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US11557876B2	Semiconductor laser A semiconductor laser is provided with: an active layer that excites a transverse electric (TE) mode and a transverse magnetic (TM) mode of light and constitutes at least a part of a resonator guiding the TE mode and the TM mode of light; and a diffraction grating as a frequency difference setting structure that sets the difference in oscillation frequency between the TE mode and the TM mode of light higher than a relaxation-oscillation frequency.
US11557872B2	Multi-wavelength sources based on parametric amplification Fiber optic amplification includes a photonic crystal fiber coupled to a pump laser through a first coupler. The pump laser emits a first electromagnetic radiation wave into the photonic crystal fiber at a first oscillation frequency and a second electromagnetic radiation wave into the photonic crystal fiber at a second oscillation frequency equaling the first oscillation frequency. The first and second electromagnetic radiation waves interact to generate a signal comprising an electromagnetic radiation wave at a third oscillation frequency and an idler comprising a fourth electromagnetic radiation wave at a fourth oscillation frequency to be generated and amplified through parametric amplification. Parametric amplification is achieved by four wave mixing. The photonic crystal fiber emits a parametric output signal based on the four wave mixing. A nonlinear crystal frequency doubles the parametric output signal through second-harmonic generation.
US11557869B2	Combined power socket for artificial tree The present invention provides a combined power socket for artificial trees. The combined power socket includes a first socket and a second socket which are capable of supplying control signals to light strings on the artificial trees in addition to power supply, thus can realize the intelligent control of light strings. Furthermore, the first socket and a second socket can be connected in two directions without considering the positive and negative poles of the power supply. The product assembly is simpler and more convenient.
US11557867B2	Modular electrical connector with coils providing electromagnetic shielding A modular connector includes a housing, a circuit board located in the housing, a connector assembly connected to the circuit board, and a coil module mounted to the circuit board. The connector assembly includes a number of conductive terminals. The coil module includes a first coil module and a second coil module. The first coil module includes a number of first coils and a number of first coil groups. The second coil module includes a second coil. The second coil is divided into a number of second coil groups along its circumference. The first coil groups and corresponding second coil groups are coupled, thereby improving the electromagnetic shielding effect of the modular connector.
US11557866B2	Electrical connector and a partition thereof A partition of an electrical connector has a body and two extensions. The body has two outer sides opposite to each other. The extensions respectively connected to the outer sides of the body. Each of the extensions has a first bent leg, a second bent leg and an axis Each of the extensions is bent along the axis to stack the second bent leg on the first bent leg. Therefore, the thickness of the partition is increased to enhance the structure of the tongue, so that the stability of the electrical connector is enhanced.
US11557855B2	Low profile angled connector An electrical connector assembly having a first electrical connector or header including a base and a shroud extending therefrom. The shroud defines a first opening arranged opposite the base and a second lateral opening defined between two ends thereof. A second or mating connector of the assembly includes a mating end received within the first opening of the shroud in an insertion direction. A body of the second electrical connector is received within the second lateral opening of the shroud and includes a pair of covers or hoods with channels for receiving and mechanically joining the two ends of the shroud.
US11557854B2	Electric cable assembly An electric cable assembly includes an electric cable having a cable jacket and one or more electrical wires extending through the cable jacket, the cable jacket defining one or more retention structures arranged at an outer surface of the cable jacket; and a sleeve adapted to connect to an electrical connector and surrounding the cable jacket in an area outside the electrical connector, the sleeve including one or more engagement structures engaged with the one or more retention structures, where the engagement of the one or more retention structures with the one or more engagement structures facilitates a retention of the sleeve with the cable jacket.
US11557848B2	High-density connector An electrical connector assembly includes a female connector, which includes a female connector housing defining a cavity having an hourglass shape and a first array of electrically-conductive pins disposed within the cavity. The electrical connector assembly further includes a male connector that includes a male connector housing having an hourglass-shaped protrusion dimensioned to be inserted into and fit tightly within the cavity and a second array of electrically-conductive sockets, which are contained within the protrusion and are dimensioned and aligned so that upon insertion of the protrusion into the cavity, each of the pins is introduced into and makes electrical contact with a respective one of the sockets.
US11557845B2	Modular plug-in connector system The invention relates to a plug-in connector, substantially consisting of an insulating body and at least one contact element which is mounted directly in the insulating body, wherein the insulating body directly forms the plug-in connector housing of the plug-in connector. The plug-in connector is of particularly simple construction and can therefore be manufactured quickly. In addition, the plug-in connector is of very robust design and suitable for industrial use, in particular in harsh environments.
US11557844B2	Terminal, electric wire with terminal using the terminal, and electric connection member A terminal includes a conductor connecting part, a terminal connecting part, and a graphene film. When a first metal material and a third metal material forming a conductor of an electric wire have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a first surface and the conductor of the electric wire when the conductor of the electric wire is electrically connected to the conductor connecting part. When a second metal material and a fourth metal material forming a surface of an opposite terminal have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a second surface and the surface of the opposite terminal when the opposite terminal is electrically connected to the terminal connecting part.
US11557843B2	Phased array antenna system Disclosed herein is a phased array antenna system that includes: a first array of antenna elements having a first and second antenna element; a second array of antenna elements having a third and fourth antenna element; a beamforming integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the first and second arrays; and a set of transmission lines coupling the beamforming IC to the first and second arrays. The first and second arrays are parallel to and facing in opposite directions of each other. The set of transmission lines is configured to delay radio frequency (RF) signals from the beamforming IC to first and third antenna elements.
US11557841B2	Metallized dielectric waveguide Described are a dielectric conductor arrangement, a method for producing the conductor arrangement, a level radar and a use of the conductor arrangement. The conductor arrangement has a dielectric conductor core made of a solid. Furthermore, the conductor arrangement has a coating 30 which, at least in sections, surrounds the entire circumference of the conductor core without a gap and which consists of a thin conductive layer.
US11557839B2	Double frequency vertical polarization antenna and television Disclosed are a double frequency vertical polarization antenna and a television. The double frequency vertical polarization antenna includes a dielectric substrate, and the dielectric substrate includes a power feeding surface and a mounting surface arranged oppositely. The double frequency vertical polarization antenna further includes a power feeder and an antenna part. The power feeder is provided on the power feeding surface of the dielectric substrate, and the antenna part is provided on the mounting surface of the dielectric substrate. The antenna part includes a high-frequency radiation unit and a low-frequency radiation unit spaced apart from each other. Both the high-frequency radiation unit and the low-frequency radiation unit are penetrated through the dielectric substrate and electrically connected to the power feeder.
US11557838B2	Liquid crystal phase shifter and antenna where effective lengths are different between an input feed terminal and multiple output feed terminals Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal phase shifter and an antenna, which relate to the field of electromagnetic waves and can adjust carrier frequencies applicable to the liquid crystal phase shifter, improving compatibility of the liquid crystal phase shifter. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes at least one phase-shifting unit. The phase-shifting unit includes a microstrip line and a phase-controlled electrode, the microstrip line includes a plurality of sub-microstrip lines, each sub-microstrip line includes two ends and a transmission portion connected between the two ends, and any two adjacent sub-microstrip lines share one end. The phase-shifting unit further includes feed terminals located on a side of the first substrate facing away from the second substrate or on a side of the second substrate facing away from the first substrate, and each of the feed terminals overlaps the corresponding end respectively.
US11557835B2	Apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency signals and method of operating such apparatus Apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency, RF, signals, particularly for a mobile radio device for a wireless communications system, particularly a cellular communications system, said apparatus comprising a primary antenna module having a first radiation pattern, at least one secondary antenna module having a second radiation pattern, which is different from said first radiation pattern, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate said primary antenna module and/or said at least one secondary antenna module.
US11557829B2	Base station antenna The present invention relates to a base station antenna. The base station antenna comprises: a reflector that is configured to provide a ground plane; a first radiating element array including at least one first cross-polarized radiating element that is arranged on the reflector; and a first parasitic element array including first through third parasitic element pairs, wherein each of the first through third parasitic element pairs includes a pair of parasitic elements that are arranged substantially symmetrically on both sides of the first longitudinal axis, and distances from the first through third parasitic element pairs respectively to the first longitudinal axis increase sequentially, wherein projections of any two of the first parasitic element pair, the second parasitic element pair, the third parasitic element pair, and the at least one first cross-polarized radiating element on the first longitudinal axis at least partly overlap.
US11557813B2	System and method for separating battery components A system and method for separating battery components provides for the separation of batteries into their individual layers of anodes, cathodes, first polymer separator layers, and second polymer separator layers. A battery casing of a battery is cut to uncover a battery cell core, which is then washed to remove an electrolyte therefrom. An outer wrapping layer of the washed battery cell core is cut to form an open loose end, and the open loose end is engaged by first and second rollers to unroll a laminate therefrom. The laminate includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, a first polymer separator layer, and a second polymer separator layer. The laminate is then separated into the cathode layer, the anode layer, the first polymer separator layer, and the second polymer separator layer with the first roller, the second roller, a third roller, and a fourth roller. Each layer is then collected.
US11557810B2	Battery cell having main gas discharge tube and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a battery cell. The battery cell comprises: an electrode assembly provided with an electrode tab; a case which accommodates the electrode assembly and of which at least a portion of an edge is sealed to provide a sealing surface; an electrode lead coupled to the electrode tab and led out of the case; a lead film disposed on each of top and bottom surfaces of the lead electrode disposed on the sealing surface of the case and coupled together with the sealing surface; and a main gas discharge tube disposed in the case and having one end buried in the lead film.
US11557809B2	Battery pack A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction; a holder, the holder including terminal holes exposing terminals of the battery cells, and pairs of first plates separated from each other between adjacent terminal holes and pairs of elastic pieces that are bent from the pairs of first plates in opposite directions along the first direction; and bus bars, each of the bus bars including coupling portions at opposite sides thereof and coupled to adjacent terminal holes, and a central bent portion connecting the coupling portions and extending around corresponding pairs of elastic pieces to surround the corresponding pairs of elastic pieces.
US11557808B2	Battery module, battery rack including battery module, and energy storage system including battery rack A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells and having inner cooling channels formed at both sides of the plurality of battery cells. At least one opening is provided at both side surfaces of the module case to face the inner cooling channels of the module case and a pair of film members is mounted to both side surfaces of the module case to cover the at least one opening, the pair of film members being melted over a predetermined temperature to open the at least one opening.
US11557807B2	Battery module Discussed is a battery module including a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries, each including an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, and a pouch exterior and arranged in a left-and-right direction while standing in an up-and-down direction and a cooling plate including a thermally conductive material, arranged under the plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries while lying in a horizontal direction, and having an upper surface to which lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached and fixed, wherein the lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached and fixed to the upper surface of the cooling plate via an adhesive, and the cooling plate includes an accommodation groove recessed downwards in portions of the cooling plate, to which the lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached, and configured to accommodate at least a portion of the adhesive.
US11557805B2	Battery pack A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a battery cell assembly including at least a battery cell, a heat dissipation member, and a plate member; and an exterior case. The heat dissipation member and the plate member are disposed in this order on one or both of an electrode of the battery cell and a side surface of the battery cell along a direction in which the battery cell assembly is assembled in the exterior case.
US11557804B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an electrode assembly which can charge and discharge a current, a lead tab which is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and a pouch case including an accommodation unit in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and of which at least a portion of an edge side is formed to be curved, and a bonding unit which is formed to be extended from the edge side of the accommodation unit and seals the accommodation unit, wherein the bonding unit may include an upper bonding unit from which the lead tab is drawn out and a side bonding unit which is bent in a thickness direction of the accommodation unit and enables a support space to be formed between the side bonding unit and the accommodation unit.
US11557795B2	Washer for secondary battery, secondary battery including same, and method for manufacturing washer for secondary battery The present invention relates to a washer for a secondary battery including a film layer and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the film layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive component and an indicator component, and the indicator component is fat-soluble, a secondary battery including the same, and a method for manufacturing the washer.
US11557794B2	Solid-state battery and method of manufacture thereof Provided herein is a solid-state battery having high volume energy density, as well as a method of manufacture of such a solid-state battery. A solid-state battery 100 is a laminate including a first collector layer 1, a positive electrode layer 2, a solid electrolyte layer 5, a negative electrode layer 4, and a second collector layer 3, in this order from the top. The solid-state battery 100 satisfies α>90°, β>90°, and α>β, where α is the angle formed in the positive electrode layer 2 by a side surface 2A of the positive electrode layer 2 and the top surface of the solid electrolyte layer 5 underlying the positive electrode layer 2, and β is the angle formed in the negative electrode layer 4 by a side surface 4A of the negative electrode layer 4 and the top surface of the second collector layer 3 underlying the negative electrode layer 4.
US11557787B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and secondary battery module The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module including a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body. The elastic body has a compressive elastic modulus of 5 MPa to 120 MPa. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector with a thermal conductive rate of 65 W/(m·K) to 150 W/(m·K). The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including a first layer and a second layer sequentially formed from a side with the negative electrode collector. The first layer contains first carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 3 MPa or less. The second layer contains second carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 5 MPa or greater.
US11557785B2	Electrode assembly and flow battery with improved electrolyte distribution An electrode assembly for a flow battery is disclosed comprising a porous electrode material, a frame surrounding the porous electrode material, at least a distributor tube embedded in the porous electrode material having an inlet for supplying electrolyte to the porous electrode material and at least another distributor tube embedded in the porous electrode material having an outlet for discharging electrolyte out of the porous material. The walls of the distributor tubes are preferably provided with holes or pores for allowing a uniform distribution of the electrolyte within the electrode material. The distributor tubes provide the required electrolyte flow path length within the electrode material to minimize shunt current flowing between the flow cells in the battery stack.
