleration command value to each vehicle.
US11106215B2	Automatic moving device, automatic working system and control method thereof A control method of an automatic working system, which comprises the following steps: a signal generating device generates a boundary signal; the boundary signal flows through the boundary wire to generate an electromagnetic field; a detecting device on an automatic moving device detects the electromagnetic field to generate a detection signal, amplify the detection signal to form a gain signal, compare an feature point of the gain signal with a preset condition, the preset condition comprising: the feature point is lower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lower threshold value, then automatically adjust the gain signal according to a comparing result, such that the feather point of the gain signal formed after adjusting accords with the preset condition, further to process the gain signal, An automatic working system and an automatic moving device also be disclosed.
US11106213B2	Method for assisting bay parking maneuvers of a vehicle and a parking assistant for a vehicle A method for assisting bay parking maneuvers of a vehicle includes locating, by a sensor system of the vehicle, an unoccupied parking space in a bay parking area. The method includes acquiring, by the sensor system, parking data on the unoccupied parking space, the parking data including information on positions of vehicles parking laterally adjacent to the unoccupied parking space in the bay parking area. The method includes deciding, by a decision unit of the vehicle, based on the parking data, if the vehicle fits into the unoccupied parking space side-to-side with at least one of the other vehicles, wherein a predefined lateral clearance is taken into account on both lateral sides of the vehicle. The method includes providing, by a steering assistant unit of the vehicle, steering instructions for steering the vehicle into the unoccupied parking space adjacent to the respective parking vehicle in observance with the predefined lateral clearance.
US11106200B2	Safety mechanism for joystick control for controlling an unmanned vehicle A method, apparatus, and system that improves operation safety of a remote vehicle controller is disclosed. The operations comprise: receiving, at an autonomous vehicle, controller outputs from a controller; determining that a first switch is activated at the controller based on the controller outputs, wherein the first switch being activated indicates a first vehicle control command; determining whether all of one or more second switches are activated at the controller based on the controller outputs; in response to determining that all of the one or more second switches are activated, executing the first vehicle control command; and in response to determining that not all of the one or more second switches are activated, ignoring the first vehicle control command.
US11106192B2	Additive manufacturing process plan optimization based on predicted temperature variation A process plan optimization method for manufacturing a workpiece by adding a material in a plurality of layers is provided. The method includes: building a predicting model, the predicting model configured to predict a temperature variation of at least a portion of the workpiece; predicting an expected temperature variation of the portion of the workpiece to be manufactured during a given time period based on the predicting model and the process plan; and adjusting the process plan in response to the expected temperature variation of the portion failing to meet a preset condition, to make the expected temperature variation of the portion meet the preset condition.
US11106189B2	System and method for data-driven control of constrained system A machine subject to state and control input constraints is control, while the control policy is learned from data collected during an operation of the machine. To ensure satisfaction of the constraints, the state of machine is maintained within a constraint admissible invariant set (CAIS) satisfying the constraints and the machine is controlled with corresponding control policy mapping a state of the system within the CAIS to a control input satisfying the control input constraints. The machine is controlled using a constrained policy iteration, in which a constrained policy evaluation updates CAIS and value function and a constrained policy improvement updates control policy that improves the cost function of operation according to the updated CAIS and the corresponding updated value function.
US11106188B2	Methods and systems for the industrial internet of things The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. Unassigned outputs are configured to be switched off producing a high-impedance state. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history of a data acquisition unit in which the onboard card set is located. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.
US11106184B2	Control system A control system for causing an output of a control target to follow a command includes: a first processing device which is a processing device having a first processor and a prediction model that defines a correlation between a state variable with respect to the predetermined control target and a control input to the predetermined control target in the form of a state equation, performs model predictive control using the first processor, and outputs a servo command corresponding to the control input at an initial time point of the prediction interval; and a second processing device which is a processing device having a second processor different from the first processor and a feedback system including controllers to which a feedback signal related to an operation of the predetermined control target is input and receiving the servo command from the first processing device, and performs feedback control using the second processor.
US11106179B2	Holographic display panel, holographic display device and display method therefor A holographic display panel comprises a plurality of display units, each display unit comprises at least two adjacent pixels, each pixel comprises: a plurality of sub-pixels; and a plurality of phase plates. Diffractive angles of light coming out of the phase plates corresponding to the sub-pixels in a same pixel are the same, a diffractive angle of first light coming out of the phase plates corresponding to a first pixel in one of the display units is different from a diffractive angle of second light coming out of the phase plates corresponding to a second pixel that is different from the first pixel but in the same display unit, and a reverse extension line of the first light and a reverse extension line of the second light intersect at an image plane position.
US11106178B2	Cell observation device In a microscopic observation unit (10), hologram data is acquired at each measurement position on a cell culture plate (13) while a light-source section (11) and other related sections are gradually moved by a moving section (15). Every time a set of data for one measurement position is acquired, a measurement monitoring image creator (24) creates a thumbnail image by reducing the size of a hologram image which is based on original data (two-dimensional distribution of light intensity). A display processor (25) pastes the create thumbnail image to progressively complete the hologram image of the entire plate to be displayed on a display unit (27). A measurement operator watches the hologram image during the execution of the measurement. When it has been concluded that the ongoing measurement is inappropriate, the operator presses a measurement stop button to immediately discontinue the measurement. Thus, When there is a problem with the measurement, such as a foreign object mixed in the sample, the measurement can be discontinued before a phase image or intensity image based on the hologram data is reconstructed on the server after the completion of the entire measurement, so as to avoid wasting time for the useless measurement.
US11106176B2	Image-forming apparatus provided with detachable waste toner container and sheet-conveying guide An image-forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body. The apparatus body includes a sheet-feed roller and a body wall. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum frame; a developing roller; a cleaner; a conveying pipe and a waste-toner container for storing waste toner removed from the photosensitive drum by the cleaner and conveyed by the conveying pipe. The waste-toner container is detachably mountable on the drum frame. The waste-toner container mounted on the drum frame is positioned opposite to the photosensitive drum with respect to the developing roller. The body wall of the apparatus body and a container wall of the waste-toner container constitute a part of a sheet-conveying guide for guiding conveyance of a sheet from the sheet-feed roller toward the photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus body.
US11106170B2	Image forming apparatus having double-sided conveyance path for forming image on both sides of sheet An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a first roller configured to feed a sheet, on one surface of which an image was formed by the image forming unit, to a double-sided conveyance path for forming an image on another surface opposite to the one surface of the sheet; a second roller positioned downstream of the first roller in a conveyance direction of the double-sided conveyance path; a third roller positioned downstream of the second roller in the conveyance direction; a fourth roller positioned downstream of the third roller in the conveyance direction; a first driving unit configured to drive the first roller and the second roller; and a second driving unit configured to drive the third roller and the fourth roller.
US11106164B2	Heating device including a heat conductor having a surface with a groove A heating device includes a cylindrical film configured to be rotated about an axis, a heater including a substrate that extends along a longitudinal direction parallel to the axis, and a heater element on the substrate and facing an inner surface of the cylindrical film. A heat conductor extends along the longitudinal direction and has first and second surfaces. A first portion of the heat conductor contacts the substrate and a second portion of the heat conductor has a groove in the first surface. A temperature sensing element is disposed at a position on the second surface at a position opposite the groove.
US11106159B2	Belt driving device, transfer device, and image forming apparatus A belt driving device includes plural rotating members around which a belt member extends, each rotating member rotating about a rotating shaft; and contact members disposed at both sides of the belt member in a width direction. The rotating members include a first rotating member, having a dimension less than a width of the belt member in a direction of the rotating shaft. Each contact member has a first contact point at which the contact member contacts the belt member and a second contact point closer to a corresponding one of the end portions in the width direction than the first contact point and at which the contact member contacts the belt member such that an angle between the contact member and the rotating shaft at the second contact point is greater than an angle between the contact member and the rotating shaft at the first contact point.
US11106153B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an exposure portion including a plurality of surface emitting elements configured to expose a photosensitive member, a drive unit configured to turn ON the surface emitting elements based on image information, and a light amount control unit configured to adjust a drive current value to control an amount of light to be emitted from the surface emitting elements; and a controller configured to output the image information to the exposure portion. The controller includes a light amount adjustment unit configured to correct the image information based on an adjustment value to adjust the amount of light to be emitted from the surface emitting elements and a medium tone processing unit configured to quantize the image information corrected by the light amount adjustment unit by error diffusion to reduce a number of tones in the image information.
US11106152B2	Image forming apparatus In a state that a first voltage is applied to a charging member so as to form a surface potential on a region of an image bearing member and a second voltage the same in polarity as the first voltage is applied to a transfer member, a detection unit detects a transfer current in the region of the image bearing member during one rotation of the image hearing member after the region passes through a charging portion, when an absolute value of the surface potential formed on the region immediately before entry into the charging portion is larger than an absolute value of the surface potential formed on the region when it is positioned upstream of a transfer portion and downstream of the charging portion in a rotational direction of the image bearing member.
US11106146B2	Lithography system and method A system is disclosed. The system includes a cleaning device and a scanner device. The cleaning device is configured to clean a mask. The scanner device is coupled to the cleaning device and is configured to receive the mask, a reference image and a real-time image that is captured at the mask. The reference image includes at least one first mark image having a plurality of mapping marks on the mask. The real-time image includes at least one second mark image having the plurality of mapping marks on the mask. The scanner device is configured to map the at least one second mark image in the real-time image with the at least one first image in the reference image, when a lithography exposing process is performed. A method is also disclosed herein.
US11106145B2	Exposure system and lithography system An exposure system is equipped with: chambers in a first row that are disposed on the +X side with respect to a C/D installed on a floor surface; chambers in a second row that are disposed on the +Y side of the chambers in the first row, facing the chambers in the first row; and a measurement chamber and a control rack that are disposed adjacently on the −X side with respect to the chambers in the first row and the second row and besides on the +X side of the C/D. Inside at least some of the chambers, an exposure room where exposure is performed is formed, and the control rack distributes utility supplied from below the floor surface to each of the chambers in the first row and the second row.
US11106127B2	Structure of pellicle-mask structure with vent structure Structures of a pellicle-mask structure are provided. The pellicle-mask structure includes a mask substrate, a pellicle frame over the mask substrate. The pellicle frame includes a side portion with an inside surface and an outside surface opposite to each other. The pellicle-mask structure also includes a vent structure in the side portion and connecting the inside surface and the outside surface, and a pellicle membrane over the pellicle frame. The pellicle-mask structure further includes a pellicle membrane adhesive between the pellicle membrane and the pellicle frame, and a first heat-dissipating filler in the pellicle membrane adhesive.
US11106126B2	Method of manufacturing EUV photo masks In a method of manufacturing a photo mask, an etching mask layer having circuit patterns is formed over a target layer of the photo mask to be etched. The photo mask includes a backside conductive layer. The target layer is etched by plasma etching, while preventing active species of plasma from attacking the backside conductive layer.
US11106112B1	Diaphragm sheet transfer device Provided is a diaphragm sheet transfer device, which is used for a handheld electronic device. Diaphragm sheets include different sizes of a plurality of light through holes. By controlling the positions of the diaphragm sheets, the light through holes with different sizes respectively pass through the incident light paths so that the amount of the light incident to the lens device is changed.
US11106107B2	Ultra-flexible and robust silver nanowire films for controlling light transmission and method of making the same The invention provides a mechanically flexible, electrically conductive, and optically transparent silver nanowire film and demonstrates its specific application in light transmission controlling devices.
US11106100B2	Display substrate, display panel, display device and manufacturing method thereof The present application provides a display substrate, a display panel, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display substrate comprising: a base substrate and a black matrix layer, a color resistance layer and an electrostatic transmission layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the base substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposing to each other, the black matrix layer and the color resistance layer are arranged on the first surface of the base substrate and arranged on the same layer, and the electrostatic transmission layer for leading out static electricity generated by the base substrate is arranged on the second surface of the base substrate, and wherein an orthographic projection of the electrostatic transmission layer on the base substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the color resistance layer on the base substrate.
US11106099B2	Display device and electronic device A highly reliable display device is provided. In a flexible display device including at least a first display region and a second display region, at least a portion of a wiring provided in the first display region or the second display region has a meandering shape or a chain-like shape. Since the wiring has a meandering shape or a chain-like shape, a short-circuit, a disconnection, or the like of the wiring due to curving or bending of the display device does not occur easily. The wiring having a meandering shape or a chain-like shape can prevent defective operation, lowered reliability, or the like of the display device.
US11106098B2	Pixel arrangement structure, display substrate, display apparatus, and mask plate A pixel arrangement structure, a display substrate, a display device, and a mask are provided. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a first repeating unit and a second repeating unit. The first repeating unit includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and two third sub-pixels, and the second repeating unit includes two fourth sub-pixels, a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel. In a first direction, the two third sub-pixels are between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, and the two fourth sub-pixels are between the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel. The two fourth sub-pixels are arranged along the first direction, the two third sub-pixels are arranged along a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are not parallel to each other.
US11106094B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels comprise first pixels, second pixels, and third pixels, each of the third pixels comprises a third/first pixel and a third/second pixel including spacers that are different from each other, each of the pixels comprises a transistor and an opening exposing at least part of the transistor, at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel comprises a first spacer, the third/first pixel comprises a second spacer having a smaller area than the first spacer in a plan view, the third/second pixel comprises a third spacer having a different height from the first spacer and the second spacer, the first spacer and the second spacer overlap the opening of the pixel in which the first spacer and the second spacer are respectively disposed, and the third pixels corresponds to different colors from the first pixel and the second pixel.