US11557780B2	Fuel cell energy supply system and energy regulation method based on same An energy regulation method for a fuel cell energy supply system including a plurality of fuel cell power generation modules, a plurality of power conversion modules, and a communication control module connected to the plurality of power conversion modules includes: calculating a parameter average value based on an energy state parameter of the fuel cell power generation module; calculating a compensation factor depending on the energy state parameter and the parameter average value; calculating a control parameter reference value of each of the power conversion modules based on a droop algorithm, and multiplying the control parameter reference value by the corresponding compensation factor to obtain a control parameter set value of the power conversion module; and regulating the corresponding fuel cell power generation modules depending on the control parameter set value.
US11557779B2	Method of limiting current of fuel cell stack A current limiting method of a fuel cell stack is capable of preventing current of the fuel cell stack from rapidly dropping to prevent jerking or shock from occurring while a vehicle travels. The method includes: determining whether performance deterioration of a unit cell of the fuel cell stack has occurred, employing a feed forward control type current limiting logic of the fuel cell stack before an output of the fuel cell vehicle is lowered, decreasing the current of the fuel cell stack to a predetermined level by the feed forward control type current limiting logic, and gradually restoring the current of the fuel cell stack to a maximum current usage value from a point in time when the current of a load is used.
US11557773B2	Fuel cell metal separator and power generation cell A first metal separator includes a seal bead protruding from a base plate. The seal bead includes a curved section having a curved shape in a plan view of the first metal separator. The combination of the radius of curvature and the angle of the curved section is set within a specific zone where variation in a seal surface pressure in a direction in which the seal bead extends is suppressed.
US11557772B2	Fuel cell assembly and cell unit for a fuel cell stack A fuel cell arrangement with a membrane electrode assembly is provided which comprises a cathode, an anode and a membrane arranged between the cathode and the anode, with an active area essentially predetermined by the membrane electrode assembly, and with a sealing structure laterally assigned to the membrane electrode assembly. The sealing structure comprises a sealing tongue extending into or over an edge region outside the active area for axially covering in a gas-tight manner a media channel formed in an adjacent bipolar plate and located in the edge region. A unit cell for a fuel cell stack with such a fuel cell arrangement is also provided.
US11557771B2	Electrochemically active unit for an electrochemical device In order to provide an electrochemically active unit for an electrochemical device including a membrane electrode assembly, at least one gas diffusion layer and a seal that is linked to at least one of the at least one gas diffusion layers, in the manufacture whereof as even as possible a construction of the penetration region in which the gas diffusion layer of the electrochemically active unit is penetrated by the sealing material of the seal over the periphery of the gas diffusion layer is achievable, the seal includes a linking region, a distribution region and a connection region that connects the linking region and the distribution region to one another, wherein the connection region has a minimum height that is less than a quarter of the maximum height of the distribution region and less than a quarter of the maximum height of the linking region.
US11557759B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a silicon compound as a negative electrode active material, suppress deformation of a negative electrode. An embodiment includes a winding type electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with at least one separator interposed therebetween. In a negative electrode mixture layer, a silicon compound is contained as a negative electrode active material. A winding-start side end of the negative electrode mixture layer extends to a winding-start end side of the electrode body past a winding-start side end of a positive electrode mixture layer. A length Y (mm) of a portion of the negative electrode mixture layer extending from the winding-start side end of the positive electrode mixture layer and a rate X (percent by mass) of the silicon compound with respect to the total mass of the negative electrode active material satisfy a relationship of Y≥3X−15 (6≤X≤15).
US11557747B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate and a plurality of first light-emitting elements having a microcavity structure on the substrate. Each of the plurality of first light-emitting elements includes a first light-emitting film and a first upper electrode and a first lower electrode sandwiching the first light-emitting film. The peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the first light-emitting film is in a wavelength range where the luminosity curve slopes negatively. Within a wavelength range where the peak wavelength of a multiple interference spectrum caused by the microcavity structure varies when the viewing angle varies from 0° to 60°, the luminosity curve slopes negatively, and the emission spectrum slopes positively.
US11557742B2	Light-emitting element and display device including compound having function of emitting TADF at room temperature Provided is a light-emitting element including a fluorescence-emitting material with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The first organic compound has a function of emitting a thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature. The guest material has a function of emitting fluorescence. A HOMO level of the first organic compound higher than or equal to a HOMO level of the second organic compound. A LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than or equal to a LUMO level of the second organic compound.
US11557741B2	Photoelectric conversion devices and organic sensors and electronic devices A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to absorb light in at least one part of a wavelength spectrum of light and to convert it into an electric signal, and an organic auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and having a higher charge mobility than a charge mobility of the photoelectric conversion layer. An organic sensor may include the photoelectric conversion device. An electronic device may include the organic sensor.
US11557740B2	Display device including adhesive layer having multiple adhesive layers A display device includes a display part including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, the folding area being foldable with respect to a folding axis, a window disposed on the display part, and an adhesive layer disposed between the display part and the window, the adhesive layer including a first adhesive material and a second adhesive material having an elongation rate greater than an elongation rate of the first adhesive material. The first adhesive material has a planar area greater than a planar area of the second adhesive material in each of the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and the second adhesive material has a planar area greater than a planar area of the first adhesive material in the folding area.
US11557736B2	Organometallic compound containing an iridium complex containing a 2-phenylpyridine ligand and an organic light emitting device comprising same Provided is an organometallic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1: X is O, S, NH, or Se; R1 is —Si(Ra)(Rb)(Rc), where Ra, Rb, and Rc are hydrogen, deuterium, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, amino, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-60 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-60 haloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-60 alkoxy, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-60 haloalkoxy, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-60 cycloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted c2-60 alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryloxy, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heterocyclic group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; a and b are each 0 and 1, or 1 and 0, respectively; and n is 1 or 2, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11557732B2	Organic electroluminescent compound, and organic electroluminescent element and device employing the same Provided are a compound represented by Formula 1, an organic electroluminescent element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electroluminescent device thereof, and by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer, the driving voltage of the organic electroluminescent element can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency and life time of the organic electroluminescent element can be improved.
US11557711B2	Multi-stack piezo actuator An ultrasonic actuator with increased radiating surface is presented. The increased radiating surface is provided by a plurality of piezoelectric stacks that are each compressed by action of a respective bolt against a common backing structure of the actuator. According to one aspect, each of the stacks includes a plurality of stacked piezoelectric rings with the respective bolt arranged through the central opening of the rings. According to another aspect, one or both of the backing structure and the horn of the actuator include tuning grooves and/or tuning slots to produce amplitude uniformity of displacement through the actuator. According to another aspect, the radiating surface has a symmetrical shape about an axial direction of the actuator with a lateral dimension that is in a range between one quarter and one half of the wavelength of operation of the actuator.
US11557709B2	Flexible wiring for low temperature applications The subject matter of the present disclosure may be embodied in devices, such as flexible wiring, that include: an elongated flexible substrate; multiple electrically conductive traces arranged in an array on a first side of the elongated flexible substrate; and an electromagnetic shielding layer on a second side of the elongated flexible substrate, the second side being opposite the first side, in which the elongated flexible substrate includes a fold region between a first electronically conductive trace and a second electrically conductive trace such that the electromagnetic shielding layer provides electromagnetic shielding between the first electronically conductive trace and the second electrically conductive trace.
US11557707B2	Thermoelectric power-generation device A thermoelectric power-generation device includes: a first flow path through which a high-temperature medium flows; a second flow path through which a low-temperature medium that has a temperature difference with respect to the high-temperature medium flows; an insulating isolation plate configured to isolate the first flow path from the second flow path; insulating outer layer isolation plates provided at outermost portions of layered flow paths including the first flow path and the second flow path; a plurality of thermoelectric conversion units configured to generate power using the temperature difference; and electrodes provided at the outer layer isolation plates and configured to connect the thermoelectric conversion units with mutually different semiconductor polarities in series, and the thermoelectric conversion units are disposed so as to straddle the first flow path and the second flow path.
US11557704B2	Light-emitting device having a higher luminance A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a light-transmissive member having an upper surface in a rectangular shape and a lower surface to be bonded to the light-emitting element, and a covering member disposed to cover lateral surfaces of the light-transmissive member and lateral surfaces of the light-emitting element such that the upper surface of the light-transmissive member is exposed. The light-transmissive member includes a main portion that constitutes the upper surface in the rectangular shape and a peripheral portion that is positioned around the main portion and has a smaller thickness than the main portion. In lateral surfaces of the peripheral portion, recesses are formed each of which is positioned at a location of a corresponding one of corners of the rectangular shape, and is depressed toward the main portion.
US11557703B2	Light intensity adaptive LED sidewalls A first pixel with a first pixel sidewall is disclosed. A second pixel with a second pixel sidewall facing the first pixel sidewall is also disclosed. A first dynamic optical isolation material between the first pixel sidewall and the second pixel sidewall and configured to change an optical state based on a state trigger such that a light behavior at the first pixel sidewall for a light emitted by one of the first pixel and the second pixel is determined by the optical state, is also disclosed.
US11557702B2	Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes providing a transparent member having a protrusion formed at an upper surface of the transparent member. A first resin portion is placed on the protrusion in which the first resin portion has a solid form and is made from a first resin material of which the viscosity decreases when heated. A light-emitting element is placed on the first resin portion, the light-emitting element is caused to be self-aligned with respect to the protrusion by reducing a viscosity of the first resin portion by heating to a first temperature. The first resin portion is solidified by cooling.
US11557677B2	Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a device isolation trench defining an active area, a gate trench extending in a first direction across the active area and the device isolation film, a gate dielectric film covering an inner wall of the gate trench, and a conductive line filling a part of the gate trench above the gate dielectric film. The active area includes a fin body portion located under the conductive line, and a thinner fin portion protruding from the fin body portion toward the conductive line and having a width less than a width of the fin body portion in the first direction.
US11557674B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: a substrate (10); a semiconductor layer (20) disposed on a main surface of this substrate (10); and a first main electrode (30) and a second main electrode (40), which are disposed on the substrate (10) separately from each other with the semiconductor layer (20) sandwiched therebetween and are individually end portions of a current path of a main current flowing in an on-state. The semiconductor layer (20) includes: a first conductivity-type drift region (21) through which a main current flows; a second conductivity-type column region (22) that is disposed inside the drift region (21) and extends in parallel to a current path; and an electric field relaxation region (23) that is disposed in at least a part between the drift region (21) and the column region (22) and is either a low-concentration region in which an impurity concentration is lower than in the same conductivity-type adjacent region or a non-doped region.
US11557671B2	Semiconductor device having trench gate electrodes formed in first pillars including source layers formed in the first pillars being deeper into the substrate than first source layers in second pillars A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor region having a first main surface, wherein the semiconductor region includes: alternating n-type pillar layers and p-type pillar layers along the first main surface; a p-type first well layer located within each of the n-type pillar layers at a top surface of the n-type pillar layer; an n-type first source layer located within the first well layer at a top surface of the first well layer; a first side surface dielectric layer located on a side surface in a first trench located at each of boundaries between the n-type pillar layers and the p-type pillar layers, and being in contact with the first well layer and the first source layer; a first bottom surface dielectric layer located on a bottom surface in the first trench, and being at least partially in contact with one of the p-type pillar layers.
US11557664B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistor including ballast resistor and semiconductor device A first sub-collector layer functions as an inflow path of a collector current that flows in a collector layer of a heterojunction bipolar transistor. A collector ballast resistor layer having a lower doping concentration than the first sub-collector layer is disposed between the collector layer and the first sub-collector layer.
US11557662B2	Junction field effect transistor on silicon-on-insulator substrate A semiconductor device includes a junction field effect transistor (JFET) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The JFET includes a gate with a first gate segment contacting the channel on a first lateral side of the channel, and a second gate segment contacting the channel on a second, opposite, lateral side of the channel. The first gate segment and the second gate segment extend deeper in the semiconductor layer than the channel. The JFET further includes a drift region contacting the channel, and may include a buried layer having the same conductivity type as the channel, extending at least partway under the drift region.
US11557660B2	Method and device for forming cut-metal-gate feature A mask layer is formed over a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a gate structure, a first layer disposed over the gate structure, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) disposed on sidewalls of the first layer. The mask layer includes an opening that exposes a portion of the first layer and a portion of the ILD. A first etching process is performed to etch the opening partially into the first layer and partially into the ILD. A liner layer is formed in the opening after the first etching process has been performed. A second etching process is performed after the liner layer has been formed. The second etching process extends the opening downwardly through the first layer and through the gate structure. The opening is filled with a second layer after the second etching process has been performed.
US11557655B2	Device and method of forming with three-dimensional memory and three-dimensional logic In a method for forming a semiconductor device, a layer of logic devices is formed on a substrate. The layer of logic devices includes a stack of gate-all-around field-effect transistors (GAA-FETs) positioned over the substrate, where the stack of GAA-FETs includes a first layer of GAA-FETs stacked over a second layer of GAA-FETs. A first wiring layer is formed over the layer of logic devices, where the first wiring layer includes one or more metal routing levels. A memory stack is formed over the first wiring layer. The memory stack includes wordline layers and insulating layers that alternatingly arranged over the first wiring layer. A three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory device is formed in the memory stack. The 3D NAND memory device includes a channel structure that extends into the memory stack and further is coupled to the wordline layers of the memory stack.
US11557654B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating of semiconductor device is provided, including providing a substrate. A first trench isolation and a second trench isolation are formed in the substrate. A portion of the substrate is etched to have a height between a top and a bottom of the first and second trench isolations. A germanium (Ge) doped layer region is formed in the portion of the substrate. A fluorine (F) doped layer region is formed in the portion of the substrate, lower than and overlapping with the germanium doped layer region. An oxidation process is performed on the portion of the substrate to form a gate oxide layer between the first and second trench isolations.
US11557635B2	Display device, mask assembly, and apparatus for manufacturing the display device A display device, a mask assembly, and an apparatus for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device may reduce glare and includes sub-pixels having accurate and precise patterns. The display device including a first sub-pixel having a quadrangular shape, a second sub-pixel facing a first side of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel having a quadrangular shape, and a third sub-pixel facing the first side of the first sub-pixel and spaced apart from the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel having a quadrangular shape, where a distance from the first side of the first sub-pixel to the second sub-pixel and a distance from the first side of the first sub-pixel to the third sub-pixel are different from each other.
US11557632B2	Radiation detector, radiation irradiation device, and radiation method According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes a first layer, a first light-emitting part, a detecting part, a detection circuit, and a first drive circuit. The first layer includes a first organic material. The first light-emitting part includes a first organic light-emitting layer. The detecting part is provided between the first layer and the first light-emitting part. The detecting part includes an organic photoelectric conversion layer and is configured to generate an electrical signal corresponding to radiation incident on the first layer. The detection circuit is configured to output a detection signal based on the electrical signal. The first drive circuit is configured to supply a first drive signal to the first light-emitting part based on the detection signal.
US11557629B2	Spin orbit memory devices with reduced magnetic moment and methods of fabrication A spin orbit memory device includes a material layer stack on a spin orbit electrode. The material layer stack includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure on the MTJ. The SAF structure includes a first magnet structure and a second magnet structure separated by an antiferromagnetic coupling layer. The first magnet structure includes a first magnet and a second magnet separated by a single layer of a non-magnetic material such as platinum. The second magnet structure includes a stack of bilayers, where each bilayer includes a layer of platinum on a layer of a magnetic material such.
US11557627B2	Light emitting diode display device and method of manufacturing the same A light emitting device includes: a base layer; a first conductive layer on the base layer, and including first and second electrode patterns, and exposing a portion of the base layer at a first area between the first and second electrode patterns; a fine light emitting diode (LED) at the first area; a second conductive layer covering the second electrode pattern and a first side of the fine LED, and contacting the second electrode pattern and the first side of the fine LED; a first insulation layer on the second conductive layer and the fine LED, and partially exposing a second side of the fine LED; and a third conductive layer covering the first electrode pattern and the second side of the fine LED and a portion of a sidewall of the insulation layer, and contacting the first electrode pattern and the second side of the fine LED.
US11557624B2	Image sensor and image capturing device An image sensor includes: a pixel substrate that includes a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion unit that generates an electric charge through photoelectric conversion executed on light having entered therein and an output unit that generates a signal based upon the electric charge and outputs the signal; and an arithmetic operation substrate that is laminated on the pixel substrate and includes an operation unit that generates a corrected signal by using a reset signal generated after the electric charge in the output unit is reset and a photoelectric conversion signal generated based upon an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit and executes an arithmetic operation by using corrected signals each generated in correspondence to one of the pixels.
US11557623B2	Image pickup element, method of manufacturing image pickup element, and electronic apparatus An image pickup element includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion section for each pixel; a pixel separation groove provided in the semiconductor substrate; and a fixed charge film provided on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fixed charge film includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film, the first insulating film being provided contiguously from the light-receiving surface to a wall surface and a bottom surface of the pixel separation groove, and the second insulating film being provided on a part of the first insulating film, the part corresponding to at least the light-receiving surface.
US11557613B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device exemplified by an inverter circuit and a shift register circuit, which is characterized by a reduced number of transistors. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring, and the other thereof is electrically connected to a second wiring. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor, while the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring. The first and second transistors have the same conductivity type.
US11557606B2	Epitaxial monocrystalline channel for storage transistors in 3-dimensional memory structures and methods for formation thereof A thin-film storage transistor includes (a) first and second semiconductor regions comprising polysilicon of a first conductivity; and (b) a channel region between the first and second semiconductor regions, the channel region comprising single-crystal epitaxial grown silicon, and wherein the thin-film storage transistor is formed above a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate.
US11557600B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device pertain to a semiconductor device having a channel pattern, wherein the channel pattern includes a pipe channel and vertical channels protruding in a first direction from the pipe channel. The semiconductor device also has interlayer insulating layers disposed over the pipe channel and gate electrodes disposed over the pipe channel, wherein the gate electrodes are alternately stacked with the interlayer insulating layers in the first direction, wherein the stacked interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes surround the vertical channels, and wherein the gate electrodes include a first conductive pattern and second conductive patterns. The semiconductor device further has an etch stop pattern disposed over the first conductive pattern and under the second conductive patterns.
US11557595B2	Memory device A memory device and a method for manufacturing the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of first gate structures, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer and a contact plug. The first gate structures are formed on an array region of the substrate. The first dielectric layer is formed on top surfaces and sidewalls of the first gate structures. The second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer and in direct contact with the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer are made of the same material. The third dielectric layer is formed between the first gate structures and defines a plurality of contact holes exposing the substrate. The contact plug fills the contact holes.
US11557577B2	Light emitting device with LED stack for display and display apparatus having the same A light emitting diode pixel for a display including a first subpixel comprising a first LED sub-unit, a second subpixel comprising a second LED sub-unit, and a third subpixel comprising a third LED sub-unit, in which each of the first, second, and third LED sub-units includes a first type of semiconductor layer and a second type of semiconductor layer, and the first, second, and third LED sub-units are separated from each other in a first direction, disposed at different planes from each other, and do not overlap each other in the first direction.
US11557573B2	Semiconductor device, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, and electronic device There is provided a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor base substrate, a second semiconductor base substrate that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate, a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate to a wiring layer on the second semiconductor base substrate, and an insulation layer that surrounds a circumference of the through electrode formed inside the first semiconductor base substrate.
US11557570B2	Methods for forming three-dimensional memory devices Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A sacrificial layer on a substrate, an N-type doped semiconductor layer on the sacrificial layer, and a dielectric stack on the N-type doped semiconductor layer are subsequently formed. A channel structure extending vertically through the dielectric stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer is formed. The dielectric stack is replaced with a memory stack, such that the channel structure extends vertically through the memory stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer. The substrate and the sacrificial layer are removed to expose an end of the channel structure. Part of the channel structure abutting the N-type doped semiconductor layer is replaced with a semiconductor plug.
US11557568B2	Package and manufacturing method thereof A package includes at least one memory component and an insulating encapsulation. The at least one memory component includes a stacked memory structure and a plurality of conductive posts. The stacked memory structure is laterally encapsulated in a molding compound. The conductive posts are disposed on an upper surface of the stacked memory structure. The upper surface of the stacked memory structure is exposed from the molding compound. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the at least one memory component. The top surfaces of the conductive posts are exposed form the insulating encapsulation. A material of the molding compound is different a material of the insulating encapsulation.
US11557567B2	Methods of attaching die to substrate using compliant die attach system having spring-driven bond tool A die attach system is provided. The die attach system includes: a support structure for supporting a substrate; a die supply source including a plurality of die for attaching to the substrate; and a bond head for bonding a die from the die supply source to the substrate, the bond head including a bond tool having a contact portion for contacting the die during a transfer from the die supply source to the substrate, the bond head including a spring portion engaged with the bond tool such that the spring portion is configured to compress during pressing of the die against the substrate using the contact portion of the bond tool.
US11557566B2	Method for forming an electrical connection between an electronic chip and a carrier substrate and electronic device An electrical connection wire connects an electrical connection pad of an electrical chip and an electrical connection pad of a carrier substrate to which the electronic chip is mounted. A dielectric layer surrounds at least the bonding wire. The dielectric layer may be a dielectric sheath or a hardened liquid dielectric material. A dielectric material may also cover at least a portion of the electrical chip and carrier substrate. A liquid electrically conductive material is deposited and hardened to form a local conductive shield surrounding the dielectric layer at the bonding wire.
US11557565B2	Semiconductor device assembly and method therefor A method of forming a semiconductor device includes attaching a semiconductor die to a flag of a leadframe and forming a conductive connector over a portion of the semiconductor die and a portion of the flag. A conductive connection between a first bond pad of the semiconductor die and the flag is formed by way of the conductive connector. A second bond pad of the semiconductor die is connected to a conductive lead of the plurality by way of a bond wire.
US11557563B2	Sinter sheet, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A sintered member is provided between a semiconductor chip and a terminal. The sintered member is made of a sinter sheet by heating and pressing the same. The semiconductor chip is connected to the terminal via the sintered member. Convex portions are formed at a front-side surface of the semiconductor chip. Concave portions, each of which has such a shape corresponding to that of each convex portion of the semiconductor chip, are formed at a surface of the sintered member facing to the semiconductor chip.
US11557562B2	Anisotropic conductive film An anisotropic conductive film can reduce the conduction resistance of an anisotropic conductively connected connection structure, and can reliably suppress the occurrence of short-circuits. The film has a structure wherein insulating particle-including conductive particles, wherein insulating particles adhere to the surfaces of conductive particles, are distributed throughout an insulating resin layer. In the insulating particle-including conductive particles, a number of insulating particles in contact with the conductive particles with respect to a film thickness direction is lower than with respect to a film planar direction. Preferably, a number of the insulating particles overlapping with the conductive particles when one of a front and rear film surface of the anisotropic conductive film is viewed in plan view is lower than a number of the insulating particles overlapping with the conductive particles when the other of the film surfaces is viewed in plan view.
US11557559B2	Package structure A package structure including an organic interposer substrate, a semiconductor die, conductive bumps, an underfill, and an insulating encapsulation is provided. The organic interposer substrate includes stacked organic dielectric layers and conductive wirings embedded in the stacked organic dielectric layers. The semiconductor die is disposed over and electrically connected to the conductive wirings of the organic interposer substrate, and the semiconductor die includes chamfered edges. The conductive bumps are disposed between the semiconductor die and the organic interposer substrate, and the semiconductor die is electrically connected to the organic interposer substrate through the conductive bumps. The underfill is disposed between the semiconductor die and the organic interposer substrate, wherein the underfill encapsulates the conductive bumps and is in contact with the chamfered edges of the at least one semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulation covers the organic interposer substrate and laterally encapsulates the least one semiconductor die and the underfill.
US11557550B2	Electronic chip, the rear face of which is protected by an improved embrittlement structure An electronic chip includes at least an electronic circuit disposed on a front face of a substrate; and an embrittlement structure comprising at least blind holes, each extending through a rear face of the substrate and a portion of the thickness of the substrate and each having a section, in a plane parallel to the rear face of the substrate, of surface area S and having a closed outer contour, the shape of which includes at least one radius of curvature R, such that S>π·R2.
US11557539B1	Semiconductor device for RF integrated circuit In order to reduce costs as well as to effectively dissipate heat in certain RF circuits, a semiconductor device of the circuit can include one or more active devices such as transistors, diodes, and/or varactors formed of a first semiconductor material system integrated onto (e.g., bonded to) a base substrate formed of a second semiconductor material system that includes other circuit components. The first semiconductor material system can, for example, be the III-V or III-N semiconductor system, and the second semiconductor material system can, for example be silicon.
US11557538B2	Semiconductor storage device A memory includes first signal lines divided into groups respectively including m (m is an integer equal to or larger than 2) lines, and second signal lines. A memory cell array includes memory cells. (m+2) or more global signal lines are configured to apply a selection voltage to any of the first signal lines. First transistors are provided to correspond to each of the first signal lines in one-to-one correspondence and are connected between the first signal lines and the global signal lines. First selection signal lines are provided to respectively correspond to the groups, and are each connected to gate electrodes of the first transistors included in a corresponding one of the groups in common. The first signal lines located at both ends of each of any two of the groups which are adjacent to each other are connected to mutually different ones of the global signal lines.
US11557536B2	Integrated circuits (IC's) with electro-migration (EM)—resistant segments in an interconnect level Integrated circuit (IC) interconnect lines having improved electromigration resistance. Multi-patterning may be employed to define a first mask pattern. The first mask pattern may be backfilled and further patterned based on a second mask layer through a process-based selective occlusion of openings defined in the second mask layer that are below a threshold minimum lateral width. Portions of material underlying openings defined in the second mask layer that exceed the threshold are removed. First trenches in an underlying dielectric material layer may be etched based on a union of the remainder of the first mask layer and the partially occluded second mask layer. The first trenches may then be backfilled with a first conductive material to form first line segments. Additional trenches in the underlayer may then be etched and backfilled with a second conductive material to form second line segments that are coupled together by the first line segments.
US11557525B2	Semiconductor package thermal spreader having integrated RF/EMI shielding and antenna elements A cost-effective process and structure is provided for a thermal dissipation element for semiconductor device packages incorporating antennas that can incorporate RF/EMI shielding from the antenna elements. Certain embodiments provide incorporated antenna element structures as part of the same process. These features are provided using a selectively-plated thermal dissipation structure that is formed to provide shielding around semiconductor device dies that are part of the package. In some embodiments, the thermal dissipation structure is molded to the semiconductor device, thereby permitting a thermally efficient close coupling between a device die requiring thermal dissipation and the dissipation structure itself.
US11557523B2	Semiconductor packages and methods of forming the semiconductor packages A package substrate of a semiconductor package includes conductive lines of a first layer disposed on a first surface of a base layer and conductive lines of a second layer disposed on a second surface of the base layer. An opening hole located between a first remaining portion and a second remaining portion to separate the first and second remaining portions from each other. The first remaining portion is electrically connected to a first conductive line among the conductive lines of the second layer, and the second remaining portion is electrically connected to a second conductive line among the conductive lines of the second layer.
US11557521B2	Heat sink and circuit device Provided are a heat sink capable of suppressing overcooling of an electronic component which should not be overcooled and highly efficiently cooling only an electronic component which should be cooled, and a circuit device including the same. A heat sink includes a pipe and a cooling block. At least one projection is formed in the cooling block. The pipe is in contact with the projection. The pipe is arranged with a spacing from a portion of the cooling block other than the projection.
US11557519B2	Optimum high density 3D device layout and method of fabrication Techniques herein include methods for fabricating complete field effect transistors having an upright or vertical orientation. The methods can utilize epitaxial growth to provide fine control over material deposition and thickness of said material layers. The methods can provide separate control of channel doping in either NMOS and/or PMOS transistors. All of a source, channel, and drain can be epitaxially grown in an opening into a dielectric layer stack, with said doping executed during said epitaxial growth.