US11106087B2	Lighting device having light sources arranged in columns and display device thereof A plurality of LEDs (light sources) 16 that are arranged to form a column, each of which includes a electrode 20 for power supply, a plurality of first wires 21 that are connected to the electrode 20 in the plurality of LEDs 16, and a second wire 22 that is connected with each of the plurality of first wires 21 and is pulled out toward one end side in an array direction of the plurality of LEDs 16 are included.
US11106084B2	Light source device, backlight module and liquid crystal display device A light source device, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The backlight module includes a prism structure, wherein the prism structure includes a substrate, prismatic tooth portions and a transparent sealing portion which are arranged in a stacked manner; and the transparent sealing portion seals the prismatic tooth portions, and the space between the prismatic tooth portions and the transparent sealing portion is a vacuum space.
US11106060B2	Integrated optoelectronic device with heater Disclosed are structures as well as methods of manufacture and operation of integrated optoelectronic devices that facilitate directly heating the diode or waveguide structures to regulate a temperature of the device while allowing electrical contacts to be placed close to the device to reduce the electrical resistance. Embodiments include, in particular, heterogeneous electro-absorption modulators that include a compound-semiconductor diode structure placed above a waveguide formed in the device layer of an SOI substrate.
US11106051B2	3D projection system using laser light sources Laser or narrow band light sources (e.g., red, green, and blue) are utilized to form left (e.g., R1, G1, B1) and right (e.g., R2, G2, B2) images of a 3D projection. Off-axis viewing of the projections which has the potential to cause crosstalk and/or loss of energy/brightness in any channel or color, is eliminated (or reduced to only highly oblique viewing angles) via the combined use of any of guard bands between light bands of adjacent channels, curvature of viewing filters, and selection of passband wavelengths that maximize usability of the passband as it “shifts” due to varying or increasing angles of off-axis viewing. Implemented with any number of light sources, the light sources selected may also be converted to showing 2D images where the additional light sources are utilized to affect a desirable increase in color gamut.
US11106046B2	Splice with cladding mode light stripping Beam combining optical systems include a fiber beam combiner having multiple inputs to which output fibers of laser diode sources are spliced. Cladding light stripping regions are situated at the splices, and include exposed portions of fiber claddings that are at least partially encapsulated with an optical adhesive or a polymer. A beam combiner fiber that is optically downstream of a laser source has an exposed cladding secured to a thermally conductive support with a polymer or other material that is index matched to the exposed cladding. This construction permits attenuation of cladding light propagating toward a beam combiner from a splice.
US11106039B2	Single-stream foveal display transport Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a single-stream foveal display transport are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter sending an image over a display transport as a sequence of equi-sized rectangles to a receiver coupled to a display. The receiver then scales up the rectangles with different scale factors to cover display areas of different sizes. The pixel density within a rectangular region is uniform and scaling factors can take on integer or non-integer values. The rectilinear grid arrangement of the image results in simplified scaling operations for the display. In another scenario, the image is transmitted as a set of horizontal bands of equal size. Within each band, the same horizontal amount of transmitted pixels are redistributed across multiple rectangular regions of varied scales. The display stream includes embedded information and the horizontal and/or vertical distribution and scaling of rectangular regions, which can be adjusted for each transmitted image.
US11106029B2	Annular-irradiation high-resolution quantitative phase microimaging method using an annular illumination aperture An annular-irradiation high-resolution quantitative phase microimaging based on light intensity transfer equation is proposed here includes designing an annular aperture for the imaging system illumination; invoking the weak object approximation by using the parameters of annular illumination aperture and bright field microscopy to calculate a weak object optical transfer function (WOTF) on the basis of a partially coherent imaging theory; and collecting three intensity images by a camera and obtaining the quantitative phase image of object by resolving the light intensity transfer equation with a deconvolution algorithm.
US11106026B2	Scanning microscope for 3D imaging using MSIA According to some examples, an instrument for scanning a specimen on a specimen holder. The instrument includes a scanning stage for supporting the specimen, and a detector having a plurality of pixels. The scanning stage and the detector are movable relative to each other to move the specimen in a scan direction during a scan. At least some of the pixels of the detector are operable to collect light from different depths inside the specimen during the scan and generate corresponding image data. The instrument also includes a processor operable to perform MSIA on the image data to generate a 3D image of the specimen.
US11106022B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus The zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a negative third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens group moves to an image side, and the third lens group moves to the image side after moving to the object side. The fourth lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a positive fourth A lens group, a negative fourth B lens group moving during image blur correction, a positive fourth C lens group, a fourth D lens group moving during focusing, and a fourth E lens group having a refractive power with a sign different from that of a refractive power of the fourth D lens group.
US11106017B2	Camera optical lens comprising six lenses of -+++−− refractive powers The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US11106016B2	Camera optical lens comprising sixth lenses of -+++-+ refractive powers The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US11106010B2	Optical imaging system and portable electronic device including the same An optical imaging system includes a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis, and a reflection member disposed to be closer to an object than all of the plurality of lenses and having a reflection surface configured to change a path of light. The plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis, and the condition 0.8
US11105995B2	High density fiber enclosure and method A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
US11105991B2	Connector An optical connector includes a housing provided on a circuit board, a FOT housed in the housing and having a terminal electrically connected to the circuit board, a shield case covering the housing and fixed to the circuit board, and a shield cover covering at least a slit for cutting and raising formed in the shield case and fixed to the circuit board.
US11105980B1	Demultiplexer and related method to process multiplexed optical inputs Embodiments of the disclosure provide a demultiplexer for processing a multiplexed optical input. The demultiplexer may include a plurality of Mach-Zehnder Interferometric (MZI) stages for converting the multiplexed optical input into a plurality of component optical signals. Each of the plurality of component optical signals corresponds to a respective wavelength-space component of the multiplexed optical input. A plurality of bandpass filters, each having a respective wavelength passband, may receive one of the plurality of component optical signals. The plurality of bandpass filters generates a plurality of demultiplexed optical signals based on the plurality of component optical signals.
US11105976B2	Flexible ceramic waveguides for terahertz applications and use as on-board interconnects A terahertz (THz) waveguide and method for production allows for THz waveguides to be used in or on a printed circuit board (PCB) such that the propagation of THz waves require less power, result in less signal loss due to radiation or dispersion, and propagate more efficiently. Additionally, the position and/or geometry of a waveguide, as well as any additional antenna or coupling element, may be adjusted on or in the PCB such that the electromagnetic field of the waveguide may more efficiently couple with the electromagnetic field of the PCB.
US11105972B2	Light-emitting device, lighting device, and display device The light input efficiency of a light-emitting device into a circular disc-shaped or elliptical disc-shaped light guide plate is increased. A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting unit (12a) that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (L1 to L5) arranged curvilinearly, a second light-emitting unit (12b) that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (L6 to L10) arranged curvilinearly, and a coupling portion (12c) that is disposed so as to coincide with a region (SA) sandwiched by the first and second light-emitting units and couples the first and second light-emitting units.
US11105970B2	Optical member, display device including the same and method for fabricating optical member Provided are an optical member, a display device including the same, and method for fabricating the optical member. The optical sheet includes an adhesive layer; and an optical pattern in contact with a first surface of the adhesive layer; and a release film in contact with a second surface of the adhesive layer, opposite to the first surface, wherein the optical pattern comprises a first pattern extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second patterns formed on the first pattern, wherein the first pattern comprises peak portions having a largest thickness and depressed portions having a smallest thickness, and the adhesive layer comprises a third pattern of recesses respectively aligned with the depressed portions of the first pattern, and a fourth pattern of recesses respectively aligned with the plurality of second patterns.
US11105969B2	Display device and input device A display device that includes first and second light sources, a light guide body, and a mask body is provided. The light guide body includes a reflector that has a shape of a first design. The light guide body guides first light emitted by the first light source and reflects the first light by the reflector to display the first design. The mask body includes a light-transmissive portion and a light-blocking portion. The light-transmissive portion has a shape of a second design, and the light-blocking portion is a portion other than the light-transmissive portion. The light-transmissive portion transmits second light emitted by the second light source to display the second design. The first design is displayed at a first display luminance, and the second design is displayed at a second display luminance. The first display luminance and the second display luminance are substantially equalized.
US11105957B2	Virtual sensing for adjoint based incorporation of supplementary data sources A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for integrating plural modalities of information to obtain values for a specified attribute of a given system. In one embodiment, the method comprises acquiring data of a first modality, conveying a first source of data of a first type of the system; configuring simulator with settings of physical sensors; acquiring data of a second modality from the system, conveying a second source of data of a second type of the system. The method further comprises converting the data of the second modality to data of the first type, while configuring a virtual set of sensors to enable acquisition of the converted data of the second modality; and configuring adjoints equipped simulator with settings of the virtual sensors, to mimic collection of data of the first type, while configured to measure data of second type.
US11105947B2	Inversion of enhanced-sensitivity controlled source electromagnetic data Inversion of enhanced-sensitivity controlled source electromagnetic data can include combining measured controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) data onto a common set of virtual receiver positions for each of a plurality of positions of a source along a survey path, determining a steering vector that enhances a sensitivity of the measured CSEM data to a subsurface resistivity variation, and performing an inversion using the measured CSEM data and modeled CSEM data, each having the steering vector applied thereto as a data weight, to better identify the subsurface resistivity variation.
US11105937B2	Memristor based sensor for radiation detection Devices, systems, and methods of using one or more memristors as a radiation sensor are enabled. A memristor can be attractive as a sensor due to its passive low power characteristics. Medical and environment monitoring are contemplated use cases. Sensing radiation as part of a security system (at an airport for example) and screening food for radiation exposure are also possible uses. The memristor as a radiation sensor may possibly provide an inexpensive and easy alternative to personal thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD). Memristor devices with high current and low power operation may be attached with wearable plastic substrates. An example device includes two metal strips with a 50 μm thick layer of TiO2 memristor material. The device may be made large relative to traditional memristors which are nanometers in scale but its increased thickness can significantly increase the probability of radiation interaction with the memristor material.
US11105931B2	Systems and methods for interference detection in shared spectrum channels A communication system, includes a satellite receiver in operable communication with a central server, a cellular node configured to operate within a proximity of the satellite receiver, and at least one mobile communication device configured to communicate (i) with the cellular node, (ii) within the proximity of the satellite receiver, and (iii) using a transmission signal capable of causing interference to the satellite receiver. The satellite receiver is configured to detect a repeating portion of the transmission signal and determine a potential for interference from the at least one mobile communication device based on the detected repeating portion.
US11105921B2	Systems and methods for vehicle navigation Techniques for allowing a vehicle to detect and avoid obstacles comprises at least one radar and a navigation system including a three-dimensional map database. The at least one radar generates radar return image(s) which can be compared by the navigation system to the three-dimensional map to determine a three-dimensional position of the vehicle. Based upon position determination, the navigation system can guide the vehicle to a destination whilst avoiding obstacles. If the vehicle also includes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, such techniques are desirable when the GNSS receiver is unable to provide accurate position data, which can occur in urban environments where obstacles are numerous.
US11105913B2	Adaptive pulse train layout A RADAR control apparatus includes a range identifier configured to identify a scan range that is a radial distance from the range identifier, and a control unit configured to receive the scan range and cause a RADAR pulse generation unit to emit a RADAR pulse train that is a pattern of RADAR pulse waves including: a type of RADAR pulse wave; a number of each type of RADAR pulse wave; a RADAR pulse wave duration or RADAR pulse wave width; a RADAR pulse wave amplitude; a temporal spacing between each RADAR pulse wave; a sequential order for the type and the number of RADAR pulse waves; and/or at least one sector of space surrounding the RADAR pulse generation unit through which the RADAR pulse waves will propagate. The control unit is configured to continuously adapt the pattern of RADAR pulses in accordance with the received scan range.
US11105912B2	Coherent Wi-Fi radar using wireless access point A Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN) access point includes a WLAN transmitter, a WLAN receiver, and a processor. The WLAN transmitter is configured to transmit WLAN packets and to send a timing-synchronization signal. The WLAN receiver is configured to receive echo packets including reflections from an object of the transmitted WLAN packets, to receive the timing-synchronization signal, and to time-synchronize the echo packets and the corresponding WLAN packets. The processor is configured to (a) in response to a gap in the received echo packets, generate one or more synthetic echo packets by interpolating over two or more of the time-synchronized received echo packets, to consequently derive a sequence of equally-spaced echo packets, (b) using the derived sequence of equally-spaced echo packets and the WLAN packets estimate one or more parameters of the object, and (c) output the estimated parameters to a user.
US11105906B2	Sonar-integrated internet of things device and applicable spatial environment detection system thereof A sonar-integrated IoT device, the IoT device including one or more sonar sensor modules (101), corresponding to information acquisition in different spatial directions; the IoT device is in communication connection with an external signal processing unit through a wireless network, and sends unprocessed or preliminarily processed spatial information to the signal processing unit. The advantages of the invention include: simple and flexible arrangement of sonar sensor module (101) nodes, which are integrated with wireless IoT devices such that spatial information may be acquired locally; and at the same time, ease of implementation of large interval arrangement and large quantity arrangement of sonar sensor modules (101), covering a variety of spatial locations, thereby providing wide coverage of spatial detection range, and acquisition of abundant signal samples, such that better spatial information extraction algorithms may be implemented in the signal processing unit.