US11557518B2	Gapfill structure and manufacturing methods thereof A method includes patterning a trench and depositing a first insulating material along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench using a conformal deposition process. Depositing the first insulating material includes forming a first seam between a first portion of the first insulating material on a first sidewall of the trench and a second portion of the first insulating material on a second sidewall of the trench. The method further includes etching the first insulating material below a top of the trench and depositing a second insulating material over the first insulating material and in the trench using a conformal deposition process. Depositing the second insulating material comprises forming a second seam between a first portion of the second insulating material on the first sidewall of the trench and a second portion of the second insulating material on a second sidewall of the trench.
US11557514B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof Semiconductor device and fabrication method are provided. The method for forming the semiconductor device includes providing a substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the substrate; forming a through hole in the dielectric layer, the through hole exposing a portion of a top surface of the substrate; performing a surface treatment process on the dielectric layer of sidewalls of the through hole; and filling a metal layer in the through hole.
US11557507B2	Via cleaning to reduce resistance A semiconductor structure includes a multilayer structure having a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer. The semiconductor structure further includes at least a first via extending from a top of the second layer to a top of a first metal contact disposed in the first layer. A polymer film is disposed on at least a portion of sidewalls of the first via.
US11557494B2	Substrate support and inspection apparatus A substrate support includes a supporting unit and a light irradiation mechanism. The supporting unit includes a plate member on which an inspection target is placed and a transparent member. The light irradiation mechanism is configured to irradiate light to increase a temperature of the inspection target. Each of the plate member and the transparent member is made of a low thermal expansion material having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0×10−6/K or less.
US11557493B2	Substrate cleaning apparatus and substrate cleaning method A substrate cleaning apparatus, includes a vaporizer configured to generate water vapor, a first heating part configured to heat a nitrogen gas to a first temperature, a second heating part configured to heat the nitrogen gas to a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, and at least one cleaning chamber connected to the vaporizer, the first heating part, and the second heating part, wherein the at least one cleaning chamber is configured so that at least one substrate is exposed to the water vapor, the nitrogen gas having the first temperature, or the nitrogen gas having the second temperature under an atmospheric pressure.
US11557486B2	Etching method, damage layer removal method, and storage medium An etching method includes preparing a substrate having an etching target portion formed on a silicon-containing portion, plasma-etching the etching target portion of the substrate into a predetermined pattern by plasma of a processing gas containing a CF-based gas, and removing a damage layer formed due to implantation of C and F into the silicon-containing portion exposed at a bottom of the predetermined pattern by the plasma etching. The removing of the damage layer includes forming an oxide of the damage layer by supplying oxygen-containing radicals and fluorine-containing radicals and oxidizing the damage layer with the oxygen-containing radicals while etching the damage layer with the fluorine-containing radicals, and removing the oxide by a radical treatment or a chemical treatment with a gas.
US11557484B2	Contact structures with deposited silicide layers A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain region on a substrate, depositing a metal-rich metal silicide layer on the source/drain region, depositing a silicon-rich metal silicide layer on the metal-rich metal silicide layer, and forming a contact plug on the silicon-rich metal silicide layer. This disclosure also describes a semiconductor device including a fin structure on a substrate, a source/drain region on the fin structure, a metal-rich metal silicide layer on the source/drain region, a silicon-rich metal silicide layer on the metal-rich metal silicide layer, and a contact plug on the silicon-rich metal silicide layer.
US11557481B2	Contact to silicon carbide semiconductor device In a silicon carbide semiconductor device in which a contact electrode is formed on a single-crystal silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, a barrier metal (titanium nitride layer) covers an interlayer insulating film in a region other than a contact hole, and a contact electrode of a predetermined electrode material is formed only in a region on the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in the contact hole opened in the interlayer insulating film on the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate. A top of the barrier metal is covered by a metal electrode (wiring layer) and no nickel metal aggregates are present between the barrier metal and the metal electrode.
US11557467B2	Electrostatic chuck According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and first and second electrode layers. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes first and second major surfaces. The first and second electrode layers are provided inside the ceramic dielectric substrate. The second electrode layer is provided between the first electrode layer and the first major surface. The first electrode layer includes first and second portions. The first portion is positioned more centrally of the ceramic dielectric substrate than is the second portion. The first portion includes first and second surfaces. The second portion includes third and fourth surfaces. The third surface is positioned between the first surface and the second electrode layer. An electrical resistance of the first surface is greater than an average electrical resistance of the first portion.
US11557466B2	Tuneable uniformity control utilizing rotational magnetic housing Embodiments described herein provide magnetic and electromagnetic housing systems and a method for controlling the properties of plasma generated in a process volume of a process chamber to affect deposition properties of a film. In one embodiment, the method includes rotation of the rotational magnetic housing about a center axis of the process volume to create dynamic magnetic fields. The magnetic fields modify the shape of the plasma, concentration of ions and radicals, and movement of concentration of ions and radicals to control the density profile of the plasma. Controlling the density profile of the plasma tunes the uniformity and properties of a deposited or etched film.
US11557462B2	Collecting and recycling rare gases in semiconductor processing equipment A process chamber, such as for semiconductor processing equipment, is connected with a recovery unit. The recovery unit includes a first storage tank for buffer gas and a second storage tank for rare gas. Both storage tanks are connected with a column in the recovery unit. The recovery unit and process chamber can operate as a closed system. The rare gas can be transported at a variable flow rate while separation in the recovery unit operates at a constant flow condition.
US11557461B2	Impedance matching network In one embodiment, an RF impedance matching network is disclosed. The matching network is coupled between an RF source having a variable frequency and a plasma chamber having a variable chamber impedance. The matching network includes a variable reactance element (VRE), and a control circuit coupled to the VRE and a sensor, the sensor configured to detect an RF parameter. To cause an impedance match between the RF source and the plasma chamber, the control circuit determines, based on the detected RF parameter and a VRE configuration, a new source frequency for the RF source. The impedance match then causes the variable frequency of the RF source to alter to the new source frequency.
US11557450B2	Method for diagnosing the cause of tripping of an electrical protection device, auxiliary device and electrical system for implementing such a method A method for diagnosing the cause of tripping of an electrical protection device includes, after detection by the auxiliary device of a loss of electrical power, determining a type of electrical fault on the basis of recorded values, the determining operation including: comparing, with a first threshold value, the largest value of the maximum intensity of the current from the recorded values for a plurality of measurement intervals preceding the loss of power, a short circuit being diagnosed if the largest value of the maximum intensity is greater than a first threshold value; comparing, with a second threshold value, the largest RMS value of the current from the recorded values, an overload being diagnosed if the largest RMS value is greater than a second threshold value.
US11557444B2	Keyboard key switches Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches, while in other embodiments, key switches of the inventive subject matter incorporate optical switching in place of membrane switching. Embodiments for use with membrane switching feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear. In optical switching embodiments, pressing the key switch causes an actuator, e.g., come between an optical emitter/receiver pair to register a key press.
US11557442B1	Keyboard device and touch key structure thereof A keyboard device includes a circuit substrate, a control unit and plural touch key structures. The control unit is installed on the circuit substrate. Each touch key structure includes a base plate, a keycap, a connecting element and a touch-sensitive circuit layer. The base plate is detachably installed on the circuit substrate. The keycap is located over the base plate. The connecting element is arranged between the base plate and the keycap. The keycap is movable upwardly or downwardly relative to the base plate through the connecting element. The touch-sensitive circuit layer is arranged between the base plate and the keycap, and electrically connected with the control unit. After a touch signal is received by the touch-sensitive circuit layer, the touch signal is transmitted to the control unit, and the touch signal is converted into an input signal by the control unit.
US11557441B2	Method for preparing an electrode comprising a substrate, aligned carbon nanotubes and a metal oxide deposited by oxidative deposition, the electrode and uses thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing an electrode comprising a metal substrate, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a metal oxide deposited over the entire length of said vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, said method comprising the following consecutive steps: (a) synthesizing, on a metal substrate, a mat of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes; (b) electrochemically depositing the metal oxide on said carbon nanotubes from an electrolytic solution comprising at least one precursor of said metal oxide and at least one nitrate, said electrochemical deposition being carried out by a chronopotentiometry technique. The present invention also relates to the electrode thus prepared and to the uses thereof.
US11557439B2	Multi-layer ceramic electronic component A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axis direction and T2 represents a dimension of each extended portion in the first axis direction, T1+T2 is 50 μm or less, and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
US11557434B2	Ceramic electronic component and production method therefor A ceramic electronic component includes external electrodes having conductive resin layers thereinside on respective two ends opposed to each other in a rectangular parallelepiped ceramic component body. Each of the external electrodes includes an underlying metal layer, an intermediate metal layer, a conductive resin layer, an external metal layer. A tip angle α between an outer face of a tip portion of the wraparound portion of the underlying metal layer and a surface of the ceramic component body is 20° or smaller, and a tip angle β between an outer face of a tip portion of the wraparound portion of the intermediate metal layer and a surface of the ceramic component body is 20° or smaller.
US11557425B2	Coil component Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes an element body having first and second magnetic layers and a coil part positioned therebetween, and first and second external terminals formed on the element body. The first external terminal is formed on the mounting surface and the first side surface. The second external terminal is formed on the mounting surface and the second side surface. The first and second external terminals formed on the first and second side surfaces, respectively, have a meander shape.
US11557423B2	Coil and reactor A coil includes a first winding portion having a first wire helically wound including at least one strand, and a second winding portion having a second wire helically wound including a plurality of strands electrically connected to the first winding portion and has an axis that is parallel to an axial direction of the first winding portion, wherein the strands included in the second wire are arranged in parallel in an axial direction of the second winding portion, the number of strands included in the second wire is greater than the number of strands included in the first wire, the cross-sectional area of the second wire is equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area of the first wire, and the cross-sectional area of each strand included in the second wire is equal to or smaller than the cross-sectional area of each strand included in the first wire.
US11557414B2	Magnetically interconnectable block structures and methods for making the same Disclosed is a magnetic housing assembly which may have a housing body, a first capping structure; a second capping structure; a water-tight chamber defined by the first capping structure and the second capping structure; a ratcheting face; a magnet enclosed within the water-tight chamber; at least one ridge on the perimeter of the housing body, where the magnet can flip to reverse polarity within the water-tight chamber, where the ratcheting face is configured to allow adjustment of the assembly when connected with another structure also having a ratcheting face. Also disclosed is a system including a structure configured to house the plurality of magnetic housing assemblies while exposing a surface of the magnetic housing assemblies.
US11557411B2	Grain boundary engineering of sintered magnetic alloys and the compositions derived therefrom The present disclosure is directed at methods of preparing rare earth-based permanent magnets having improved coercivity and remanence, the method comprising one or more steps comprising: (a) homogenizing a first population of particles of a first GBM alloy with a second population of particles of a second core alloy to form a composite alloy preform, the first GBM alloy being substantially represented by the formula: ACbRxCoyCudMz, the second core alloy being substantially represented by the formula G2Fe14B, where AC, R, M, G, b, x, y, and z are defined; (b) heating the composite alloy preform particles to form a population of mixed alloy particles; (c) compressing the mixed alloy particles, under a magnetic field of a suitable strength to align the magnetic particles with a common direction of magnetization and inert atmosphere, to form a green body; (d) sintering the green body; and (e) annealing the sintered body. Particular embodiments include magnets comprising neodymium-iron-boron core alloys, including Nd2Fe14B.
US11557403B2	Process for rapid processing of SiC and graphitic matrix triso-bearing pebble fuels A method for producing microencapsulated fuel pebble fuel more rapidly and with a matrix that engenders added safety attributes. The method includes coating fuel particles with ceramic powder; placing the coated fuel particles in a first die; applying a first current and a first pressure to the first die so as to form a fuel pebble by direct current sintering. The method may further include removing the fuel pebble from the first die and placing the fuel pebble within a bed of non-fueled matrix ceramic in a second die; and applying a second current and a second pressure to the second die so as to form a composite fuel pebble.
US11557393B2	Medication tracking A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
US11557386B1	Healthcare provider interface for treatment option and authorization A healthcare provider user interface for treatment option and authorization is disclosed herein. In embodiments, a healthcare provider interface includes a display coupled to one or more processors. The display includes a graphical user interface comprising one or more input interface display pages and one or more output interface display pages. The one or more input interface display pages may include one or more fields configured to receive information including patient demographic and physiological information, insurance information, past treatments, and one or more medical diagnoses. The one or more output interface display pages may include a treatment list generated based on the received information and a prior authorization output.
US11557376B2	Rapid assessment of crude oil fouling propensity to prevent refinery fouling A process for producing liquid transportation fuels in a petroleum refinery while avoiding the usage of crude oil feed stock that characterized by a fouling thermal resistance having the potential to foul refinery processes and equipment. Spectral data selected from NIR, NMR or both is obtained and converted to wavelets coefficients data. A genetic algorithm (or support vector machines) is then trained to recognize subtle features in the wavelet coefficients data to allow classification of crude samples into one of two groups based on fouling potential. Rapid classification of a potential crude oil feed stock according to its fouling potential prevents the utilization of feed stocks characterized by increased fouling potential in a petroleum refinery to produce liquid transportation fuels.
US11557367B2	Modifying memory bank operating parameters Methods, systems, and devices for modifying memory bank operating parameters are described. Operating parameter(s) may be individually adjusted for memory banks or memory bank groups within a memory system based on trimming information. The local trimming information for a memory bank or memory bank group may be stored in a fuse set that also stores repair information for the particular memory bank or in a fuse set that also stores repair information for a memory bank in the particular memory bank group. The local trimming information may be applied to operating parameters for particular memory banks or memory bank groups relative to or instead of global adjustments applied to operating parameters of multiple or all of the memory banks in the memory system.
US11557365B2	Combined ECC and transparent memory test for memory fault detection Embodiments combine error correction code (ECC) and transparent memory built-in self-test (TMBIST) for memory fault detection and correction. An ECC encoder receives input data and provides ECC data for data words stored in memory. Input XOR circuits receive the input data and output XOR'ed data as payload data for the data words. Output XOR circuits receive the payload data and output XOR'ed data. An ECC decoder receives the ECC data and the XOR'ed output data and generates error messages. Either test data from a controller running a TMBIST process or application data from a processor executing an application is selected as the input data. Either test address/control signals from the controller or application address/control signals from the processor are selected for memory access. During active operation of the application, memory access is provided to the processor and the controller, and the memory is tested during the active operation.