US11105898B2	Adaptive illumination system for 3D-time of flight sensor A system and method for adaptively illuminating a volume with an illumination system that illuminates a volume of interest using separately controllable near field and far field optimized illumination sources, to maintain an irradiance pattern criteria in the volume, where that criteria may be different for a far field portion of the volume than for a near field portion of the volume.
US11105893B2	Radar device Provided is a radar device including a clock generator, a transmitter, and a receiver. The clock generator may output a transmission clock, and output a reception clock after a delay from a time at which the transmission clock is output. The transmitter may include a transmission trigger signal generator to generate a transmission trigger signal based on the transmission clock and an oscillator configured to generate a first signal on the basis of the transmission trigger signal. The first signal and the transmission trigger signal may include a pulse, and a width and a magnitude of the pulse included in the first signal correspond to a width and a magnitude of the pulse included in the transmission trigger signal, respectively. The receiver may be configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the first signal to generate a second signal based on the reception clock.
US11105870B2	Coil arrangement for transmitting high-frequency radiation A coil arrangement is for transmitting high frequency radiation. In an embodiment, the coil arrangement includes a transmission coil with a planar design and a passive, tubular part-body coil. The part-body coil is designed to radially enclose an examination volume relative to a direction. The examination volume includes a part of a patient's body. Furthermore, the part-body coil and the transmission coil are galvanically decoupled, and at the same time the part-body coil and the transmission coil are inductively coupled. The transmission coil is designed, by way of an emitted first high frequency radiation, to excite the part-body coil inductively, causing an enforced electromagnetic oscillation. The part-body coil emits second high frequency radiation in the event of an enforced electromagnetic oscillation. The coil arrangement of an embodiment can be used in a magnetic resonance unit without an integrated high frequency unit.
US11105853B1	Empirical LBIST latch switching and state probability determination Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes initiating a logic built-in self-test (LBIST) of a device under test (DUT). The method further includes performing latch state counting using a multiple input signature register (MISR) of the DUT, the performing responsive to the MISR being in a counter mode. The method further includes performing a latch transition counting of latches of the DUT using the MISR of the DUT and a storage latch, the performing responsive to the MISR being in the counter mode. The method further includes performing a latch count comparison by comparing an output of the MISR responsive to the MISR being in the counter mode to an output of a count compare register, the output of the count compare register representing a desired MISR state.
US11105851B2	Combined analog architecture and functionality in a mixed-signal array A microcontroller comprises a plurality of digital peripheral blocks and a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled thereto. The plurality of digital peripheral blocks includes a digital peripheral block that is configured to issue a DMA request. Upon receipt of the DMA request, the DMA controller is configured to retrieve configuration information and to write the configuration information to a configuration register associated with a circuit element of the microcontroller.
US11105849B1	Multi-station concurrent testing method, control station and multi-station concurrent testing apparatus A multi-station concurrent testing method, comprising: a step A in which the control station controls the handler to send SOT signal(s) of corresponding testing station(s) based on previous testing results at adjacent testing stations of the testing stations; a step B in which the control station constructs an SOT signal sequence based on the received SOT signal(s) and in correspondence to orders of the testing stations; and a step C in which the control station compares the SOT signal sequence and an SOT signal prediction value sequence generated by the control station, wherein if the SOT signal sequence and the SOT signal prediction value sequence match, the corresponding testing station(s) executes the test of device(s) under test, and otherwise, the handler is controlled to purge the devices under test at the testing stations, the SOT signal prediction value sequence is generated based on previous testing results at the testing stations.
US11105848B2	Probe card with angled probe and wafer testing method using the same A probe card includes a circuit board having a through opening therein. A fixing member is at least partially in the through opening of the circuit board and has a through opening therein. The through opening of the fixing member is defined at least partially by opposite first and second sidewalls of the fixing member. A plurality of probes each includes an arm portion and a tip portion. One end of the arm portion is connected to the circuit board. The arm portion extends through the first sidewall of the fixing member into the through opening of the fixing member. The arm portion is angled with respect to a direction perpendicular to the first sidewall of the fixing member when viewed from above. The tip portion extends from the arm portion. The second sidewall of the fixing member is free of probes.
US11105845B2	Apparatus having signal chain lock step for high integrity functional safety applications An integrated circuit (IC) chip for providing a safety-critical value includes first and second processing paths. The first processing path includes a first processing element and is coupled to receive a first input signal on a first input pin and to provide a first output signal that provides the safety-critical value on an output pin. The second processing path includes a second processing element and is coupled to receive a second input signal and to provide a second output signal. The first processing path and the second processing path are independent of each other. A smart comparator on the IC chip receives the first output signal and the second output signal and initiates a remedial action responsive to a difference between the first output signal and the second output signal reaching a configurable threshold.
US11105840B2	Monitoring system with multidrop backplane scheduler Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.
US11105836B2	Inverter and method for measuring phase currents in an electric machine A three-phase load is powered by a PWM (e.g., SVPWM) driven DC-AC inverter having a single shunt-topology. A shunt voltage and a branch voltage of the inverter (across a transistor to be calibrated) are measured during a second period of each SVPWM sector, and the drain-to-source resistance of the calibrated transistor is calculated. During the fourth period of each SVPWM sector, the branch voltage is measured again, and another branch voltage across another transistor is measured. Using the drain-to-source resistance of the calibrated transistor and the voltage across the calibrated transistor measured during the fourth period, the phase current through the calibrated transistor is calculated. Using the other branch voltage measured during the fourth period and the drain-to-source resistance of its corresponding transistor (known from a prior SVPWM sector), the phase current through that transistor is calculated. From the two calculated phase currents, the other phase current can be calculated.
US11105834B2	Line-powered current measurement device The present disclosure pertains to a line-powered current measurement system to mount to an electrical conductor and related methods. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a current transformer to electrically couple to an electrical conductor and to generate a secondary current proportional to a primary current in the conductor. A power harvesting subsystem may harvest power from the secondary current in a first configuration. A switching subsystem may transition the line-powered current measurement device between the first configuration and a second configuration, in which a current measurement subsystem generates a measurement of the secondary current. The switching subsystem may provide the secondary current to the power harvesting subsystem in the first configuration and may bypasses the power harvesting subsystem in the second configuration. A communication subsystem may transmit the measurement of the secondary current to a receiver device.
US11105824B2	Facility for handling and storing biological samples at very low temperatures The invention essentially consists in advantageously using and arranging at least one robot (8) relative to one or more storage recipients (4) and a transfer station (5) for transferring the containers to the unit in such a way as to take advantage of the flexibility of movement and grip offered by the arm or arms of the robot or robots and its/their gripping member, in order to automate all of the operations carried out manually by an operator in conventional biobanks.
US11105819B2	Method, composition and device for sampling natriuretic peptides in a biological fluid Disclosed is a composition that synergistically prevents proteolysis or modification of peptides in sampled biological fluids using sulfonyl fluoride family protease inhibitors at high concentrations combined with at least one additional protease inhibitor of a different type, preferably a broad spectrum protease inhibitor, and a chelator. A preferred embodiment uses AEBSF at 10 mM, Benzamidine at 20 mM and EDTA as the chelator. The disclosed composition may be combined with other protease inhibitors to further modulate its specificity, for instance to additionally target acidic proteases. Additional protease inhibitors, reducing agents, stabilizers and buffering agents may be combined with the disclosed compositions in devices for sampling or testing biological fluids for levels of peptides of interest, or methods therefore. The disclosed devices, compositions and methods are of particular use in sampling and testing for the level of natriuretic peptides.
US11105809B2	Methods and kits for predicting prognosis of cancer using soluble mortalin in blood Provided are methods of determining a presence or level of soluble mortalin in a body fluid of a subject, and predicting prognosis of a subject diagnosed with cancer (e.g., solid tumor) by determining the presence or level of soluble mortalin in a body fluid of the subject. Also provided are kits for determining presence and/or level of soluble mortalin in a body fluid of the subject and/or predicting prognosis of a subject diagnosed with cancer, comprising at least two distinct antibodies to mortalin directed against different epitopes of said mortalin.
US11105798B2	Device and method for capillary chemiluminescence detection The present invention discloses a device and a method for capillary chemiluminescence detection. The device comprises a liquid adding device, wherein the liquid adding device comprises: a bottom end of a funnel cup connected to a top end of the capillary body; a mounting bracket with one or more grooves; a liquid reagent cup disposed in each of the one or more grooves, a reagent set in the cup body, and a sealing film disposed at the opening of the cup body, a bottom end of each of the one or more grooves is connected to a top end of the funnel cup; a puncture device disposed in an inner bottom end of each of the one or more grooves. The present invention has the advantages of reducing the cost of the instrument, improving the reliability of the operation and so on.
US11105794B2	In vitro nephrotoxicity screening assay The invention relates to methods for predicting the in vivo nephrotoxicity of a drug substance, in particular a nucleic acid molecule such as a siRNA or an antisense oligonucleotide using an in vitro cell based assay measuring the levels of extracellular EGF as toxicity biomarker, potentially in combination with other biomarkers like ATP and KIM-1.
US11105791B2	Electronic detectors inside nanofluidic channels for detection, analysis, and manipulation of molecules, small particles, and small samples of material The present invention provides methods and apparatus that can manipulate, detect, and/or analyze single molecules, single small particles or single small samples of matter passing through a nanoscale gap within a nanofluidic channel of a detector.
US11105788B2	Apparatus for detecting internal defect in transformer An apparatus for detecting internal defects in a transformer is provided. The apparatus detecting internal defects that arise in the interior by integrating an electrode for electrically detecting defects and a sensor for detecting internal gas into a single body and inserting same into the interior. The apparatus for detecting internal defects in a transformer according to the present invention comprises: a metal member of a set length; a plurality of electrodes, disposed around the metal member, for detecting electrical signals generated due to internal defects of the transformer; an insulating member formed so as to contain the metal member and plurality of electrodes; and a gas sensor, installed at the end of the metal member, for detecting gas inside the transformer.
US11105786B2	Detection and quantification of gas mixtures in subterranean formations Methods and systems are provided for quantifying contributions of gas mixtures in a reservoir compartment by way of isotopic analyses. Differing thermal maturities of the different gas mixtures allow estimation of the relative quantity of each gas mixture present in a total gas mixture. Thermal maturities may be estimated by reference to isotopic analyses of each contributing gas mixture and a commingled gas mixture resulting from commingling each of the individual source gas mixtures. This method may be carried out at various depths to determine relative contributions of each gas mixture to the total gas mixture as a function of wellbore depth. Advantages of certain embodiments include, but are not limited to, higher accuracies and ease of application as compared to conventional methods.
US11105785B2	System and method for analyzing drill core samples A System for collecting and processing data concerning physical features of drill core samples with three-dimensional shape and appearance. The system comprises a contact less analytical apparatus for measuring and collecting data of at least some part of the outer surface of the drill core samples, a first data-storing means for storing data collected by the analytical apparatus, a processing unit that applies one or more data evaluation algorithms on the data stored in the first data storage means in order to extract data regarding physical features of the drill cores (1) as an output, and a second data storage means for storage of the resulting output from the processing unit. The system is also related to a method for measuring and collecting data on the three-dimensional shape and appearance of drill core samples, such as planar discontinuities including orientation marks on the drill core samples.
US11105784B2	System and method of sensing for petroleum, oil, and gas leaks using optical detection A system for remote detection of fluid leaks from a natural gas or oil pipeline including a laser light source for detecting a methane leak while sweeping in multiple directions, a Midwave Infrared (MWIR) detector optically coupled with the laser light source and a controller operatively connected to the laser light source and the MWIR detector for aggregating data collected by the laser light source and the MWIR using a nuropmophic flow detection algorithm including computational fluid dynamic models.
US11105782B2	Fast startup ion chromatography system and methods Systems and methods for inhibiting translocation of ions across ion exchange barriers include an eluent generator having an ion source reservoir with a first electrode, an eluent generation chamber with a second electrode, an ion exchange barrier disposed therebetween, and means for reversing the polarity of a voltage or current applied across the first and second electrodes. A first polarity voltage or current applied across the electrodes generates an electric field that promotes translocation of eluent counter ions from the reservoir across the barrier, where the counter ions combine with eluent ions electrolytically generated in the chamber. By reversing the polarity of the voltage or current across the electrodes, the resulting electric field inhibits translocation of counter ions across the barrier from the reservoir into the chamber. Reverse voltage or current bias reduces counter ion concentration in the resting chamber to prevent exhaustion of ion suppressor capacity during start up.
US11105775B2	Inspection system, control device, and control method An inspection operator can perform a hammering inspection without operation to move an inspection device to a location to be inspected, and the hammering inspection can also be performed to the location to be inspected where a vehicle has difficulty in entering. An inspection system includes a flying device including a hammering inspection unit that performs an inspection and a flying unit that flies with the hammering inspection unit, a ground-side device that is fixedly installed at a position relative to a location to be inspected and detects a position of the flying device, and a flight instruction unit that controls the flying device in such a way that a forwarding direction of the flying device is a direction from the ground-side device to the location to be inspected based on the position of the flying device.
US11105760B2	Fluid sensor, method for providing same, and method for determining a constituent of a fluid A fluid sensor comprises a sensor material configured to come into contact at a surface region of same with a fluid and to obtain a first temporal change of a resistance value of the sensor material on the basis of the contact in a first sensor configuration and to obtain a second temporal change of the resistance value of the sensor material on the basis of the contact in a second sensor configuration. The fluid sensor comprises an output element configured to provide a sensor signal on the basis of the first and second temporal change of the resistance value.