US11557361B2	Compute an optimized read voltage A memory device to determine a voltage optimized to read a group of memory cells by reading the group of memory cells at a plurality of test voltages, computing bit counts at the test voltages respectively, and computing count differences in the bit counts for pairs of adjacent voltages in the test voltages. When a smallest one in the count differences is found at a side of a distribution of the count differences according to voltage, the memory device is configured to determine a location of an optimized read voltage, based on a ratio between a first count difference and a second count difference, where the first count difference is the smallest in the count differences, and the second count difference is closest in voltage to the first count difference.
US11557357B2	Selection of read offset values in a memory sub-system An example memory sub-system to receive a request to execute a read operation associated with data of a memory unit of a memory sub-system. A time after program associated with the data is determined. The time after program is compared to a threshold time level to determine if a first condition is satisfied or a second condition is satisfied. The memory sub-system selects one of a first set of read offset values based on the time after program in response to satisfying the first condition, or a second set of read offset values based on a data state metric measurement in response to satisfying the second condition.
US11557354B2	Flash memory and flash memory cell thereof A flash memory cell includes a rectifying device and a transistor. The rectifying device has an input end coupled to a bit line. The transistor has a charge storage structure. The transistor has a first end coupled to an output end of the rectifying device, the transistor has a second end coupled to a source line, and a control end of the transistor is coupled to a word line.
US11557351B2	Sense circuit to sense two states of a memory cell A device includes a memory array and a sense circuit coupled with the memory array. The sense circuit includes a sense node coupled with a data line of the memory array. A first sensing path includes a first transistor having a first gate coupled with the sense node. A second sensing path includes a second transistor having a second gate coupled with the sense node. A first threshold voltage of the first transistors differs from a second threshold voltage of the second transistor by a threshold voltage gap.
US11557348B1	Enhanced word line stripe erase abort detection Storage devices include a memory array comprised of a plurality of memory devices arranged in word lines. The word lines are further arranged within memory blocks. When erasing memory blocks, various storage devices may utilize a stripe-erase process that alternates the erasure of word lines within the memory blocks. The stripe-erase process is often carried out in multiple steps. However, an ungraceful shutdown can interrupt the erasing processing between one of these stripe-erase steps. The status of each memory device associated with the aborted erasure needs to be known before operations can continue. Methods and systems described herein properly classify and process memory blocks after an aborted erase command by analyzing both even and odd word lines within each of the memory blocks. By properly categorizing each memory block, overprogramming and other negative effects can be avoided, increasing the overall lifespan of the storage device that utilizes a stripe-erase process.
US11557341B2	Memory array structures and methods for determination of resistive characteristics of access lines Memory array structures providing for determination of resistive characteristics of access lines might include a first block of memory cells, a second block of memory cells, a first current path between a particular access line of the first block of memory cells and a particular access line of the second block of memory cells, and, optionally, a second current path between the particular access line of the second block of memory cells and a different access line of the first block of memory cells. Methods for determining resistive characteristics of access lines might include connecting the particular access line of the first block of memory cells to a driver, and determining the resistive characteristics in response to a current level through that access line and a voltage level of that access line.
US11557327B2	Method and device for operating a memory assembly The invention relates to a method for operating a memory assembly. A physical address is received. The physical address is associated with a first memory segment of a memory assembly. The physical address is modified to a modified physical address. The modified physical address is associated with a second memory segment of the memory assembly.
US11557309B2	Methods and apparatus to reduce noise from harmonic noise sources Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce noise from harmonic noise sources. An example apparatus includes at least one memory; at least one processor to execute the computer readable instructions to at least: determine a first amplitude value of a frequency component in a frequency spectrum of an audio sample; determine a set of points in the frequency spectrum having at least one of (a) amplitude values within an amplitude threshold of the first amplitude value, (b) frequency values within a frequency threshold of the first amplitude value, or (c) phase values within a phase threshold of the first amplitude value; increment a counter when a distance between (1) a second amplitude value in the set of points and (2) the first amplitude value satisfies a distance threshold; and when the counter satisfies a counter threshold, generate a contour trace based on the set of points.
US11557303B2	Frictionless handoff of audio content playing using overlaid ultrasonic codes In a frictionless handoff of audio content playing, a client device listens for ultrasonic audio. The client hears a playing of a modified audio content by another client device, which includes audio content and an ultrasonic audio quick response (QR) code overlaid on the audio content. The ultrasonic audio QR code includes location information corresponding to a location in the audio content. The client device extracts the ultrasonic audio QR code from the modified audio content. After determining that the playing of the modified audio content has stopped, the client device receives a command to resume playing of the audio content on the client device. In, response to the command, the client device retrieves location information in a last extracted ultrasonic audio QR code and plays the audio content starting at a location in the audio content corresponding to the location information in the last extracted ultrasonic audio QR code.
US11557297B2	Systems and methods for adaptive human-machine interaction and automatic behavioral assessment Systems and methods for human-machine interaction using a conversation system.
US11557295B2	Dynamically assigning multi-modality circumstantial data to assistant action requests for correlating with subsequent requests Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that uses circumstantial condition data, generated based on circumstantial conditions of an input, to determine whether the input should affect an action been initialized by a particular user. The automated assistant can allow each user to manipulate their respective ongoing action without necessitating interruptions for soliciting explicit user authentication. For example, when an individual in a group of persons interacts with the automated assistant to initialize or affect a particular ongoing action, the automated assistant can generate data that correlates that individual to the particular ongoing action. The data can be generated using a variety of different input modalities, which can be dynamically selected based on changing circumstances of the individual. Therefore, different sets of input modalities can be processed each time a user provides an input for modifying an ongoing action and/or initializing another action.
US11557294B2	Systems and methods of operating media playback systems having multiple voice assistant services Systems and methods for managing multiple voice assistants are disclosed. Audio input is received via one or more microphones of a playback device. A first activation word is detected in the audio input via the playback device. After detecting the first activation word, the playback device transmits a voice utterance of the audio input to a first voice assistant service (VAS). The playback device receives, from the first VAS, first content to be played back via the playback device. The playback device also receives, from a second VAS, second content to be played back via the playback device. The playback device plays back the first content while suppressing the second content. Such suppression can include delaying or canceling playback of the second content.
US11557293B2	Contextual suppression of assistant command(s) Some implementations process, using warm word model(s), a stream of audio data to determine a portion of the audio data that corresponds to particular word(s) and/or phrase(s) (e.g., a warm word) associated with an assistant command, process, using an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model, a preamble portion of the audio data (e.g., that precedes the warm word) and/or a postamble portion of the audio data (e.g., that follows the warm word) to generate ASR output, and determine, based on processing the ASR output, whether a user intended the assistant command to be performed. Additional or alternative implementations can process the stream of audio data using a speaker identification (SID) model to determine whether the audio data is sufficient to identify the user that provided a spoken utterance captured in the stream of audio data, and determine if that user is authorized to cause performance of the assistant command.
US11557292B1	Speech command verification A system and method performs speech command verification to determine if audio data includes a representation of a speech command. A first neural network may process portions of the audio data before and after a representation of a wake trigger in the audio data. A second neural network may process the audio data using a recurrent neural network to determine if the audio data includes a representation of a wake trigger.
US11557282B2	End-to-end streaming keyword spotting A method for detecting a hotword includes receiving a sequence of input frames that characterize streaming audio captured by a user device and generating a probability score indicating a presence of a hotword in the streaming audio using a memorized neural network. The network includes sequentially-stacked single value decomposition filter (SVDF) layers and each SVDF layer includes at least one neuron. Each neuron includes a respective memory component, a first stage configured to perform filtering on audio features of each input frame individually and output to the memory component, and a second stage configured to perform filtering on all the filtered audio features residing in the respective memory component. The method also includes determining whether the probability score satisfies a hotword detection threshold and initiating a wake-up process on the user device for processing additional terms.
US11557275B2	Voice system and voice output method of moving machine A voice system of a moving machine is a voice system of a moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine and includes: a noise estimating section which estimates a future noise state based on information related to a noise generation factor; and a voice control section which changes an attribute of voice in accordance with the estimated noise state, the voice being voice to be output to the driver.
US11557271B2	Degenerative sound isolation device A sound isolation device includes at least one degenerate acoustic scatterer having a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels may include three or more channels. The channels have an open end and a terminal end, wherein the terminal ends of the channels are separate from one another. The at least one degenerate acoustic scatterer has an acoustic monopole response and an acoustic dipole response that have a substantially similar resonant frequency.
US11557270B2	Performance analysis method and performance analysis device A performance analysis method realized by a computer includes sequentially estimating performance positions within a musical piece by an analysis process applied to an audio signal representing a performance sound of the musical piece, and setting a performance position at a first time point on a time axis within the musical piece to a performance position corresponding to a time series of the performance positions estimated by the analysis process in a selection period prior to and spaced away from the first time point within the musical piece.
US11557266B2	Adaptive recoloring Adaptive recoloring of displayed digital content automatically pursues specified active color palette goals while adhering to specified active color palette constraints. Source code editors, word processors, and other programs are enhanced by adaptive recoloring. Recoloring rules may specify coloring roles, colors, tolerances, color spaces, metrics, and other criteria. Recoloring may be triggered by a zoom or another change in user focus, by a brightness change, a screen size change, by notice of a user perception change, or by another event. Recoloring improves text legibility, assists user focus, compensates for differences in color perception and emotional impact, and increases color availability without degrading usability, for example. Transitions between words or other display items can be heightened. Branding colors may be preserved, in logos and text. Automatic selections may be overridden by a user command or by interactive tuning, with warnings given as appropriate.
US11557264B2	Display driver system with embedded non-volatile memory Circuitry for adjusting luminance of a display device is provided. The circuitry includes a non-volatile memory array having a plurality memory cells configured to store luminance data of the display device, and a luminance adjusting circuit configured to receive image data to be displayed on the display device. The luminance adjusting circuit is coupled directly to the non-volatile memory array to receive the luminance data of the display device from the non-volatile memory array and adjust the image data based on the luminance data of the display device.
US11557261B2	Display device including subpixels having light-shielded opening portions According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-rectangular display area, and a display controller configured to display images in the display area. An opening portion of each of pixels disposed at an edge portion of the display area is light-shielded at an area ratio according to a shape of the display area.
US11557260B2	Methods for reducing image artifacts during partial updates of electrophoretic displays A method for driving electro-optic displays so as to reduce visible artifacts are described. Such methods include driving extra pixels where the boundary between a driven and undriven area would otherwise lead to artifact by providing paired sets of driving instructions, allowing the undriven area to be driven while maintain the desired (undriven) optical state.
US11557254B2	Pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device, and organic light emitting diode display device A pixel of an OLED display device includes a capacitor coupled between first and second nodes, first and second transistors, each including a gate receiving a respective initialization signal, a first terminal receiving a first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the capacitor, a third transistor including a first terminal coupled to a data line and a second terminal coupled to the first node, a fourth transistor including a gate coupled to the second node, a first terminal receiving the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to a third node, a fifth transistor including a first terminal coupled to the third node and a second terminal coupled to the second node, sixth and seventh transistors receiving a scan signal, eighth and ninth transistors receiving an emission signal, and an OLED.
US11557253B2	Image retention mitigation via voltage biasing for organic lighting-emitting diode displays This document describes systems and techniques for image retention mitigation via voltage biasing for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. In aspects, a pixel array is described having pixel circuits including a first transistor configured to receive a biasing signal from one or more drivers and, based on the biasing signal, enable or disable an application of a bias voltage at a terminal of a second transistor. In so doing, the bias voltage reduces a hysteresis effect experienced by the second transistor for each of the multiple pixel circuits of the pixel array, thereby mitigating an image retention.
US11557252B2	Stage and emission control driver having the same A stage circuit including: an output circuit for supplying a voltage of a first or second power supply to an output terminal in response to voltages of first and second nodes; an input circuit for controlling voltages of the second node and a third node; a first signal processor for controlling the voltage of the first node; a second signal processor configured to control the voltage of the first node in response to an output voltage of a third signal processor and a signal supplied to a third input terminal; and the third signal processor for controlling the voltage of the second node. The third signal processor includes: a third capacitor coupled between the first power supply and the second node; and a third transistor coupled between the first power supply and the third input terminal, and including a gate electrode coupled to the second node.
US11557246B2	Pixel circuit and method for controlling the same, and display device A pixel circuit includes an input circuit and a time control circuit. The input circuit is configured to output a driving signal to an element to be driven, so that the element to be driven emits light. The time control circuit is coupled to the input circuit, and is configured to control a light-emitting duration of the element to be driven to be a first duration by controlling the input circuit in response to a first control signal provided by a first control signal terminal, and control the light-emitting duration to be a second duration by controlling the input circuit in response to a second control signal provided by a second control signal terminal and a third control signal provided by a third control signal terminal. The second duration is less than the first duration, and the second duration includes a plurality of interval time periods.
US11557234B1	Windshield zone dimming and augmented reality head up display A method includes detecting at least one remote vehicle that is within a predetermined distance from the host vehicle, detecting that the light of the remote vehicle that is on, determining a luminous intensity of a light beam emitted by the light of at least one remote vehicle that is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle, comparing the luminous intensity of the light beam emitted by the light of at least one remote vehicle to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the luminous intensity of the light beam emitted by the light is greater than the predetermined threshold in response to determining the luminous intensity of the light of at least one remote vehicle that is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle, and dimming at least a portion of the windshield of the host vehicle.
US11557231B2	Display device A display device includes a rollable display panel having two surfaces opposed to each other, and a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one of the two surfaces of the display panel and rollable together with the rollable display panel. The heat dissipation sheet has a thermal conductivity greater than 200 W/mK.
US11557230B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a display panel, a cushion member disposed below the display panel, an electronic module inserted into a hole defined by the display panel and the cushion member, and a light blocking pattern disposed on the electronic module with the display panel therebetween. The electronic module is spaced apart from a sidewall configured to define the hole in a first state in which the display panel and the cushion member are folded and a second state in which the display panel and the cushion member are unfolded.
US11557226B2	Gastrointestinal tract simulation system, compartments therefor, and method Gastrointestinal tract simulation system and compartment therefor. The compartment comprising a vessel having an open top surrounded by a peripheral edge portion and an air-tight lid system configured to be placed onto the peripheral edge portion. The lid system comprises a body with a plurality of passageways extending through the body and providing access to the interior of the vessel, the plurality of passageways comprising passageways for fluid transfer tubes and passageways for mounting at least one sensor component. The lid system is provided with releasable sealing elements for sealing the plurality of passageways and at least one pressing element which is common to at least a number of the sealing elements and configured for applying pressure to each of the respective sealing elements to effect the sealing of the respective passageways.
US11557221B2	Intelligent cabling and connection instruction refinement A method is disclosed to ensure that components in a complex system are correctly connected together. In one embodiment, such a method provides a library of previous configurations of a system. The system includes multiple components connected together with cables. The method generates, from the library, instructions for assembling the system by connecting components of the system together with cables. The method receives feedback generated in the course of using the instructions to assemble the system and uses the feedback to refine the instructions. In certain embodiments, a configuration associated with the assembled system is then added to the library. This process may be repeated to further refine the instructions and increase a number of configurations in the library. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11557213B1	Air-traffic system Described are systems and methods that utilize nodes distributed at different geographic locations to detect and track the approximate position, trajectory, and/or predicted path of aerial vehicles operating below a defined altitude (e.g., 500 feet). As nodes detect an aerial vehicle, the node determines a bearing toward the aerial vehicle and provides the bearing to an air-traffic system. The air-traffic system processes bearings received from each node and determines one or more of an approximate position, trajectory, and/or predicted path of the detected aerial vehicle. The approximate position, trajectory, and/or predicted path may be provided to one or more subscribing clients and/or used to alter paths of one or more aerial vehicles.
US11557191B2	Baggage alert lock A method for tracking pieces of baggage comprises the steps of providing one or more first devices, each of the first devices being attached to the pieces of baggage and each of the first devices comprising a first transceiver; transmitting, by each of the first transceivers, wireless data, the wireless data comprising a device identifier for the respective first device; providing a second device, the second device comprising a second transceiver and a user interface; receiving, by the second transceiver, the wireless data from one or more of the first transceivers; displaying on the user interface the device identifiers corresponding to the respective first devices from which the wireless data was received; selecting one or more of the device identifiers, the selected one or more of the device identifiers corresponding to the first devices that are selected for tracking; and generating, by the second device, an alarm if one of the first devices that are selected for tracking moves beyond a particular distance from the second device, wherein the particular distance may be determined using a signal strength of the wireless data received by the second transceiver.
US11557189B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and system There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
US11557170B2	Gaming systems and methods for use in providing random rewards Systems and methods for use in providing a random reward associated with at least one game are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving, by a gaming server, data representative of gaming activity of a player of the at least one game, providing, by the gaming server, a code associated with the random reward, wherein the code is representative of an entry to win the random reward, receiving, by the gaming server, data representative of a text message including the code, determining whether the player won the random reward based on the received code, and providing a notification indicating whether the player won the random reward.
US11557168B2	Systems and methods for displaying one or more randomly traversing selection indicia during an electronic game An electronic gaming machine includes a processor configured to control a display device to display a matrix of award symbol display positions, in which at least some of the award symbol display positions include an award symbol. The processor is also configured to control the display device to display at least one selection indicium within the matrix, determine a starting award symbol display position and an ending award symbol display position within the matrix, randomly determine a path between the starting award symbol display position and the ending award symbol display position, control the display device to display the at least one selection indicium traversing the randomly determined path between the starting award symbol display position and the ending award symbol display position, and in response to the at least one selection indicium stopping on the ending award symbol display position, provide an award associated with the ending award symbol display position to a player.
US11557167B2	Gaming machines, systems, and methods with configurable button deck including a dynamic low profile pushbutton assembly Gaming machines, methods, and systems include a dynamically configurable pushbutton assembly including a video display having a first top surface and a first outer periphery defining a display screen area. At least one mechanical pushbutton is mounted to the display screen, the at least one mechanical pushbutton includes a second top surface and a second outer periphery defining a corresponding pushbutton area within. The second top surface and the pushbutton area are located to extend at least partly over a portion of the display screen area and within the first outer periphery, and the second top surface is transparent so that the portion of display screen area within the pushbutton area is visible through the second top surface.
US11557160B2	Actuation handle with access control system An actuation handle (4) for attaching to an outside of a door (2) has an access control system designed to control a motorized lock, that contains an evaluation unit and a reader (8) for reading and identifying a transponder located in a first detection range (12) defined by the reader (8). The reader (8) is integrated in the actuation handle (4). There is also a sensor (10) for detecting an object located in a second detection range (14) defined by the sensor (10), which is coupled to the evaluation unit and integrated in the actuation handle (4). The sensor (10) is located on a first section (16) of the actuation handle (4), and the second detection range (14) extends outward from the first section (16). The evaluation unit is configured to activate the sensor (10) to detect an object in the second detection range (14) after identifying a transponder.
US11557159B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to perform obtaining result data indicating a result of locking and unlocking performed by a locking and unlocking device that performs locking and unlocking based on authentication information obtained from a portable terminal carried by a user, and generating, based on the result data, proposal data including a proposal for a service to be provided to the user.
US11557142B1	Home wildlife deterrence Method and system for wild animal deterrence, the method includes obtaining video data by a monitor camera of a home wildlife deterrence system; classifying, based on the obtained video data, an object in the video data as a particular type of a wild animal; selecting an action to perform based on the particular type of the wild animal that the object is classified as; and triggering the action to be performed. The method also includes determining that the particular type of the wild animal matches a label of a candidate action in a set of candidate actions, wherein each candidate action in the set of candidate actions indicates at least one type of wild animal; and in response to determining that the particular type of the wild animal matches a label of the candidate action in the set of candidate actions, selecting the candidate action as the action to perform.
US11557136B1	Identity document verification based on barcode structure An identity document can be authenticated using format data of a barcode on the document, such as a barcode on a driver's license. Scan data is obtained by decoding a plurality of barcodes. Format features of the plurality of barcodes are extracted. Scan data is classified into two or more clusters. Each cluster is characterized by a set of format features extracted from the scan data. A barcode on an ID to be verified is scanned. Format features from the barcode of the ID to be verified is compared to at least one of the two or more clusters to authenticate the ID.
US11557132B2	Lane marking Systems and methods for the detection and analysis of road markings and other road objects are described. A method for detection of road markings comprises identifying image data including lane markings associated with a road segment, defining a plurality of subsections for the road segment, identifying boundary recognition observations for the lane markings from the image data corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of subsections for the road segments, calculating one or more clusters for the boundary recognition observations according to color or intensity, and outputting a lane marking indicator indicating the color or the intensity, for the at least one of the plurality of subsections for the road segments, in response to the one or more clusters.
US11557127B2	Close-in sensing camera system The technology relates to an exterior sensor system for a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous driving mode. The technology includes a close-in sensing (CIS) camera system to address blind spots around the vehicle. The CIS system is used to detect objects within a few meters of the vehicle. Based on object classification, the system is able to make real-time driving decisions. Classification is enhanced by employing cameras in conjunction with lidar sensors. The specific arrangement of multiple sensors in a single sensor housing is also important to object detection and classification. Thus, the positioning of the sensors and support components are selected to avoid occlusion and to otherwise prevent interference between the various sensor housing elements.
US11557120B2	Video event recognition method, electronic device and storage medium Technical solutions for video event recognition relate to the fields of knowledge graphs, deep learning and computer vision. A video event graph is constructed, and each event in the video event graph includes: M argument roles of the event and respective arguments of the argument roles, with M being a positive integer greater than one. For a to-be-recognized video, respective arguments of the M argument roles of a to-be-recognized event corresponding to the video are acquired. According to the arguments acquired, an event is selected from the video event graph as a recognized event corresponding to the video.
US11557119B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing image shortcuts for an assistant application Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are set forth for generating and/or utilizing image shortcuts that cause one or more corresponding computer actions to be performed in response to determining that one or more features are present in image(s) from a camera of a computing device of a user (e.g., present in a real-time image feed from the camera). An image shortcut can be generated in response to user interface input, such as a spoken command. For example, the user interface input can direct the automated assistant to perform one or more actions in response to object(s) having certain feature(s) being present in a field of view of the camera. Subsequently, when the user directs their camera at object(s) having such feature(s), the assistant application can cause the action(s) to be automatically performed. For example, the assistant application can cause data to be presented and/or can control a remote device in accordance with the image shortcut.
US11557116B2	Generating pixel maps from non-image data and difference metrics for pixel maps Systems and methods for scalable comparisons between two pixel maps are provided. In an embodiment, an agricultural intelligence computer system generates pixel maps from non-image data by transforming a plurality of values and location values into pixel values and pixel locations. The non-image data may include data relating to a particular agricultural field, such as nutrient content in the soil, pH values, soil moisture, elevation, temperature, and/or measured crop yields. The agricultural intelligence computer system converts each pixel map into a vector of values. The agricultural intelligence computer system also generates a matrix of metric coefficients where each value in the matrix of metric coefficients is computed using a spatial distance between to pixel locations in one of the pixel maps. Using the vectors of values and the matrix of metric coefficients, the agricultural intelligence computer system generates a difference metric identifying a difference between the two pixel maps. In an embodiment, the difference metric is normalized so that the difference metric is scalable to pixel maps of different sizes. The difference metric may then be used to select particular images that best match a measured yield, identify relationships between field values and measured crop yields, identify and/or select management zones, investigate management practices, and/or strengthen agronomic models of predicted yield.
US11557107B2	Intelligent recognition and extraction of numerical data from non-numerical graphical representations Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for a unique platform for analyzing, classifying, extracting, and processing information from graphical representations. Embodiments of the inventions are configured to provide an end to end automated solution for extracting data from graphical representations and creating a centralized database for providing graphical attributes, image skeletons, and other metadata information integrated with a graphical representation classification training layer. The invention is designed to receive a graphical representation for analysis, intelligently identify and extract objects and data in the graphical representation, and store the data attributes of the graphical representation in an accessible format in an automated fashion.
US11557100B2	Augmented reality content experience sharing using digital multimedia files A computer-implemented method includes capturing visual data of an environment using an image sensor of an electronic device and non-visual data of the environment using one or more non-image sensors of the electronic device. Feature descriptors of one or more objects in the environment are generated using the visual data of the environment and the non-visual data of the environment. A map of the environment is generated using the feature descriptors of the one or more objects. One or more virtual objects are anchored to at least one of the objects using the map. The visual data, the non-visual data, and the map are combined in a digital multimedia container file. The digital multimedia container file is stored on the electronic device or on another electronic device connected to the electronic device.
US11557099B2	Cross reality system with buffering for localization accuracy A system form localizing an electronic device with dynamic buffering identifies, from the buffer, a first set of features that is extracted from a first image captured by the electronic device and receives, at the system, a second set of features that is extracted from a second image captured by the electronic device. The system further determines a first characteristic for the first set of features and a second characteristic for the second set of features and determines whether a triggering condition for dynamically changing a size of the buffer is satisfied based at least in part upon the first characteristic for the first set of features and the second characteristic for the second set of features.
US11557095B2	Occlusion of virtual objects in augmented reality by physical objects In one embodiment, one or more computing devices access an image comprising at least a portion of a hand of a user of a head-mounted display and generate a planar representation of the hand and a height map associated with the planar representation. A first portion of the planar representation that is closer than a first portion of a virtual object to a viewpoint and a second portion of the planar representation that is farther than a second portion of the virtual object from the viewpoint is determined based on the height map and the virtual object. A display image is rendered from the viewpoint for display, the display image comprising a first set of pixels corresponding to the first portion of the planar representation and a second set of pixels corresponding to the second portion of the virtual object.
US11557094B2	Efficient capture and delivery of walkable and interactive virtual reality or 360 degree video Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
US11557089B1	System and method for determining a viewpoint of a traffic camera A system and method for determining a viewpoint of a traffic camera includes obtaining images of a real road captured by the traffic camera, segmenting a road surface from the captured images to generate a mask of the real road, generating a 3D model of a simulated road corresponding to the real road, from geographical data of the real road, adding a simulated camera corresponding to the traffic camera to a location in the 3D model that is corresponding to a location of the traffic camera in the real road, generating a plurality of simulated images of the simulated road using the 3D model, each corresponding to a set of viewpoint parameters of the simulated traffic camera, selecting the simulated image that provides the best fit between the simulated image and the mask, and generating mapping between pixel locations in the captured images and locations on the real road.
US11557082B2	Pourable smart matter There is disclosed in an example, a pourable smart matter having a plurality of compute nodes, the compute nodes having: a mechanical structure having a plurality of faces, the faces having abutting face detectors; a network interface; and one or more logic elements comprising a positional engine to: identify a neighbor compute node abutting at least one of the faces; and build an individual positional profile based at least in part on the identifying. The pourable smart matter may be used, for example, to determine the geometry or volume of a container.
US11557080B2	Dynamically modeling an object in an environment from different perspectives An object can be simulated in an environment using a three-dimensional model of the object as viewed from a virtual camera at a position in the environment. The position in the environment can be determined using user input or through visual analysis of a video recording. Composite frames depicting the modeled object may be played back based on the orientation of the playback device.
US11557078B1	Machine learning simulation of finite element analysis in augmented reality Media, method and system for approximating a finite element analysis texture map for an object. To accomplish this, the object is converted to a computer generated model and finite element analysis is performed for a plurality of different simulated inputs to generate a plurality of simulated mappings. Each simulated mapping is converted into a simulated texture map. A machine learning model is trained on the simulated inputs and simulated texture maps to generate a texture map which approximates a finite element analysis. The machine learning model receives a user input and generates the texture map therefrom. The texture map is then wrapped to the object and displayed.