US11105742B2	Nucleated red blood cell warning method and device, and flow cytometer using the same Disclosed are nucleated red blood cell warning devices and methods, and flow cytometers using the same. The devices, methods and flow cytometers can warn whether nucleated red blood cells exist in a blood sample. The warning device may obtain forward-scattered light information, side-scattered light information and fluorescence information when cells in the blood sample pass through a detection region of the flow cytometer. The warning device may generate a side-scattered light-fluorescence dot plot, so as to classify leucocytes into four groups, and may generate a forward-scattered light-fluorescence dot plot, where the forward-scattered light-fluorescence dot plot can include a leucocyte group region. The warning device may obtain a predetermined feature region located at the left side of the leucocyte group region, perform statistics on the amount of characterization cells in the predetermined feature region, and provide a warning when the number of the characterization cells exceeds a threshold value.
US11105717B2	Method for preparing analytical sample, analysis method, and kit for preparing analytical sample A method for preparing an analytical sample for analysis of a glycan that includes a lactone structure and is contained in a sample, includes: performing a first amidation reaction that amidates a sialic acid including the lactone structure through addition of a first amidation reaction solution to the sample, the first amidation reaction solution containing ammonia, an amine, or a salt thereof as a first nucleophilic agent that is reacted with the sialic acid including the lactone structure; and performing a second reaction that modifies at least a part of sialic acids not amidated in the first amidation reaction through a method different from permethylation.
US11105707B2	Inducing and monitoring a vibratory response in a component A system is provided for testing a component. This system includes a support structure, an excitation system and a sensor system. The support structure is configured to support the component. The excitation system includes a plurality of excitation devices arranged in an array. The plurality of excitation devices at least include a first excitation device, a second excitation device and a third excitation device. The excitation system is configured to respectively control each of the plurality of excitation devices to excite a vibratory response in the component. The sensor system is configured to output data indicative of the vibratory response.
US11105705B1	Non-invasive, independently powered leak detector and valve shut-off apparatus Disclosed herein are inexpensive, easy-to-install (do-it-yourself/DIY), non-invasive, independently powered automated devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for leak detection, prevention and mitigation, particularly fluid leak detection, prevention and mitigation, as well as water leak detection and water-supply shutoff of domestic and commercial pressurized water-supply networks.
US11105704B2	Method and apparatus for an integrity test of a flexible container with inspection fluid A method, a device and a use of the device are provided for carrying out an integrity test on a test container (1) that has at least one flexible casing material. The method includes the steps of: filling a test fluid into the test container (1); and detecting the presence of test fluid directly outside the test container (1). The test fluid is designed in such a way that the permeation rate of test fluid through undamaged casing material of the test container (1) is not greater than 1·10−6 mbar·m/(s·bar).
US11105703B2	Retaining internal pressure in a data storage device in a vacuum An apparatus includes a test chamber and a pressure-application structure. The pressure-application structure is configured to apply a force on a device under test within the test chamber in response to a vacuum being drawn in the test chamber. The force has a magnitude that is proportional to a difference between an external pressure outside the test chamber and an internal pressure within the test chamber.
US11105700B2	Snubber for pressure sensor and pressure sensor comprising the same A pressure sensor comprises a sensor housing, a diaphragm provided in the sensor housing, and a snubber insertable into the sensor housing. The sensor housing includes a coupler coupling with a pressure measurement target and a housing passage passing through the coupler and guiding a fluid that flows into the sensor housing from the pressure measurement target. The diaphragm is deformable by a pressure of the fluid that flows into the sensor housing from the pressure measurement target. The snubber is inserted into the sensor housing through the housing passage and fastens to the sensor housing in a state in which at least a portion of the sensor housing forming the housing passage is deformed. The snubber guides flow of the fluid and transmits the pressure of the fluid to the diaphragm.
US11105698B2	Method of assembling a sensing device having a double clinch seal A device for sensing pressure and temperature in a fluid environment includes a cover defining an interior. A thermistor tube is positioned at least partially within the interior, the thermistor tube extending substantially along a longitudinal axis. A port body is also positioned at least partially within the interior, the port body forming a channel which extends along the longitudinal axis for receiving a fluid from the fluid environment. A diaphragm is affixed within the port body. The diaphragm has a first surface exposed to the fluid within the channel and a second surface sealed from the channel.
US11105697B2	Plate spring manometer A measuring system for detecting pressure and/or density, having at least one process connector, a diaphragm, a measuring unit, a housing and a display, wherein a process pressure acts via the process connector on the diaphragm and the measuring unit converts a stroke of the diaphragm caused thereby into a rotational movement of a pointer when the process pressure is changed via the measuring unit, and the pointer on the display shows the pressure applied on the diaphragm on a scale. The measuring system includes a connecting piece which includes the process connector, a meter base and a tubular extension.
US11105694B2	Torque sensor having a sealing membrane The invention relates to a torque sensor (1000; 1100) having a base body (1001; 1101) which extends in a radial direction (Y) of the base body from an annular inner flange (1003; 1103) having first force application points (1005; 1105), via a mechanically weakened sensor portion (1007; 1107) equipped with measurement transducers (10, 20) which generate output signals, to an annular outer flange (1009; 1109) having second force application points (1011; 1111), wherein a rubber-elastic sealing membrane (1031; 1131) arranged axially between the outer flange (1009; 1109) and the inner flange (1003; 1103) covers the mechanically weakened sensor portion (1007; 1107) in a fluid-tight manner.
US11105691B2	Self-regulating heating system for a total air temperature probe A total air temperature (TAT) probe having a self-regulating heating system is provided. A TAT probe housing includes at least one heating cavity that is located proximate to a tip of the TAT probe. A heating element is received within the at least one heating cavity. The heating element is composed from a flexible material with a very high positive temperature coefficient (PTC) that provides non-linear resistance with temperature with generally relatively low electrical resistances at temperatures below freezing and relatively high electrical resistances above freezing. A power source is coupled to the heating element. The very high PTC material of the heating element causes less power to be drawn by the heating element from the power source at higher temperatures above freezing than the power drawn by the heating element from the power source at lower temperatures below freezing to maintain a desired temperature of the TAT probe.
US11105689B2	Temperature and heat map system Embodiments described herein include a data acquisition unit having a plurality of ports that are each configured to receive a signal from a respective temperature sensor of a device under test. Each of the temperature sensors is associated with a location with respect to the device under test. The data acquisition unit also includes a processor configured to determine a temperature corresponding to each temperature sensor, based on the signal received from the respective temperature sensor. The processor can then generate a thermal gradient for the device under test based on the temperature and the location of each of the temperature sensors. This thermal gradient can then be output for further analysis. Additional embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
US11105682B2	Methods and systems for imaging a sample using Raman spectroscopy A system and method for imaging a sample using Raman spectrometry. Optical fibers having opposite first ends and second ends are arranged with the first ends and second ends in respective two-dimensional arrays. The two-dimensional arrays maintain relative positions of the optical fibers to one another from the first ends to the second ends in a way that the first end of each optical fibers of the bundle can simultaneously collect a corresponding Raman signal portion scattered from specific spatial coordinates of the area of the sample. The so-collected Raman signal portions are propagated towards the corresponding second end, from which are outputted and detected simultaneously using an array of detectors.
US11105679B2	Extended hold-off time for SPAD quench assistance A photodetection circuit includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD), and an active quenching circuit coupling the SPAD to an intermediate node and having a variable RC constant. The variable RC constant provides a first RC constant during an idle state so that when the SPAD detects a photon, the SPAD avalanches to begin quenching to set a magnitude of a voltage at a terminal of the SPAD to a quench voltage, the quench voltage being greater than a threshold voltage; a second RC constant greater than the first RC constant during a hold off period during which the quenching occurs so as to maintain the voltage at the terminal of the SPAD at a magnitude that is above the threshold voltage during the hold off period; and a third RC constant less than the second RC constant but greater than the first RC constant during a recharge period during which the SPAD is recharged.
US11105677B2	Electronic devices with switchable diffusers An electronic device may be provided with a display. An optical component window may be formed in the inactive area of the display. The optical component window may transmit infrared light from an infrared light source. The infrared light source may include a diffuser to allow the light source to operate in a flood illumination mode and a structured light mode. The diffuser may include liquid crystal material between first and second substrates. A sealant may surround the liquid crystal layer, and one or more spacer walls may be located between the sealant and the liquid crystal layer. An additional spacer wall may be used outside of the sealant to prevent metal from creating an electrical short between electrodes in the diffuser. Conductive material in the sealant may be used to couple a top electrode to a metal pad on a bottom substrate.
US11105673B2	Methods for controlling weight distribution A method for a vehicle is provided. The method comprises: determining a weight and position of an item of cargo being transported by the vehicle; transmitting information comprising the weight and position to a cargo management system remote from the vehicle; receiving a weight distribution instruction from the cargo management system; and communicating the weight distribution instruction to an occupant of the vehicle.
US11105668B2	Smart measurement system A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a data tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer and/or a reader device such as a portable reader to read the characterization data from the tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.
US11105664B2	Apparatus and method for creating inferential process flow measurements using flow restrictor and upstream and downstream pressure measurements A method includes obtaining pressure measurements associated with fluid that passes through a flow restrictor, where the pressure measurements identify pressures upstream and downstream from the flow restrictor. The method also includes generating estimated flow measurements based on the pressure measurements. The method further includes comparing the estimated flow measurements and actual flow measurements generated by a flow meter that is fluidly coupled to the flow restrictor. In addition, the method includes determining whether a problem exists based on the comparison. The flow restrictor could provide a fixed restriction or a variable restriction for the fluid. An overall loss coefficient associated with the flow restrictor could be used to generate an estimated flow measurement.
US11105661B2	Light emitting pointer device A light emitting pointer device which can reduce luminance unevenness at a light emitting face is provided. An annular rib is provided between a first holding portion holding an emission shaft and a second holding portion holding a light entrance shaft and the annular rib thereby covers a corner of the light entrance shaft. As a result, the light is not likely to enter a pointer body from the corner of the light entrance shaft, thereby reducing stray light and reducing luminance unevenness. An upper face of the annular rib on the light entrance shaft side has a radius of curvature that is greater than a radius of curvature of the corner of the light entrance shaft and is tapered, thus the corner can be easily covered with a space between the light entrance shaft and the annular rib.
US11105659B2	Dual Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor and sensing method using Brillouin scattering which allow high-speed event detection and precise measurement Embodiments relate to a dual Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensing system and a sensing method using Brillouin scattering that detects an event area in which an event occurred quickly by simultaneously measuring multiple correlation points located in an optical fiber under test by using a pump signal modulated with a pulsed gating signal and a continuous wave probe signal, and then precisely measures the corresponding event area by using the probe signal modulated with the pulsed gating signal and the pump signal.
US11105655B2	Integrated data registration A system and method for integrated data registration includes at least one host system and a first sensor where the first sensor provides a first input data. The system and method may further include a second sensor where the second sensor provides a second input data, a first navigation data source where the first navigation data source provides a third input data and a second navigation data source where the second navigation data source provides a fourth input data. The system and method may further include at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in operative communication with the host system, first sensor, the second sensor, the first navigation source and the second navigation source, having at least one set of instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, performs operations to perform integrated data registration.
US11105651B2	Display system, display control method, and storage medium for facilitating display of a road shape based on detection of a change A display system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a display configured to display images, and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image representing a road shape around the vehicle recognized by the recognizer, wherein, when a lane in which the vehicle can travel in the same direction as a travel direction of the vehicle is added, the display controller causes the display to display an image about the added lane outside the image representing the road shape on the side on which the lane is added before the display is caused to display an image representing a shape of the added lane.
US11105648B2	Geospatial navigation methods and systems for automatically suspending navigational guidance provided to a user of a mobile navigation device An exemplary geospatial navigation system provides, to a user of a mobile navigation device, navigational guidance along a route from a starting location to a destination location. The geospatial navigation system also identifies a first transportation mode being employed by the user to traverse the route. While the navigational guidance is being provided, the geospatial navigation system receives sensor data generated by a sensor within the mobile navigation device, and determines, based on the sensor data, that the user switches from the first transportation mode to a second transportation mode. In response to the determining that the user switches from the first to the second transportation mode, the geospatial navigation system suspends and/or engages one or more features of the navigational guidance being provided to the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11105635B2	Seamless transition from outdoor to indoor mapping Techniques are described for seamlessly transitioning from a map that displays out-of-doors elements to a map that displays indoor elements, in response to detecting a transition event. The transition event may be, for example, that a navigation system that is generating the out-of-doors map has moved to an indoors location. Techniques are also provided for navigating to a parking spot in a parking structure. Specifically, users may search for parking spots that satisfy specific criteria. The search for a parking spot that satisfies the criteria may be initiated at the time a trip begins, or may be automatically triggered by some event. For example, a search for available parking spots near a designated destination may be automatically initiated as a user comes within a predetermined distance of the designated destination.
US11105629B2	Physical quantity sensor, composite sensor, inertial measurement unit, vehicle positioning device, portable electronic device, electronic device, vehicle, traveling supporting system, and display device An acceleration sensor functioning as a physical quantity sensor includes an acceleration sensor element including a substrate, a lid joined to the substrate to form a housing space in the inside, and an acceleration sensor element piece housed in the housing space and capable of detecting a physical quantity, and a circuit element bonded to, by an adhesive material, an upper surface on the opposite side of the acceleration sensor element piece side of the lid. A recess is provided along the outer edge of the lid in an outer edge region of the upper surface of the lid.