US11557075B2	Body pose estimation Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for detecting a pose of a user. The program and method include receiving a monocular image that includes a depiction of a body of a user; detecting a plurality of skeletal joints of the body depicted in the monocular image; and determining a pose represented by the body depicted in the monocular image based on the detected plurality of skeletal joints of the body. A pose of an avatar is modified to match the pose represented by the body depicted in the monocular image by adjusting a set of skeletal joints of a rig of an avatar based on the detected plurality of skeletal joints of the body; and the avatar having the modified pose that matches the pose represented by the body depicted in the monocular image is generated for display.
US11557073B2	System for generating medical diagnostic images Medical diagnostic images that are embedded with contact messages about a professional are sent to a patient for sharing with others. Although the images may be obtained using any of a variety of imaging devices, in some instances, the images may be obtained using a soft-tissue-injury diagnostic system for diagnosing soft tissue injury within a patient. A visual display is configured and arranged for receiving and displaying the medical diagnostic image. Personalized contact messages are then embedded within the image as a watermark to with information about the professional, such as an electronic business card, contact information, or hyperlinks to additional information. The sharable image with embedded messages is electronically sent to the patient for sharing with others. Personalized contact messages may also be embedded in non-medical images for sharing with others.
US11557070B2	System, method, and computer program product for generating pruned tractograms of neural fiber bundles Disclosed are a system, method, and computer program product for generating pruned tractograms of neural fiber bundles. The method includes receiving scan data produced by diffusion imaging of at least a portion of a brain from a magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) device. The method also includes generating an initial tractogram by mapping neuronal fiber pathways of a target fiber bundle of the scan data. The method further includes generating a density map using a set of tracts from the initial tractogram, identifying each tract that passes through a segment of the density map more than once, and setting a contribution of said tract to a unique tract count of the segment equal to a threshold pruning value. The method further includes generating a pruned tractogram by identifying a segment having a unique tract count less than or equal to the threshold pruning value and excluding the segment from the pruned tractogram.
US11557069B2	System and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging A system and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging include a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first set of data comprising anatomical information of an imaging subject, the anatomical information comprises information of at least one vessel. The instructions further cause the computer to process the anatomical information to generate an image volume comprising the at least one vessel, generate hemodynamic information based on the image volume, and acquire a second set of data of the imaging subject. The computer is also caused to generate an image comprising the hemodynamic information in combination with a visualization based on the second set of data.
US11557068B2	Constrained reconstruction model to restore missing wedge from multiple observations with limited range projections A method for image reconstruction from plural copies, the method including receiving a series of measured projections pi of a target object h and associated background; iteratively reconstructing images hi(k) of the target object and images gi(k) of the background of the target object for each member i of the series of the measured projections pi over plural iterations k; and generating a final image of the target object h, based on the reconstructed images hi, when a set condition is met. The index i describes how many elements are in the series of projections pi, and iteration k indicates how many times the reconstruction of the image target is performed.
US11557065B2	Automatic segmentation for screen-based tutorials using AR image anchors Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods for a mobile application device to playback and record augmented reality (AR) overlays indicating gestures to be made to a recorded device screen. A device screen is recorded by a camera of the mobile device, wherein a mask is overlaid on a user hand interacting with the device screen. Interactions made to the device screen are detected based on the mask, and AR overlays are generated corresponding to the reactions.
US11557055B2	Arrangement for producing head related transfer function filters When three-dimensional audio is produced by using headphones, particular HRTF-filters are used to modify sound for the left and right channels of the headphone. As the morphology of every ear is different, it is beneficial to have HRTF-filters particularly designed for the user of headphones. Such filters may be produced by deriving ear geometry from a plurality of images taken with an ordinary camera, detecting necessary features from images and fitting said features to a model that has been produced from accurately scanned ears comprising representative values for different sizes and shapes. Taken images are sent to a server (52) that performs the necessary computations and submits the data further or produces the requested filter.
US11557054B1	Method for performing region-of-interest-based depth detection with aid of pattern-adjustable projector, and associated apparatus A method for performing region-of-interest (ROI)-based depth detection with aid of a pattern-adjustable projector and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: utilizing a first camera to capture a first image, wherein the first image includes image contents indicating one or more objects; utilizing an image processing circuit to determine a ROI of the first image according to the image contents of the first image; utilizing the image processing circuit to perform projection region selection to determine a selected projection region corresponding to the ROI among multiple predetermined projection regions, wherein the selected projection region is selected from the multiple predetermined projection regions according to the ROI; utilizing the pattern-adjustable projector to project a predetermined pattern according to the selected projection region, for performing depth detection; utilizing a second camera to capture a second image; and performing the depth detection according to the second image to generate a depth map.
US11557053B2	Deep learning to correct map and image features Techniques for image processing and transformation are provided. A plurality of images and a plurality of maps are received, and a system of neural networks is trained based on the plurality of images and the plurality of maps. A first image is received, and a first map is generated by processing the first image using the system of neural networks.
US11557051B2	Training of joint depth prediction and completion System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to training a depth model for joint depth completion and prediction. In one arrangement, a method includes generating depth features from sparse depth data according to a sparse auxiliary network (SAN) of a depth model. The method includes generating a first depth map from a monocular image and a second depth map from the monocular image and the depth features using the depth model. The method includes generating a depth loss from the second depth map and the sparse depth data and an image loss from the first depth map and the sparse depth data. The method includes updating the depth model including the SAN using the depth loss and the image loss.
US11557050B2	Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium A distance measurement accuracy is improved without increasing power consumption of an image processing apparatus that performs distance-measuring processing. In one embodiment, an image processing apparatus for calculating distance information on an image has a reliability calculation unit 113 configured to calculate reliability in accordance with contrast for each pixel of the image and a distance calculation unit 116 configured to calculate distance information on each of the pixels based on reliability of each of the pixels. The distance calculation unit 116 calculates the distance information about a second pixel group whose reliability is lower than that of a first pixel group by using a collation area whose size is larger than a predetermined size in a range in which an amount of calculation in a case where a collation area of the predetermined size is used for all the pixels of the image is not exceeded.
US11557049B1	Interpolation optimizations for a display engine for post-rendering processing In one embodiment, a method includes, by a computing system, accessing a first and second texture associated with an output position, determining a color-blending operation, determining a first color and a first transparency level based on the first texture, determining a second color and a second transparency level based on the second texture, and identifying a color-blending optimization based on the color-blending operation and a comparison of the colors and transparency levels. The method includes determining an output color and an output transparency level by performing the color-blending operation using the colors and transparency levels. The output color is determined by copying the first or second color or the output transparency level is determined by copying the first or second transparency level without additional calculation. The method includes providing the output color and the output transparency level for display at the output position.
US11557034B2	Fully automatic, template-free particle picking for electron microscopy Systems and methods are described for the fully automatic, template-free locating and extracting of a plurality of two-dimensional projections of particles in a micrograph image. A set of reference images is automatically assembled from a micrograph image by analyzing the image data in each of a plurality of partially overlapping windows and identifying a subset of windows with image data satisfying at least one statistic criterion compared to other windows. A normalized cross-correlation is then calculated between the image data in each reference image and the image data in each of a plurality of query image windows. Based on this cross-correlation analysis, a plurality of locations in the micrograph is automatically identified as containing a two-dimensional projection of a different instance of the particle of the first type. The two-dimensional projections identified in the micrograph are then used to determine the three-dimensional structure of the particle.
US11557030B2	Device, method, and system for displaying a combined image representing a position of sensor having defect and a vehicle The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing system by which a user can easily recognize a position of a sensor having a defect from among sensors mounted on a vehicle. Position-related information about a relative position or direction with respect to a vehicle is acquired, and a combined image obtained by combining a defect image representing a position of the sensor having a defect from among the sensors mounted on the vehicle with a vehicle image reflecting the vehicle is displayed in response to the position-related information. The present technology can be applied so that a user can recognize a sensor having a defect from among the sensors mounted on a vehicle.
US11557021B2	Positioning system of mobile device A positioning system includes a storage device, a lidar and a controller. The storage device stores a global map. The lidar generates an initial local map. The controller rotates the initial local map to generate a rotated local map, compares the rotated local map and the initial local map separately with a plurality of partial areas of the global map, so as to obtain at least one similar area, calculates at least one candidate coordinates for a mobile device on the global map according to the center point of each of the similar areas, and calculates similarity scores according to each of the candidate coordinates, and selects the candidate coordinates having highest similarity score for use as coordinate of the mobile device on the global map.
US11557020B2	Eye tracking method and apparatus An eye tracking system for tracking one or more of a user's eyes includes an closed-eye detector operable to detect when a user has closed one or more of their eyes, an eye tracker operable to detect an eye orientation in dependence upon a measured deformation of an eyelid corresponding to the an eye that has been detected to be shut, and an image renderer operable to render a foveated image for display in response to the detected eye orientation.
US11557019B1	Homography generation for image registration in inlier-poor domains A method for efficient image registration between two images in the presence of inlier-poor domains includes receiving a set of candidate correspondences between the two images. An approximate homography between the two images is generated based upon a first correspondence in the correspondences. The set of candidate correspondences is filtered to identify inlier correspondences based upon the approximate homography. A candidate homography is computed based upon the inlier correspondences. The candidate homography can be selected as a final homography between the two images based upon a support of the candidate homography against the set of candidate correspondences. An image registration is performed between the two images based upon the candidate homography being selected as the final homography.
US11557015B2	System and method of data transfer in-band in video via optically encoded images Data are encoded into one or more optically encoded images. The optically encoded images are then inserted as image data into a video sequence—i.e., in video frames. Data are transmitted in-band within the video, via any conceivable video distribution channel or format. The video may be trans-coded as required—because the data are optically encoded, any video processing that even crudely preserves the frame images will preserve the optically encoded data. This scheme of in-band data transfer in video is very robust. A video receiving apparatus receives the video, inspects the image data from video frames in memory, detects optically encoded images in the image data, and decodes the optically encoded images to recover the data. The frames carrying optically encoded images are typically discarded and not rendered to a display. The data from a plurality of optically encoded images may be concatenated, and further processed.
US11557008B2	Creating, monitoring, and updating energy transactions using distributed ledger technology and contract codex Methods and systems for improved creation, monitoring, and updating of energy transactions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a request to originate a contract for an energy transaction. Transaction information concerning the energy transaction may be received and may identify a type of energy resource and parties for the energy transaction. A requirement for the energy transaction may be identified within the contract codex and at least one condition may be determined based on the requirement. An updated contract may be generated by adding the at least one condition to the contract. Information regarding the updated contract may be stored on the distributed ledger.
US11557007B2	Utility monitoring and utility usage determination, control and optimization Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for utility monitoring and utility usage determination, control and optimization. The system receives utility usage information from one or more sensor devices, and obtains water usage information from a first sensor device coupled to a water pipe, obtains electricity usage information from a second sensor device coupled to an electrical panel, and/or obtains water heater usage information from a third sensor device coupled to a water heater. The system may use the obtained utility information to determine types of utility activities and/or appliances being used corresponding to the utility usage.
US11557002B2	System and method for relevance scoring of a digital resource The present disclosure is directed to a method for tracking influence of a user on content shared via encoded uniform resource locator (URL) links. Measuring influence of a user may identify what level of engagement the user drives to content when the user shares content with other users, such as via encoded links. A high influencer may be a user who drives a high level of engagement with content when the user shares content. A low influencer may be a user who does not drive a high level of engagement, or otherwise drives a low level of engagement with content when the user shares content. The method may include receiving, by a server, identification of a user for each of a plurality of encoded uniform resource locator (URL) links. The server may identify a plurality of keywords from content identified by each encoded URL link. The server may determine a number of actions via a plurality of users that decoded each encoded URL link of the plurality of encoded URL links of the user. The server may store, in a profile of the user, information on the one or more keywords and the number of actions.
US11557001B2	Methods, systems, and tools for providing tax related services for virtual currency holdings Technology is directed to tools for providing tax related services for virtual currency holdings, e.g., bitcoin holdings. The tax related services can include computation of taxes such as income tax, sales tax, and payroll tax for virtual currency holdings. The services can also include facilitating filing of the taxes with the concerned department. The tool can include a computing device configured to execute a tax application for computing the taxes on virtual currency holdings. The user provides information on a source of virtual currency transactions, e.g., an address of a bitcoin wallet, to the tax application, and the tax application retrieves the transactions from the source. The tax application categorizes the transactions into various transaction types and identifies the taxable and/or non-taxable transactions. The gain/loss and the associated tax are computed for the taxable transactions using one or more cost-basis methods.
US11556999B1	Tax planning using video-based graphical user interface and artificial intelligence A system and method of generating and presenting a recommended filing strategy that includes receiving user inputs via a graphical user interface; identifying, using one or more computers, factual patterns of the user inputs; assigning, using the one or more computers and based on the identified factual patterns, a risk tolerance classification; generating, using an optimization model and based on the factual patterns, the risk tolerance classification, and relevant legal documents, the recommended filing strategy; identifying relevant media files from a library of media files that are associated with the recommended filing strategy; creating a combined media file from the plurality of relevant media files; and presenting the combined media file via the graphical user interface.
US11556998B2	Media content based on playback zone awareness Systems and methods are provided for providing media content based on playback zone awareness. In one aspect, a computing system receives, via a network interface, zone data from the media playback system, wherein the zone data includes an indication of a particular zone of the media playback system, and wherein the particular zone comprises at least one playback device. The computing system identifies audio content based on (i) the indication of the particular zone and (ii) contextual data associated with the particular zone, and provides, via the network interface, an indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system.
US11556995B1	Predictive analytics for assessing property using external data Methods and systems for assessing property based on predictive analytics techniques that use external data are described herein. A server may identify a reference set of information for a reference property evaluated with a reference risk score in accordance with a risk score rule that meets a predetermined threshold. The server may obtain an external data file from an external data source, wherein the external data file includes an external set of information for a prospective property. The server may compare the reference set of information with the external set of information to identify a common feature, condition, or attribute, and if identified, may evaluate the prospective property by determining a predicted risk score based on the external set of information in accordance with the risk score rule. If the predicted risk score is determined to meet the threshold, the server may indicate the prospective property as pre-approved.