US11105623B2	Vehicle leveling using handheld mobile device A system and method for leveling a selected surface of a structure. The system includes a handheld mobile device and a platform leveling assembly (PLA) supportable on a structure to be leveled. The PLA includes a PLA controller and a PLA receiver communicatively coupled with the PLA controller. The handheld mobile device includes a tilt sensor configured to sense an attitude of a selected surface on which the handheld mobile device is placed; an output device configured to provide an indication to a user; an input device configured to receive input from the user; a transmitter configured to send wireless signals to the PLA receiver; and a mobile device controller communicatively coupled to the tilt sensor, the output device, the input device, and the transmitter and configured to cause the output device to provide an indication of the sensed attitude of the selected surface.
US11105619B2	Measurement apparatus In order to improve the throughput performance and/or economy of a measurement apparatus, the present disclosure provides a metrology apparatus including: a first measuring apparatus; a second measuring apparatus; a first substrate stage configured to hold a first substrate and/or a second substrate; a second substrate stage configured to hold the first substrate and/or the second substrate; a first substrate handler configured to handle the first substrate and/or the second substrate; and a second substrate handler configured to handle the first substrate and/or the second substrate, wherein the first substrate is loaded from a first, second or third FOUP, wherein the second substrate is loaded from the first, second or third FOUP, wherein the first measuring apparatus is an alignment measuring apparatus, and wherein the second measuring apparatus is a level sensor, a film thickness measuring apparatus or a spectral reflectance measuring apparatus.
US11105618B2	Image-measuring apparatus without axial alignment and image-measuring method without axial alignment An image-measuring apparatus without axial alignment is configured to measure a workpiece. The image-measuring apparatus without axial alignment includes a rotating plate, a lighting unit, an image capturing unit, a central control unit and a rotary driving member. The workpiece is disposed on the rotating plate. The lighting unit is configured to generate a light beam to illuminate the workpiece to form a first workpiece blocking shadow area on the image capturing unit. The rotating plate and the workpiece are rotated through a rotational angle by the central control unit to form a second workpiece blocking shadow area on the image capturing unit. The central control unit calculates the first workpiece blocking shadow area and the second workpiece blocking shadow area to generate an axial position of the workpiece. There is a distance between an axial position of the rotating plate and the axial position of the workpiece.
US11105603B2	Bidirectional measuring head for dimensional and/or geometric checking of a mechanical piece Bidirectional measuring head (1) comprising: a stationary frame (12), a feeler (2), a kinematic motion assembly (13) which is supported by the stationary frame and carries the feeler to enable the feeler to move along two measuring directions (D1, D2) perpendicular to each other, and at least one position sensor (3a, 3b) that is mounted on the kinematic motion assembly and detects the position of the feeler along at least one measuring direction. The kinematic motion assembly has four columns, each of which runs perpendicular to the two measuring directions: a first column (14) is rigidly linked to the support frame, a second column (15) is adapted to translate along both measuring directions and supports the feeler, a third column (16) and a fourth column (7) each performs a displacement almost exclusively along one of the two measuring directions. The kinematic motion assembly may be a deformable mechanism. The kinematic motion assembly further comprises two balancing elements (60) each of which is hinged to the stationary frame so as to rotate around a rotation axis (33) perpendicular to the measuring directions and comprises one end which is mechanically constrained to the third column or the fourth column.
US11105602B2	Right-angle touch gauge A right angle touch gauge of the present application includes a fixing block, a floating column, a spring, a measuring column, a measuring sleeve and the like. In use, round head of top end of the floating column is in contact with bottom surface of work piece. The floating column is compressed downward when it touches high surface of the bottom surface of the work piece, the measuring column is compressed to right by matching lower cone of the floating column and left cone of the measuring column, and it may be found whether height difference between high surface and low surface of the bottom surface of the work piece is qualified by observing whether end edge of the right cylinder of the measuring column is placed between steps of right end surface of the measuring sleeve.
US11105599B2	Preloaded sabot system A sabot having an extended casing for containing propellant charge and a slotted top portion for securing a projectile. The propellant charge is ignited by gases that enter the lower portion of the sabot from a puncture developed by the mating of the sabot against a breech plug. The breech plug has a piercing component in the form of a sharpened forward edge to initiate puncture of the breech end of the sabot.
US11105586B2	Electronic firearm accessory with light source Firearm accessories and associated methods. A firearm accessory includes a mount for mounting the firearm accessory on a firearm. The mount can be adjustable to customize the mounting of the firearm accessory on the firearm. Electronic firearm accessories can include a longitudinally extending circuit structure having one or more electronic switches thereon facing laterally. A switch assembly can include a push member and a finger extending therefrom for actuating an associated electronic switch. Battery compartment features are also disclosed.
US11105579B2	Arrow rest assembly An arrow rest assembly and method are described herein. The arrow rest assembly, in an embodiment, includes a bow engagement portion configured to be mounted to an archery bow and an accessory support coupled to the bow engagement portion. The accessory support is configured to support an arrow rest accessory that has an arrow holder. The assembly includes an adjuster support, a driver engaged with the adjuster support, and a biaser coupled to the driver. The biaser is configured to generate a biasing force acting on the driver.
US11105578B1	Recoil exerciser An electric winch provides motive force, allowing the cannon to be pulled out of battery and returned to battery in a safe and controlled manner. After the system is attached to the large caliber weapon system, the operator can stand a safe distance away and control the complete operation with a remote. The recoil exerciser can be quickly attached to any large caliber weapon system via hooks and a wear-resistant sling.
US11105576B2	Machine gun infantry “KT-7.62” A machine gun has a barrel, a receiver assembly comprising a cover, a receiver base and a butt; lock frame comprising an extractor and a gas piston; bolt, return mainspring with guiding bar, gas piston tube, flash absorber, trigger mechanism, gunsight, butt sighting appliances, trigger pull and loading case. A barrel is made of a preform produced of steel doped with chromium, molybdenum and vanadium or chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, or chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and nickel. The barrel is coated inside and steel comprises the additional chemical elements.
US11105569B2	Heat exchanger spray tube A heat exchanger cleaning arrangement includes a spray tube array configured to be attached to a heat exchanger. The spray tube array includes at least one tube, a plurality of nozzles, and a connector. The plurality of nozzles is configured to port pressurized fluid from the at least one tube toward the heat exchanger. The connector is in operable communication with the spray bar array and is configured such that a pressurized fluid source can be attached to the connector for porting fluid from the pressurized fluid source to the plurality of nozzles.
US11105567B2	Thermal management assembly comprising bulk graphene material A thermal management assembly comprising a bulk graphene material and a metal-based coating layer disposed on opposing surfaces of the bulk graphene core material comprising an agent that is reactive with the graphene to form a carbide. The metal-based coating layer can serve as an outer layer of the assembly or can serve to bond the graphene to other materials encapsulating the graphene core. The metal-based coating layer with the reactive agent provides an assembly exhibiting excellent thermal conductivity properties and greatly improved thermal interface resistance.
US11105565B2	Heat exchanger assembly A heat exchanger assembly has a frame including: a plurality of legs; first and second lower transversal members extending perpendicular to and interconnecting the legs; a plurality of upstanding members extending upwardly from respective ones of the legs, a lower end of each upstanding member being connected to a corresponding leg at a junction therebetween; an upper transversal member interconnecting upper ends of the upstanding members; and an upper frame assembly. The frame components are weldlessly connected to one another. First and second heat exchanger panels exchange heat with air pulled into the heat exchanger assembly and are disposed in a V-configuration. An upper end of each heat exchanger panel is connected to upper retaining members of the upper frame assembly. A fan pulls air into the enclosed space of the heat exchanger assembly via at least one of the heat exchanger panels.
US11105547B2	Ice maker Disclosed is an ice making device that is able to selectively make ices having different transparencies from each other. The ice making device includes: an ice making chamber including an ice making container to accommodate ice making water therein; a cooler configured to supply cool air to the ice making chamber to cool the ice making water; an ice making fan configured to circulate the supplied cool air; an ice making heater configured to supply heat to the ice making water when the ice making water is cooled; and a controller configured to control at least one of the cooling unit, the ice making fan and the ice making heater to adjust a rate of change of temperature of the ice making container to generate one of two types of ice having different transparency.
US11105544B2	Variable orifice for a chiller A refrigerant circuit is disclosed. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion device, an economizer, a second expansion device, and an evaporator fluidly connected. A working fluid flows through the refrigerant circuit. A bypass segment is fluidly connected to the refrigerant circuit. A portion of the working fluid is provided from the refrigerant circuit to the bypass segment from a location in the refrigerant circuit disposed between the condenser and the evaporator with respect to flow of the working fluid. The portion of the working fluid flows through the bypass segment in a flow enabled state and is provided to a location in the refrigerant circuit disposed between the economizer and the evaporator with respect to flow of the working fluid. A vortical flow is induced at the location in the refrigerant circuit disposed between the economizer and the evaporator.
US11105541B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator may include a temperature sensor, a thermoelectric device module having a thermoelectric device, and at least one fan and configured to cool a storage compartment, and a controller that controls the output power of the thermoelectric device based on the temperature of the storage compartment, a set temperature, and the outside temperature. The output power of the thermoelectric device may be determined based on whether the temperature of the storage compartment is within a first temperature region including the set temperature, a second temperature region, or a third temperature region. In the first and second temperature regions, the thermoelectric device may operate at different output power and which gradually increases as the outside temperature increases. In the third temperature region, the thermoelectric device may operate at a third output power which exceeds the first output power and is greater than or equal to the second output power.
US11105538B2	Refrigeration cycle apparatus A condenser of a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a first passage, a second passage, and a joint. The first passage connects to the compressor at a first end and is constituted of, at a second end, a first flat heat transfer tube including a plurality of passages thereof. The second passage connects to the expansion device at a first end and is constituted of, at a second end, a second flat heat transfer tube including a plurality of passages thereof. The joint joins the first flat heat transfer tube and the second flat heat transfer tube and bends a flow of the hydrofluoroolefin-based refrigerant between the first flat heat transfer tube and the second flat heat transfer tube. A length of the second passage is equal to or shorter than a length of the first passage. The joint is provided, inside thereof, with a hollow portion.
US11105534B2	Condensing boiler employing evaporation device The purpose of the present invention is to provide a condensing boiler employing an eco-friendly evaporation device, in which condensed water generated in a latent heat exchanger is removed by using the evaporation device, so that the condensing boiler can be installed in a site without a processing facility for discharging condensed water and contribute to energy saving. For implementation thereof, the present invention comprises: a blower (110) for supplying a supply-air; a sensible heat exchanger (140) for absorbing combustion sensible heat generated in a combustion chamber (130) by combustion by a burner (120); a latent heat exchanger (150) for absorbing latent heat of steam included in combustion gas which has finished heat exchange in the heat sensible exchanger (140); and an evaporation device (160) which absorbs condensed water generated in the latent heat exchanger (150), and has an evaporation type humidifier (161) for evaporating and removing the absorbed condensed water by using air supplied from the blower (110).
US11105526B1	Safety shutdown systems and methods for LNG, crude oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other facilities Methods and systems for maintaining an atmosphere inside a habitat enclosing a work station and shutting down one, more than one, or all operational equipment inside and/or outside the habitat upon the occurrence of an adverse event. Concentrations of explosive, flammable, and/or poisonous gases or vapors are sensed, transmitted to a logic device, as are temperature, pressure, and/or humidity. HVAC units and air extraction units controlled by the logic device maintain acceptable pressure, temperature, and/or humidity. Any grit and dust may be extracted. Any explosive, flammable, and/or poisonous gases or vapors are extracted employing an emergency gas extraction sub-system controlled by the logic device. The logic device shuts down one, more than one, or all operational equipment inside and/or outside the habitat (for example as dictated by the client, law, or regulation) upon receiving one or more adverse event signals.
US11105523B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner including; an air flow path through which air flows; a plate having an air through hole installed in a downstream opening of the air flow path; and a humidifier disposed on the air flow path and capable of supplying vapor into the air flow path. The air flow path has a horizontal channel provided with the downstream opening and extending along a horizontal direction, and the humidifier is disposed on the horizontal channel. The humidifier includes a water storage tank opened upward to an inside of the horizontal channel, and a heater that heats the water in the storage tank. The air conditioner further includes a moisture absorption member that extends in an up and down direction, above a wall part of the storage tank on the side of the plate, or diagonally thereabove on the side of the plate.
US11105522B2	Air treatment systems An air mover for forcing air through the system, a pre-treating stage with a particulate filter for removing larger contaminants from the air and an antimicrobial (e.g., copper and silver) filter for killing or damaging microorganisms, a UV chamber including an ultraviolet lamp that emits radiation and a catalytic (e.g., TiO2-coated) device and a reflective (e.g., mirror-finish anodized aluminum) lining for amplifying the UV radiation for killing microorganisms, a post-UV stage including a VOC-reducing (e.g., activated-charcoal) filter for removing odors and VOCs from the air, and optionally a supply of a surface disinfectant (e.g., ClO2). In example embodiments, the UV lamps and VOC filters are selected and configured for controlling microbial pathogens, and in other example embodiments they are selected and configured for removing ethylene from the air.
US11105519B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner includes a chassis, a face frame over the chassis, an electric control box mounted at the face frame and located at a front portion of the face frame, and a panel configured to openably cover the front portion of the face frame and the electric control box. At least a portion of the electric control box is detachably connected to the face frame.
US11105513B2	Method and apparatus for controlling operation of range top coils for cooking A range has burner coil elements which have temperature switches as a portion of the replaceable coils. Upon reaching a predetermined temperature, the switch opens and power through the burner element is secured. The burner elements are preferably open coil units. Lowering the temperature in a cooking utensil below common ignition temperatures while still allowing boiling is an objective of many embodiments.
US11105511B2	Rotating detonation propulsion system A propulsion system includes at least one rotating detonation actuator comprising: a flow path extending from an inlet end to an outlet end; an inner wall defining a radially inner boundary of the flow path; an outer wall defining a radially outer boundary of the flow path; and at least one aircraft wing. The rotating detonation actuator is disposed in the aircraft wing. At least one rotating detonation wave travels through the flow path from the inlet end to the outlet end.
US11105501B2	High-chromium heat-resistant steel The present invention provides a high-chromium heat-resistant steel. The steel contains in mass %, C: 0.08% to 0.13%; Si: 0.15% to 0.45%; Mn: 0.1% to 1.0%; Ni: 0.01% to 0.5%; Cr: 10.0% to 11.5%; Mo: 0.3% to 0.6%; V: 0.10% to 0.25%; Nb: 0.01% to 0.06%; N: 0.015% to 0.07%; B: ≤0.005%, and Al: ≤0.04%. The balance consists of Fe and inevitable impurity elements. The steel shows a martensitic microstructure.
US11105498B2	Humid air turbine power, water extraction, and refrigeration cycle Various embodiments relate to combined heat and power (CHP) systems. A CHP system can include a turbine system, a turbocharger system, and a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system can receive combustion products from the turbine system and compressed air from the turbocharger system. The refrigeration system can cool the combustion products and the compressed air to generate a cooled combustion product mixture that is provided to the turbine system.
US11105497B1	Multifunctional track type lamp holder assembly A lamp holder assembly includes a support post, and a plurality of fixtures mounted on the support post. The support post includes a main body and a securing portion. The main body has a plurality of entrance slots. Each of the entrance slots has two limit grooves. Each of the fixtures includes a mounting head and a locking member. The locking member is inserted into each of the entrance slots and is introduced from each of the entrance slots into the two limit grooves of each of the entrance slots by rotation of each of the fixtures, and is locked in the two limit grooves of each of the entrance slots. The locking member is provided with two pressing pieces. When each of the fixtures is rotated, the pressing pieces are locked into the limit grooves of each of the entrance slots.
US11105485B2	LED lighting system in inflatable tower Disclosed is a lighting tower (100) with a Light Emitting Diode (LED) (106). The lighting tower (100) comprises a Base Unit (102), an inflatable balloon (104), a blower (108), and a stabilizing rod (114). The inflatable balloon (104) is coupled to the Base Unit (102). The LED array (106) coupled to a top end of the inflatable balloon (104) with inward facing of the LED (106) in the inflatable balloon (104). In one aspect, the blower (108) lifts up the inflatable balloon (104) with the LED array (106). In another aspect, the blower (108) simultaneously controls a temperature at a junction of the LED (106).
US11105481B2	Kinetic flame device An electric candle device that resembles a real was candle includes an outer shell with an uneven edge around the top of the outer shell. The device includes one or more light emitting elements positioned within a cavity inside the outer shell and that emit beams at a non-zero angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the electric lighting device to provide illumination from within the cavity in an upward direction and reaching above the top surface after passing through the opening. An optical element is positioned to receive light from the one or more light emitting elements and to direct the received light toward the top surface. The optical element has a focal point to change one or both of a size and direction of the light received prior to projecting the light in the direction of the top surface.
US11105480B2	Electronic lighting device and method for manufacturing same An electronic lighting device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The electronic lighting device includes an outer shell with a first opening at a top surface and a core contained within the outer shell. The core includes a left semicircular structure and a right semicircular structure arranged to form a circular shape that is aligned with the first opening at the top surface of the outer shell. The device includes a flame component positioned partially in the internal cavity. The device also includes a light emitting element disposed at least partially in a lighting element installation cradle on a sidewall of the core to hold the light emitting element at a non-zero angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the electronic lighting device to allow illumination of the flame component. The device further includes a control circuit to control an operation of the lighting emitting element.
US11105479B2	Electric lighting devices Various embodiments of electric lighting devices and, in particular, electric candles are described. The devices can include a flame element onto which light can be projected from a light source. Preferably, the light is projected within a focal area on the flame element. The housing of the devices can include projections that help maintain a vertical position of a circuit board within the housing.
US11105477B2	Stage light free from damage of sunlight A stage light free from damage of sunlight includes a light body and a control assembly, and a light avoiding system. When the light body is in a power-on state, the control assembly controls the light avoiding system not to work; and when the light body is in a power-off state, the control assembly controls the light avoiding system to implement a light avoiding action. According to the present invention, smart light avoiding according to a sunlight status can be achieved by means of a light avoiding system. The light avoiding system has advantages of a high automatic recognition level, a flexible access system, and being cost-effective and easy to implement.
US11105473B2	LED lamps with improved quality of light LED lamp systems having improved light quality are disclosed. The lamps emit more than 500 lm and more than 2% of the power in the spectral power distribution is emitted within a wavelength range from about 390 nm to about 430 nm.
US11105468B2	Method for operating a tank system The invention relates to a method for operating a tank system (10) comprising a number of at least two tanks (21, 22, 23, 24, 25), which are connected in parallel and which contain a gaseous substance, and in which an interior pressure (PX) prevails, for supplying a consumer unit (12), which requires a full load volume of the gaseous substance, wherein each tank (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) has a safety valve (31, 32, 33, 34, 35), which shuts down the tank if a flow volume of the gaseous material through the safety valve (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) exceeds a shut-off volume. If the interior pressure (PX) in at least one tank (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) falls below a first threshold, at least one other tank (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) that was previously shut down is connected.
US11105466B2	Method for setting the temperature and/or the pressure of fuel, in particular of hydrogen, in multiple pressure vessels of a vehicle to in each case one temperature setpoint value and/or in each case one pressure setpoint value before a filling process of the pressure vessels A method for adjusting temperature and/or pressure of fuel in a pressured container system of a vehicle to a respective temperature setpoint and/or a respective pressure setpoint before a process of filling the pressurized containers includes extracting fuel from a first pressurized container having a first temperature and a first pressure, to bring the first temperature and/or the first pressure of the fuel closer to the temperature setpoint and/or to the pressure setpoint of the first pressurized container. The method also includes supplying the extracted fuel to either a fuel conversion device to power the vehicle or into a second pressurized container, where fuel in the second pressurized container has a second temperature and a second pressure, to bring the second temperature and/or the second pressure of the fuel closer to the temperature setpoint and/or to the pressure setpoint of the second pressurized container. The temperature setpoints and/or the pressure setpoints are determined such that, without exceeding the respective maximum operating pressure and the respective maximum operating temperature of the respective pressurized container, the amount of fuel introduced from a single filling source by a process of filling the pressurized containers which is carried out at the same time and for the same length of time is maximized.
US11105460B1	Post mount The present disclosure is a post mount that has a fence post with a protrusion that expands a length of the fence post. Further, the post mount has a support stud that has one or more openings for receiving one or more fasteners and slot originating at a bottom of the support stud and terminating before the top of the support stud. The slot goes through the support stud from a front of the support stud and opening in a back of the support stud. The slot receives the protrusion.
US11105451B2	Heat transfer interruption for improved fire resistance/proof performance A fluid coupling includes a first adapter having at least one seal groove in an inner diameter surface of the first adapter, and at least one interruption in the inner diameter surface adjacent to the at least one seal groove. The fluid coupling may include a second adapter having an outer diameter surface engaging with at least a portion of the inner diameter surface of the first adapter to form a conductor path between the first adapter and the second adapter. The fluid coupling may further include at least one seal disposed in the at least one seal groove to provide a sealed connection between the first adapter and the second adapter. The at least one interruption may be configured to interrupt the conductor path in a region around the at least one seal.
US11105449B1	Conduit fitting device with internal ground Embodiments of the present invention are directed to conduit fittings with internal grounding capability. One expansion fitting allows for lengthwise expansion of an inner conduit utilizing an interior cylinder. The interior cylinder has a grounding portion that is conductive, and the grounding portion is electrically connected with a ground screw, Earth ground, or neutral ground. Another deflection fitting allows for angular deflection of connected conduits. The angular deflection fitting has an outer sleeve that is folded over an inner tube, and the outer sleeve is electrically connected with a ground screw, Earth ground, or neutral ground. Another expansion-deflection fitting shares the properties of the expansion fitting and the deflection fitting.
US11105443B2	Holder A holder for attaching a line to a support structure includes a fastening section, a side-part section, a closure section, and an engagement section. The fastening section has a perforation for passage of a fastening element and the fastening section has a receptacle for receiving a nose of a fastening tool.
US11105434B2	Flow rib in valves A valve can include a rib for improving flow, which can include improving a flow rating of the valve and improving the structural integrity of the valve. A valve can include a valve body, one or more inlets for allowing flow into the body, one or more outlets for allowing flow out of the body, one or more flow paths, and one or more ribs for routing fluid in a flow path. A valve can include an orifice fluidically between an inlet and an outlet and one or more ribs disposed upstream and/or downstream of the orifice. A valve can include one or more ribs in an inlet flow path, an outlet flow path or another flow path and a rib can be coupled between two or more portions of a valve.
US11105433B2	Pressure reducing-relieving valve An example valve includes: a plurality of ports comprising: (i) a first port, (ii) a second port configured to be fluidly coupled to a reservoir, and (iii) a third port configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fluid; a spool slidably accommodated in a sleeve; an annular chamber formed between the spool and the sleeve, wherein the annular chamber is fluidly coupled to the first port, and wherein a first flow area is formed between the spool and the sleeve to fluidly couple the annular chamber to the second port via the first flow area; and a solenoid coil, wherein when the solenoid coil is energized, a solenoid force the spool, thereby causing the spool to move, forming a second flow area between the spool and the sleeve to fluidly couple the third port to the annular chamber via the second flow area.
US11105425B2	Check valve flapper with reduced moment of inertia and method of making A check valve includes a valve seat defining an aperture and a seating surface. A flapper is a single homogeneous component having a contact surface and a filler portion. The flapper is pivotally movable relative to the valve seat between a valve closed position in which the contact surface is sealably engaged to the seating surface thereby occluding flow through the aperture, and a valve open position in which the contact surface is a distance from the seating surface. The filler portion has a plurality of voids such that a density of the flapper is lower than if the voids were not present. A method is also disclosed.
US11105424B2	Crowned anti-rotation device for circumferential seals An anti-rotation device is for a circumferential seal disposed within a housing and having an annular body and one or more openings with facing first and second sides. The device includes at least one and preferably a plurality of lugs each having a first axial end coupled with the housing, preferably through an annular carrier disposed within the housing, an opposing second axial end, inner and outer radial ends each extending axially between the first and second axial ends, and opposing first and second retainer surfaces extending axially between the first and second axial ends and radially between the inner and outer radial ends. At least one retainer surface is convexly curved and each lug is disposable within a seal opening such that the convexly curved retainer surface is contactable with one of the seal opening sides to prevent angular displacement of the seal with respect to the housing.
US11105421B2	Control device for vehicle and control method for vehicle A Controller constitutes a control device for a vehicle having an automatic transmission on which a shift-by-wire system is mounted. The controller changes display of an range indicator to N-range display after disengagement determination of an power transmission clutch is made when a shifting operation from a D range to a N range is performed.
US11105420B2	Anti-theft apparatus of shift lever for vehicle An anti-theft apparatus of a shift lever for a vehicle includes: a shift lever case having a shift lever which is connected with a shift cable and a mounting portion fixing a socket of the shift cable; and a mounting bracket which is detachably connected to the mounting portion to cover the mounting portion when the mounting bracket is mounted to the mounting portion, wherein the mounting bracket includes: a first end portion having a penetration hole through which the shift cable passes when the mounting bracket is mounted to the mounting portion; and a second end portion having an insert groove into which a part of the socket is inserted and in which fixing pins wrap the shift cable to limit a lateral movement of the shift cable.
US11105419B2	Transmission torque converter A valve body for an automotive transmission includes a pressure regulator valve in the casting for controlling oil pressure within the torque converter. The valve has a bore to provide fluid communication with an exhaust circuitry in the transmission when the valve is moved by oil pressure from a first position to a second position. The regulator valve prevents excessive pressure and damage from ballooning of the torque converter housing. In an alternative non-lockup torque converter, a check ball in a modified separator plate moves to open and close an oil path in the plate to thereby control oil pressure.
US11105414B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device controls operation of a vehicle provided with a transmission having a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position in accordance with a shift pattern, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that maintains a gear position as the direct gear while the vehicle travels in the forward travel segment, when a gear position of the transmission in the current travel segment is the overdrive gear and the forward gear position is the direct gear.
US11105410B2	Transmission device and oil guidance structure provided therein A transmission device is provided having a transmission housing, a gear set received in the transmission device having a first gear wheel, which is rotatable about a first gear wheel axis, and a second gear wheel, which engages the first gear wheel and is rotatable abut a second gear wheel axis. In a lateral region of the first gear wheel, there is an oil guidance structure, which is designed as a component produced separately from the transmission housing, and comprises an orifice segment extending radially to the first gear wheel axis, and extends at least in part about the first transmission axis and forms a first lateral surface facing the gear wheel, leaving an intermediate space.
US11105409B2	Method for setting pinion gear preload using ultrasonic equipment A method for assembling an axle assembly for a vehicle including that a pinion gear is inserted into a differential housing. The pinion gear having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The pinion gear further includes a gear head at the first end, external threads proximate the second end, and external splines located a first distance away from the second end. The method further includes that a flange is slid over the second end of the pinion gear. The flange including internal splines. The method also includes that the internal splines of the flange are engaged with the external splines of the pinion gear and the flange is anchored to prevent the flange and the pinion gear from rotating. The method may further include that ultrasonic sound waves are transmitted through the pinion gear and reflections of the ultrasonic sound waves are detected.
US11105403B2	Ball screw A ball screw adapted to detecting coolant liquid includes a screw, a nut, a plurality of sealing members, a sensor, a signal processing unit and a cover. The nut includes a main body and an end surface, and a through-hole and a flow channel are disposed on the main body. The nut is threadedly disposed on the screw via the through-hole. A plurality of openings are disposed on the end surface, and the openings communicate with the flow channel. The sealing members are disposed in the plurality of openings. The sensor is disposed on one of the sealing members to detect a pressure of the coolant liquid and output an original signal. The signal processing unit is electrically connected to the sensor to receive the original signal and convert the original signal to a digital signal. The cover is disposed on the sensor and fixed to the nut.
US11105400B2	Gearbox unit for a motor vehicle A gearbox unit for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a first wheel axle and a second wheel axle, with the second wheel axle being composed of at least one first sub-axle and one second sub-axle. Provided here are a first connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first sub-axle, a second connecting shaft, which is operatively connectible to the second sub-axle, as well as a coupling gearbox with a drive input shaft, which is operatively connectible to a drive assembly of the motor vehicle, and with a drive output shaft, which is operatively connectible to the first wheel axle, wherein, by way of the coupling gearbox, the drive input shaft is operatively connected to the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft in a torque-splitting manner.
US11105399B2	DCT for vehicle A dual-clutch transmission may include: a first input shaft and a second input shaft mounted concentrically to the first input shaft; a first clutch mounted to the first input shaft to selectively transmit power to the first input shaft; a second clutch mounted to the second input shaft to selectively transmit power to the second input shaft; a first output shaft and a second output shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft; an input shaft connection device provided to switch a power transmitting and a blocking state between the first input shaft and the second input shaft by use of a selection output shaft; a plurality of drive gears mounted on the first input shaft and the second input shaft; and a plurality of driven gears mounted on the first output shaft and the second output shaft engaged with the plurality of drive gears to form each shifting stage.
US11105394B2	Reducer of electric power steering apparatus According to electric power steering apparatuses of these embodiments, power of a motor is secondarily reduced and a torque is amplified by connecting a worm wheel and a steering shaft using a cycloid gear, a weight and a cost of the motor can be reduced, and various reduction ratios can be realized, and a secondary deduction structure can be realized while minimizing a change in the structure of an existing reducer.
US11105393B1	Quad lock release device A quick release device having four release mechanisms and two levels of safety. The device includes a locking cover secured overtop a tumbler release mechanism. The locking cover includes two latches in opposing relation that are circumferentially guarded and require simultaneous actuation to unlock the cover. The cover can be translated about the main body of the device to reveal the tumbler release mechanism. The tumbler release mechanism requires simultaneous actuation of opposing release pins to release a tumbler carrying a load. Upon release, the tumbler falls from the quick release device. The two levels of safety that each require simultaneous actuation of their respective release actuators all but eliminate the possibility of accidental release of the load from the device.
US11105390B2	Shock absorber with dry valving A replaceable valve includes a spring preload adjuster and a spring. The spring is configured to be positioned at a first side of the spring preload adjuster. The replaceable valve includes a valve cap positioned at a second, opposite side of the spring preload adjuster. The valve cap is configured to attach to a shock absorber.
US11105383B2	Drive train arrangement for a motor vehicle, and method for adapting a zero transition region of such a drive train arrangement A drive train arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one drive device, a start-up element arrangement, a gear drive arrangement, at least one driveshaft configured to drive drive wheels, an electronic operator control member configured to be operated, a torque control member, and a controller. The controller is configured to store torque regions for a change in load and to transmit a torque default value to the torque control member depending on an actuation of the electronic operator control member. The stored torque regions are zero transition regions with a zero transition starting point and a zero transition end point for covering all zero-load clearance regions. The controller is configured to adapt at least one respective zero transition region of at least one respective stored torque region.
US11105380B2	Wheel end disconnect system and method Methods and system are provided for locking a half shaft to a wheel hub to engage four wheel drive are disclosed. In one example, a wheel hub is locked to a half shaft via a radially expanding engagement mechanism. The radially expanding engagement mechanism is without grease and without springs.
US11105379B2	Joint arrangement A joint arrangement includes comprising a joint, a nut and an adapter unit. The joint has an inner hub, an outer hub, balls and a cage with recesses for the balls. The inner hub has a recess with an inner toothing for receiving a first shaft. A cavity of the joint arrangement located around the balls is closed on two end sides by a respective sealing device. The adapter unit includes a first adapter portion and a second adapter portion which cooperate to transmit torque across the joint arrangement to or from a second shaft.
US11105375B2	Retention system for bearing member A retention system for a bearing member includes a sleeve member and a retention member. The retention system includes an inner shoulder adapted to limit movement of the bearing member in at least one of a first axial direction and a second axial direction relative to the bore. The retention system includes an outer shoulder adapted to limit movement of at least one of the sleeve member and the retention member in at least one of the first axial direction and the second axial direction relative to the bore. The retention system includes a plurality of fasteners adapted to limit movement of each of the sleeve member and the retention member in at least one of the first axial direction and the second axial direction relative to the bore. Each of the sleeve member and the retention member is adapted to limit contact of the bearing member with the bore.
US11105369B2	Method of producing composite component having brass or bronze using sinter fit A method of forming a composite component having a brass or bronze powder metal portion sinter fit into a supporting, ferrous portion.
US11105367B2	Passive magnetic bearing and rotating machineries integrating said bearing, including energy production turbines An improved passive magnetic bearing (PMB) for rotating machineries and rotating machineries integrating the bearing are configured to counteract the three states dimensional forces applied on them when put in an operating environment having external forces. The improved PMB includes a first ring element having a Halbach array. A second ring element has first and second Halbach arrays extending angularly over respective regions of the second ring. Magnetic interaction from the Halbach array of the first ring with the first and second Halbach arrays of the second ring when the rings are positioned relative each other within an axial operating range defines a combined force curve. This curve can have an axial component matching a predetermined target axial force curve and a radial component matching a predetermined target radial force. In one application, one or more passive magnetic bearings can be integrated in energy producing turbines, whereby the axial component of the force counteracts flow force in a torque generating direction and the radial component counteracts gravitational forces.
US11105351B2	Agricultural baler with hydraulic flow controller A hydraulic system for an agricultural baler includes: a hydraulic motor; a hydraulically driven component fluidly coupled to the hydraulic motor such that fluid flow between the hydraulic motor and the hydraulically driven component causes the hydraulically driven component to move between a first position and a second position; a flow sensor associated with the hydraulically driven component; and a controller operatively coupled to the flow sensor and the hydraulic motor. The controller is configured to: enter a learning mode to learn a driven movement of the hydraulically driven component from the first position to the second position; determine fluid flow between the hydraulic motor and the hydraulically driven component during the driven movement while in the learning mode; associate the determined fluid flow with the driven movement; and output control signals to the hydraulic motor to reproduce the associated fluid flow and reproduce the driven movement.
US11105345B2	Fluid exchange devices and related systems, and methods Devices and systems for exchanging properties between at least two fluid streams and related methods may include a valve device comprising a valve actuator configured to move at variable rates in order to selectively fill and empty at least one tank. Devices for exchanging properties between at least two fluid streams may include a valve device comprising offset openings positioned along a path of a valve actuator. The offset openings may be configured to selectively and gradually place an inlet in communication with at least one tank.
US11105344B2	Aerofoil An aerofoil component (10) defining an in use leading edge (16) and a trailing edge (18), the leading edge (16) comprising at least one serration (22) defining a sawtooth profile projecting in a generally upstream direction, each serration (22) comprising a plurality of rectangular-wave projections (26) extending in an upstream chordwise direction from the sawtooth profile.
US11105340B2	Thermal management system for an electric propulsion engine A propulsion system for an aircraft includes an electric propulsion engine configured to be mounted at an aft end of the aircraft. The electric propulsion engine includes an electric motor and a fan rotatable about a central axis, the fan driven by the electric motor. The electric propulsion system additionally includes a cooling system operable with an airflow over the aft end the aircraft when the electric propulsion system is mounted to the aircraft. The cooling system is configured to cool the electric motor during operation of the electric propulsion engine.
US11105334B2	Dual volute coolant pump Methods and systems are provided for a coolant pump. In one example, the coolant pump may be a dual-volute coolant pump with an impeller driving circulation of coolant through the pump and a seal disposed around a shaft of the impeller. A set of anti-vortex structures may be arranged within an inner chamber of the pump, the structures generating a pressure differential in the inner chamber that drives a cross-flow of coolant, thereby convectively cooling the seal.
US11105332B2	Scroll compressor having stable back pressure chamber with sealing members A scroll compressor is provided, comprising: a compression mechanism comprising a non-orbiting scroll member and an orbiting scroll member, wherein the orbiting scroll member is axially displaceable between an engagement position and a disengagement position; a main bearing housing adapted to support the compression mechanism; a back pressure chamber formed between the orbiting scroll member and the main bearing housing, wherein the back pressure chamber is in communication with at least one of the compression chambers via a communication passage provided in the orbiting scroll member or the non-orbiting scroll member and is adapted to apply a back pressure to the orbiting scroll member to bias the orbiting scroll member toward the engagement position; and a first sealing means provided between the back pressure chamber and a suction zone of the compression mechanism and capable of maintaining sealing when the orbiting scroll member is axially displaced.
US11105328B2	Suction cover assembly for reciprocating pumps A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump includes a suction cover nut having a nut face and a thread configured to threadably connect the suction cover nut to a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover assembly includes a suction cover having a cover face. The suction cover is configured to be held by the fluid cylinder such that the cover face opposes the nut face of the suction cover nut. The suction cover includes first and second seals having a leakage trap defined therebetween. The leakage trap is configured to trap leakage pressure during operation of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover includes at least one leakage channel that is configured to channel the leakage pressure from the leakage trap to an interface between the cover face and the nut face.
US11105322B2	Direct drive pump assemblies Disclosed are embodiments of a pumping system with connectable and disconnectable pumping assemblies coupled to suction and discharge manifolds. In an embodiment, the pumping system includes a pulsation dampening assembly including a variable volume chamber fluidly coupled to the discharge manifold. In addition, the pumping system includes a controller coupled to the pumping assemblies. The controller is configured to detect a pressure pulsation based on a measurement from at least one of the pressure sensors, and is configured to adjust the rotational speed of the driver of at least one of the pump assemblies. In addition, the controller is configured to adjust a volume of the variable volume chamber of the pulsation dampening assembly based at least in part on the measurement from the at least one of the pressure sensors.
US11105321B2	Plunger pump having a rotatable plunger with cut face disposed in a cylinder wherein the cylinder includes a main body and a spacer section with the spacer section having a greater length in an axial direction than the maximum stroke length of the plunger Plunger pump includes cylinder having inside cylinder chamber; plunger disposed in cylinder to be relatively movable forward and backward to cylinder chamber so outer plunger's circumferential face is in slide contact with cylinder's inner circumferential face, and having cut face on distal end's outer periphery; and suction and discharge ports provided to cylinder to communicate with cylinder chamber, plunger pump transferring fluid by reciprocating plunger in axial direction while rotating plunger relative to cylinder chamber to let suction and discharges ports alternately communicate with cylinder chamber, wherein cylinder includes cylinder main body and spacer section being disposed in cylinder main body's inner portion of proximal end side, and sliding against plunger's portion closer to proximal end side than portion of plunger advancing and retracting into cylinder chamber, and plunger pump further includes seal section provided on cylinder's proximal end side for sealing cylinder main body, plunger and spacer section.
US11105310B2	Control device A control device includes an engine starting unit that starts an engine on a condition that a first voltage is supplied, an engine control unit that controls an operation of the engine starting unit, and a transmission control unit that drives a transmission on a condition that a second voltage, which is higher than the first voltage, is supplied. The transmission control unit sends an engine start permission signal to the engine control unit in a case where a voltage of power supplied from a battery is the second voltage or higher, and the engine control unit permits the engine starting unit to start the engine on a condition that the engine control unit receives the engine start permission signal.
US11105299B2	Highly accurate continuous-flow vaporized fuel supply for large dynamic power ranges Methods and systems for accurate and precise fuel supply control for continuous-flow of gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine over a large dynamic power range, including a dual-stage valve that allows optimal control—a first stage in the form of a voice-coil driven electronic pressure regulator, and a second stage in the form of a voice-coil-driven choked-flow valve; monitoring the pressure of the fuel intermediate the two stages and making appropriate adjustments to the first stage via a pressure actuator loop; feeding the gaseous fuel mixture through a unitary block assembly into the second stage; monitoring the pressure of the air/fuel mixture and making appropriate adjustments to the second stage via a valve actuator control loop.
US11105298B2	Pogo effect correction system A pogo effect corrector system for a liquid propellant feed system of a rocket engine includes a liquid propellant feed pipe portion, and a hydraulic accumulator including a tank connected firstly to the feed pipe portion firstly via at least one take-off passage opening out into a take-off segment of the feed pipe portion, and secondly via at least one rejection passage opening out into the tank at an intermediate level lying between the at least one take-off passage and the top of the tank, wherein the feed pipe portion possesses a constriction segment where the flow section of the feed pipeline portion is less than the flow section of the take-off segment, and wherein at least one rejection passage opens out into the feed pipeline portion in the constriction segment.
US11105294B2	Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cylinder, a cooling jacket arrangement with a first cooling jacket arranged in the region of a longitudinal central plane of the cylinder head, a second cooling jacket facing a fire deck of the cylinder head, and a third cooling jacket facing away from the fire deck, wherein the first cooling jacket and the second cooling jacket are flow connected to the third cooling jacket via at least one first transfer section and at least one second transfer section respectively.
US11105288B1	Engine warmup on pedal-start vehicle A method for cold engine starting in a pedal-start vehicle that comprises determining an ICE temperature value of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle upon starting the engine via depression of an accelerator, then comparing the ICE temperature value to a predetermined ICE temperature threshold value. Thereafter, when the ICE temperature value is below a predetermined ICE threshold value, controlling operation of the engine such that an RPM of the internal combustion engine remains within a predetermined idle RPM range for a predetermined amount of time, regardless of throttle control commands from the accelerator pedal of the vehicle, or when the ICE temperature value is equal to or greater than the predetermined ICE threshold value, or controlling operation of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the throttle control commands from the accelerator pedal.
US11105286B2	Systems and methods for predictive and automatic engine stop-start control In some embodiments of the present disclosure, sensors mounted on a vehicle can allow opportunities for coasting to be predicted based on environmental conditions, route planning information, and/or vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure signaling. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, these sensors can also predict a need for power and/or an end of a coast opportunity. These predictions can allow the vehicle to automatically enter a coasting state, and can predictively re-engage the engine and/or powertrain in order to make power available with no delay when desired by the operator.
US11105281B2	Marine engine Provided is a marine engine, including: an air controller configured to supply compressed air to a combustion chamber in an upstroke of a piston after a crash astern signal is output; a fuel controller configured to stop supply of fuel to the combustion chamber when the crash astern signal is output, and to resume the supply of the fuel after a backward rotation of a crankshaft; and a compression ratio controller configured to move a top dead center position of the piston toward an opposite side of a bottom dead center position of the piston when the crash astern signal is output, and the top dead center position of the piston is on the bottom dead center position side with respect to a predetermined position set in advance.
US11105279B2	On-demand generator starting system An on-demand generator starting system and method is disclosed. The generator starting system is included as part of a standby or portable generator that includes one or more outlets that provide electrical power to an electrical device. The operating system includes a generator controller that monitors for a request for power from the electrical device connected to the outlet. When the control circuit of the generator controller determines that electric power is required from the generator, the control circuit initiates operation of the internal combustion engine. After the internal combustion engine starts, the control circuit operates a relay to provide power from the generator to the outlet of the generator. When the electrical device is no longer operating, the control circuit of the generator controller terminates operation of the internal combustion engine of the generator. In this manner, the generator operates only when the electrical device is requesting electrical power.
US11105274B1	Exhaust valve device for vehicle An exhaust valve device for a vehicle includes: a valve element 7 axially supported by a rotating shaft 5 in a bore 4 of a valve body 3 produced through casting; sealing projections 21 and 22 integrally formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to follow one side portion 7a and the other side portion 7b of an outer circumferential edge of the valve element 7 at a fully closed position; sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22, the right side portion 7a and the left side portion 7b of the valve element 7 at the fully closed position abutting respectively on the sealing surfaces; R-shaped corners 21b and 22b formed between the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 and the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a; and diameter enlarged portions 25 formed in the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to enlarge the bore 4 that are adjacent respectively to the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22 and correspond to lengths of the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a, and the valve element 7 has an outer shape enlarged to correspond to a height of the corners 21b and 22b on an outer circumferential side with formation of the diameter enlarged portions 25 at the fully closed position.
US11105268B2	Fuel polishing system for test cells Systems and methods for providing an automatic fuel polishing and on-demand fuel delivery for one or more gas turbine engine test cells are provided. The system can have a polishing loop that can continuously polish fuel. The polishing loop can have at least a fuel storage tank, a pump assembly, a filtration system, and a flow meter. The system can also have fuel delivery path coupled to the polishing loop at a three way junction. The three way junction can enable the continuous polishing loop when no test cells are operating. Upon initiation of one or more test cells, the delivery path can draw fuel from the polishing loop via the three way junction for use by the test cells. The flow meter can measure a corresponding drop in flow within the polishing loop and cause an increase in flow by the pump assembly.
US11105266B2	System for providing mobile power The present invention discloses a system for providing mobile power, in which all equipment required for the mobile power are integrated on three transport vehicles, which can be combined for transport as a whole, greatly reducing the connection time required for field operations, with flexible combinations and wider applicability. An exhaust system can be flexibly connected to the side or the top. An air intake system, a gas turbine engine and a generator are connected at the same axial direction, avoiding unnecessary elbows, with small intake pressure losses and a stable flow direction.
US11105265B2	Supplemental cooling air for turbine exhaust components and surfaces A supplemental cooling air system for a turbine engine may comprise a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, and an electric motor operatively coupled to the compressor and configured to drive the compressor. The inlet may receive air from at least one of a freestream flow path, a bypass flow path, or an engine bay. The outlet may supply the air to at least a portion of the turbine engine for cooling.
US11105259B2	Turbo-electric turbo-compounding method Exhaust gases from an engine, input to turbo-compounder, drive a bladed turbine rotor therein, which drives a multi-phase AC generator, the output of which is used to electrically drive a multi-phase induction motor, the rotor of which is mechanically coupled to the engine, so as to provide for recovering power to the engine. The multi-phase AC generator may be coupled to the engine either by closure of a contactor, engagement of an electrically-controlled clutch, or by control of either a solid-state switching or control system or an AC excitation signal, when the frequency (fGENERATOR) of the multi-phase AC generator meets or exceeds that (fMOTOR) of the multi-phase induction motor.
US11105253B2	Coolant heating apparatus for electric vehicle A coolant heating apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a sheath heater formed in a coil form at a center side of the coolant heating apparatus; one or more inner tubes, one of which has an inlet formed at one side thereof for introduction of coolant, the one or more inner tubes being arranged to surround the sheath heater or to be surrounded by the sheath heater, and the one or more inner tubes having a plurality of through-holes formed on respective outer peripheral surfaces thereof so that the coolant introduced into the inlet is discharged through the through-holes; and an outer tube surrounding the sheath heater and the one or more inner tubes and having an outlet formed at one side thereof so that the coolant heated by the sheath heater is introduced through the through-holes of the one or more inner tubes and is discharged through the outlet.
US11105252B2	Cooling apparatus of piston and control method thereof A cooling apparatus of a piston according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a piston configured to be formed with a cooling gallery, an inlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, and an outlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, therein, a first oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the inlet, and a second oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the outlet.
US11105249B2	Exhaust assembly temperature regulation An exhaust assembly includes an exhaust tube and a coolant passage. The exhaust tube is oriented about an axis and an exhaust gas is configured to flow through the exhaust tube in a direction away from an end of the exhaust tube. The coolant passage is oriented about the axis radially outward of the exhaust tube, the coolant passage having an inner shell and an outer shell. The end of the exhaust tube includes one or more holes permitting exhaust gas to flow around the end of the exhaust tube between an outer wall of the exhaust tube and the inner shell of the coolant passage to regulate a temperature of the inner shell of the coolant passage.
US11105243B2	Exhaust heat recovery apparatus A housing has a heat exchange flow passage which branches from the main exhaust gas flow passage and converges to the main exhaust gas flow passage through the heat exchanger. The valve has a valve pipe constituting the main exhaust gas flow passage in the exhaust pipe and a valve body which rotates to contact a seat part downstream of the valve pipe in an exhaust gas flow direction such that the exhaust gas flows to the heat exchange flow passage. An out port of the heat exchange flow passage which converges to the main exhaust gas flow passage is disposed upstream of a downstream side distal end of the valve pipe in the exhaust gas flow direction, and the downstream side distal end of the valve pipe in the exhaust gas flow direction is disposed upstream of a downstream side distal end of the heat exchanger in the exhaust gas flow direction.
US11105240B2	Systems and methods for controlling a shut-off valve of a dosing control system A dosing control system includes a shut-off valve, a reductant pump, a reductant injector, and a recirculation conduit. The shut-off valve is configured to receive reductant from a reductant tank. The reductant pump is configured to selectively receive the reductant from the shut-off valve. The reductant pump is configured to selectively be in a reductant pump command state. The reductant injector is configured to selectively receive the reductant from the reductant pump. The recirculation conduit is coupled to the reductant injector and the reductant tank. The recirculation conduit is configured to selectively provide the reductant from the reductant injector to the reductant tank. The shut-off valve is configured to prevent a flow of the reductant to the reductant pump when the reductant pump is not in the reductant pump command state.
US11105239B2	Exhaust component with a helical heater An exhaust component assembly includes a housing defining an internal passage for engine exhaust gas, at least one exhaust gas aftertreatment component within the internal passage, and at least one heater to heat the engine exhaust gas. The heater comprises a helical-shaped element with a surface that spirals about an axis for a predetermined length.
US11105238B2	Device for screening NOX sensor A device for screening a NOx sensor provided on a front end of a tail pipe includes a screen, a screen rotating shaft to which the screen is fixed and having a screen lever, a first fixed shaft having a second end that is coupled to or separated from a first end of the screen rotating shaft, and an axial side extension part with a temperature sensitive length extension and contraction part that is opposite to the screen lever, a second fixed shaft having a return spring, a rotary stopper coupled to the screen rotating shaft, and a first fixing plate located inside the front end of the tail pipe and deformed to fix the rotary stopper or to pass the fixed rotary stopper in an opposite direction, wherein each of the first end and the second end is inclined to a side.
US11105230B2	Compression release type engine brake and operating method for the same An compression-release engine brake opens an exhaust valve at an end of a compression stroke for performing braking function. The compression-release engine brake includes: an exhaust cam including a main cam lobe and a brake cam lobe, an exhaust rocker arm including a roller mounted on one end of the exhaust rocker arm contacting or not contacting the exhaust cam and rotating around a rocker arm shaft by rotation of the exhaust cam, a valve bridge disposed at the other end of the exhaust rocker arm and connected with a pair of exhaust valves, and a reset module disposed between the exhaust rocker arm and valve bridge, contacting the roller with the brake cam lobe according to being suppled of engine brake oil, and exhausting the engine brake oil after opening the exhaust valve by rotation of the exhaust cam.
US11105218B2	Compressor with variable compressor inlet A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.
US11105216B2	Method of manufacturing a component of a turbomachine, component of a turbomachine and turbomachine The component of the turbomachine comprises a body of the component, a bond layer covering a base surface of the body, and a top layer covering the bond layer and made of abradable ceramic material. The base surface of the component has patterned protrusions and, through two covering steps used for forming the bond layer and the top layer, also the top surface of the component has patterned protrusions. The pattern protrusions of the base surface may be obtained in different ways, for example casting, milling, grinding, electric discharge machining or additive manufacturing. The patterned protrusions belong to an abradable seal of the turbomachine, and may be shaped and sized to maintain specified clearances and to reduce flow of a working fluid within turbomachinery equipment and/or it's components.
US11105212B2	Gas turbine engines including tangential on-board injectors and methods for manufacturing the same Disclosed is a tangential on-board injector (TOBI) system that includes an annulus and a plurality of cooling airflow passages disposed about the annulus. Each cooling airflow passage of the plurality of cooling airflow passages includes an inlet opening having a polygonal inlet cross-section, the inlet opening having an inlet cross-sectional area. Each cooling airflow passage of the plurality of cooling airflow passages further includes an outlet opening having an outlet cross-section and an outlet cross-sectional area. The inlet cross-sectional area is greater in magnitude than the outlet cross-sectional area. Also disclosed are additive manufacturing methods for manufacturing the tangential on-board injector system and gas turbine engines that incorporate the tangential on-board injector system.
US11105204B2	Turbine assembly Turbine and other bladed disc assemblies and associated methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a turbine assembly includes a rotor and a turbine disc secured to the rotor via a nut and a deformable retainer. The nut is threadably engaged with the rotor to secure the turbine disc to the rotor. The retainer is deformed to co-operatingly engage with a periphery of the nut and configured to hinder rotation of the nut relative to the rotor.
US11105199B2	System and method for supporting sidewalls or ribs in coal mines A cuttable, sinkable mining bolt system for use in supporting the sidewall or rib in a coal mine. A bearing plate has a plurality of hollow cores defined transaxially therein and a central hole defined axially therethrough, the bearing plate made of modified recycled, rigid PVC compound. A fiberglass bolt is adapted to be inserted through the central hole of bearing plate. Bolt is one-piece consisting of glass fiber reinforced plastic. Head component includes a square head and integral, beveled washer for self-centering in the bearing plate as rod component is driven into rib. Bearing plates are adapted to sink into a refuse stream. Hollow cores of bearing plate reduce the material and thus the weight and expense of the bearing plate while still allowing the bearing plates to sink. Optionally, rod components can be inserted transaxially through the hollow cores to increase the strength and coverage of the system.
US11105192B1	Variable build motor A variable build motor downhole tool allows changing the build rate in a directional drilling operation without pulling the drill string from the hole and replacing a fixed build sub in the drill string. A pad can be extended upon command to increase the build rate and retracted upon command to decrease the build rate. The pad is mounted on an insert disposed within an outer housing and extends outwardly through the outer housing by action of one or more pistons. Electronics housed in the variable build motor tool are used to receive commands from uphole and cause the pistons to extend, forcing the pad outward to increase the build rate.

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