US11556993B2	Methods and systems for a gamified startup ecosystem Systems and methods are presented to disclose a gamified startup ecosystem wherein the participants comprising various real and role-playing stakeholders of the startup ecosystem are enabled and incentivized to interact with each other in their respective roles in a plurality of ways that draw upon gamification to make the participants' experiences interactive, valuable, interesting, educational, and rewarding for them in their various roles.
US11556983B1	Systems and methods for measuring data quality over time Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for evaluating data quality. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of records, the records sharing a common attribute, and reading first values for the common attribute corresponding to a first time period and second values for the common attribute corresponding to a second time period. A business rule for evaluating the common attribute is accessed, and first and second consistency data are generated. The first consistency data may reflect the extent to which the first values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the first time. The second consistency data may reflect the extent to which the second values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the second time. The first consistency data and the second consistency data are processed to generate a quality change rate of the common attribute from the first time period to the second time period, based on the difference between the first consistency data and the second consistency data.
US11556978B2	Methods and systems for conducting electronic commerce Various methods and systems are provided for conducting e-commerce. In one example, a method of conducting an e-commerce transaction includes a method of operating an online retail website. The method includes providing access to a computer interface for suppliers and presenting information to the suppliers through the computer interface regarding activity of the supplier's stock keeping unit (SKU). The suppliers are then enabled to directly modify at least one parameter associated with a presentation of the supplier's SKU on the retail website by way of the interface. The modification of the parameter may include, for example, modification of the presentation of the SKU including, for example, changing the title, adding video or photograph, or adding some other information. The modification of the parameter may also include, for example, modifying the price or entering into a bilateral agreement with the operator of the retail web site.
US11556962B2	Press release distribution system A press release distribution system provides press release and other news to forum sites as posts. The forum software that runs at forum sites includes press release interface software or is adapted to receive press release interface plug-in modules for interfacing with the press release distribution system. The press release interface software or plug-in module may also monitor and/or analyze user data of forum members and/or forum activities of the users. The monitored user data and forum activities may be provided to the press release distribution system for analysis and generation of user profiles. Using the result of the analysis (e.g., user profiles), the press release distribution system can target particular users or forums to direct the press releases, news, or advertisements for most effective advertising campaign.
US11556953B2	Methods, systems, and media for timing presentation of content Methods, systems, and media for timing presentation of content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a first video content item to be presented on a user device of a user, wherein the video content item is provided by a video sharing service; identifying a promotion for the video sharing service that is to be presented to the user during a time window; determining a probability that the user will select the promotion if the promotion is presented at a first time point within the time window in connection with the first video content item; determining whether to present the promotion at the first time point based on at least on the probability; in response to determining that the promotion is to be presented at the first time point, causing the promotion to be presented on the user device at the first time point in connection with the first video content item; and, in response to determining that the promotion is not to be presented at the first time point, causing the promotion to be presented on the user device at a second time point in connection with a second video content item, wherein the second time point is within the time window and wherein the second time point is after the first time point.
US11556950B2	Identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers An approach to facilitating identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers is provided. A first virtual container may be associated with a first virtual item set and identified by a first container identifier. Container instances of the first virtual container that are purchased through a store interface during a first time period may be configured to be activated by users in a game space to obtain item instances of virtual items of the first virtual item set. The first virtual container may be modified to be associated with a second virtual item set and identified by the first container identifier. Container instances of the first virtual container that are purchased during a second time period may be container instances of the modified first virtual container that are configured to be activated by the users in the game space to obtain item instances of virtual items of the second virtual item set.
US11556949B2	Telematics service detection and action messaging based on machine learning for assisting car sharing platform A method of causing car sharing platform user to perform vehicle actions includes training a model by analyzing historical data; analyzing a first data set to determine vehicle requirements comprising respective actions that include respective action values; displaying the actions; receiving user acceptance of the actions; analyzing a second data set to identify changes to the requirements indicating completed actions; and releasing the respective generated action value for the completed actions. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer system to: train a model by analyzing historical data; analyze a first data set to determine vehicle requirements comprising respective actions that include respective action values; display the actions; receive user acceptance of the actions; analyze a second data set to identify changes to the requirements indicating completed actions; and release the respective generated action value for the completed actions.
US11556946B2	Methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
US11556935B1	Financial risk management based on transactions portrait An approach is provided in which the approach constructs a 3-dimensional (3D) matrix based on a plurality of historical transactions performed by a user. The 3D matrix includes a set of features, a set of rows, and a set of channels. The approach trains a convolutional neural network using the 3D matrix, and then uses the trained convolutional neural network to predict a risk level of a new transaction initiated by the user. The approach transmits an alert message based on the predicted risk level.
US11556932B2	System for user authentication A computer-implemented method of authenticating the identity of a user is provided, where the user is associated with a computer signature and is in possession of a cell phone. The method involves obtaining a current geographical location of the cell phone, determining if the computer signature is associated in a database with a stored geographical location of the phone, and, if the computer signature is associated in the database with a stored geographical location, comparing the stored geographical location to the current geographical location of the phone.
US11556925B2	Ensuring information fairness and input privacy using a blockchain in a competitive scenario governed by a smart contract An example operation may include one or more of initializing a smart contract (SC) and appending it to a blockchain, registering each of a plurality of participants as a party to the SC, receiving from at least some of the participants an encrypted confidential input commitment, appending the encrypted input commitments to the blockchain, decrypting the encrypted input commitments, executing by the SC at least one business rule using the decrypted input commitments to obtain a business rule result, and identifying a prevailing participant based at least in part on the business rule result.
US11556917B2	Authorizing a payment with a multi-function transaction card A multi-function transaction card may include a card body having dimensions that are in accordance with a standard for transaction cards, an output device on the card body, and a secure element within the card body. The multi-function transaction card may pair, via a wireless connection, the multi-function transaction card with a terminal. The multi-function transaction card may receive, from the terminal, information associated with a transaction. The multi-function transaction card may generate, based on the information associated with the transaction, and using a cryptographic key, an authorization request cryptogram (ARQC), wherein the cryptographic key is stored in the secure element. The multi-function transaction card may generate, based on the ARQC, a machine-readable code. The multi-function transaction card may display, using the output device, the machine-readable code.
US11556912B2	Smartglasses-to-smartglasses payment systems Methods for smartglasses-to-smartglasses payment systems is provided. Methods include receiving a transfer of funds initiation at a first smartglasses. The transfer of funds initiation may include an identifier, an amount and a personal identification number (“PIN”). Methods include transmitting the transfer of funds initiation from the first smartglasses to a second smartglasses. Methods may include receiving a notification on the second smartglasses. The notification may include a first smartglasses telephone number and the transfer of funds initiation. Methods may include transmitting a transfer of funds request from the second smartglasses to an entity. The transfer of funds request may include the first smartglasses telephone number, the transfer of funds initiation and the second smartglasses telephone number. Methods may include retrieving a first account and a second account from the entity. Methods may include transferring funds from the first account to the second account.
US11556909B2	Universal payment channels Systems and methods for transferring value. A method includes posting, by a user device to a blockchain, a deposit transaction comprising a deposit value and conditions and updating, by the user device, a state according to a transaction amount. The method also includes transmitting, by the user device, a state update of the state to a server computer and responsive to transmitting the state update, and receiving, by the user device, a payment complete message comprising a tuple from the server computer. The method also includes verifying, by the user device, the conditions and processing, by the user device, a server deposit transaction on the blockchain in response to verifying.
US11556908B2	Methods and systems for deconflicting data from multiple sources in computer systems Methods and systems are described for verifying an identity of a user through contextual knowledge-based authentication. The system described uses contextual knowledge-based authentication. By verifying an identity of a user through contextual knowledge-based authentication, the verification is both more secure and more intuitive to the user. For example, by relying on confidential and/or proprietary information, the system may generate verification questions, the answers to which are known only by the user.
US11556904B2	Method, system, and computer program product for processing a payment transaction via a proxy guarantor A method for processing a payment transaction via a proxy guarantor includes: receiving a transaction request between a user and a merchant including payment device data associated with a payment device of the user of a payment type not accepted by the merchant, and an indicator causing the payment transaction to be processed as a proxy guarantor transaction; identifying a guarantor associated with the user having a payment device of a payment type accepted by the merchant; communicating an authorization request to an issuer system associated with the guarantor to cause the issuer system of the guarantor to authorize the payment transaction; receiving an authorization response from the issuer system of the guarantor, the authorization response including a payment transaction approval indicator; and communicating a settlement request to an issuer system of the user.
US11556896B2	Employment recruitment method based on face recognition and terminal device using same An employment recruitment method based on face recognition includes acquiring a candidate's data from a third-party website, analyzing the candidate's data by a semantic analysis method to identify human resources information of the candidate, and analyzing messages and postings in the human resources information of the candidate to determine candidate's personality. A terminal device acquires a second face image of the candidate by a second camera, analyzes the second face image of the candidate by a computer vision algorithm to determine a micro-expression of the candidate, and provides the candidate's human resources information, the candidate's personality, and the candidate's micro-expression to the recruiter to evaluate the candidate. The terminal device applying the method is also disclosed.
US11556886B1	Processing and notifications for missing and unavailable items In some examples, a computing device may receive, from a user device, user input indicating selection of a first item to place an order with a merchant. The computing device may analyze a plurality of transaction records for past orders to determine a likelihood that the first item will be unavailable for the order. The computing device may send a communication that causes the user interface on the user device to display a notification including a request for an action to perform in the event that the first item is unavailable. The computing device may receive a response including an instruction for the action to perform. The computing device may cause the order to be placed with the merchant. In response to receiving subsequently an indication from the merchant that the first item is unavailable, the computing device may send a communication to cause the action to be performed.
US11556883B2	Cached data representations for service schedule availability Techniques and system configurations for use of cached data to generate and present a schedule or other availability information for delivery and service scheduling of a product are disclosed herein. In an example, electronic operations used for offering cached availability information in a user interface include: obtaining service information to identify a service for a product (such as installation or removal) that can accompany, precede, or follow, delivery of a product; obtaining customer information to identify a geographic location to perform the service for the product; retrieving, from a cached data store, availability information to perform the service for the product based on the geographic location and the service information; and presenting the availability information to perform the service in association with the delivery of the product. With this technique, a calendar or schedule can be produced from cached data, without requiring multiple requests to a scheduling system.
US11556868B2	System for automated and intelligent analysis of data keys associated with an information source Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automated and intelligent analysis of information. The system receives interaction data, interaction metadata, and external information in order to identify parties of interactions, subjects of interactions, and infer relationships between parties and subjects based on the content, context, frequency, and amount of available interaction data. Weighted score scores are generated and used to rank the inferred relationships and determined relevance between parties and subjects. This data may be stored in a graphical database and later used to response to user data queries to facilitate collaboration.
US11556860B2	Continuous learning system for models without pipelines An ML root model format having a root model definition, is converted into an ML target model format not having the root model definition. A learning system is assigned to the root model definition that is convertible to the machine learning target model format. A new version of the root model definition is ported from the ML root model to the format of the ML target model to generate a new version of the machine learning target model after a learning iteration of the learning system. Quality limits are determined using an X control chart method based on a cross-validation of fold results generated during a validation of the new version of the machine learning root model. A quality metric value of the new version of the ML target model is evaluated against the quality threshold values of the new version of the ML root model.
US11556849B2	Optimization apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing optimization program, and optimization method A method includes: partitioning learning data containing objective variables and explanatory variables into a plurality of subsets of data; executing regularization processing on first data in each of the partitioned subsets, and extracting a first element equal to zero; extracting, as a candidate, each model where an error ratio between first multiple regression and second multiple regression is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the first multiple regression being a result of multiple regression on second data which is test data in each of the partitioned subsets and is for use to calculate the error ratio of the learning data, the second multiple regression being a result of multiple regression on third data obtained by excluding the first element from the second data; and outputting a model where zero is substituted for an element that takes zero a predetermined or larger number of times in the candidate.
US11556845B2	System for identifying duplicate parties using entity resolution An entity resolution system performs a method of resolving one or more candidate entities based on a data set. The entity resolution system has a machine learning module and a narrative module. The machine learning module generates a synthesized data set, the synthesized data set comprising similarity ratings for each entity feature. The narrative module applies a clustering analysis to determine one or more distances between the group of similarity ratings for each entity feature and one or more clusters associated with known relationships between entities, generates a narrative output based on one or more distances. The narrative output states at least one identified relationship between at least two entities of the plurality of candidate entities and a confidence score. The narrative engine also provides the narrative output to a user interface.
US11556842B2	Data augmentation for text-based AI applications A cognitive system (artificial intelligence) is optimized by assessing different data augmentation methods used to augment training data, and then training the system using a training set augmented by the best identified method. The augmentation methods are assessed by applying them to the same set of training data to generate different augmented training data sets. Respective instances of the cognitive system are trained with the augmented sets, and each instance is subjected to validation testing to assess its goodness. The validation testing can include multiple validation tests leading to component scores, and a combined validation score is computed as a weighted average of the component scores using respective weights for each validation test. The augmentation method corresponding to the instance having the highest combined validation score is selected as the optimum augmentation method for the particular cognitive system at hand.
US11556840B2	High-speed scanning parser for scalable collection of statistics and use in preparing data for machine learning A parser is deployed early in a machine learning pipeline to read raw data and collect useful statistics about the raw data's content to determine which items of raw data exhibit a proxy for feature importance for the machine learning model. The parser operates at high speeds that approach the disk's absolute throughput while utilizing a small memory footprint. Utilization of the parser enables the machine learning pipeline to receive a fraction of the total raw data that would otherwise be available. Several scans through the data are performed, by which proxies for feature importance are indicated and irrelevant features may be discarded and thereby not forwarded to the machine learning pipeline. This reduces the amount of memory and other hardware resources used at the server and also expedites the machine learning process.
US11556839B1	Auditing system for machine learning decision system Computer systems and associated methods are disclosed to implement a decision model auditing system that allows clients of a machine learning decision system to audit the decision-making process the decision system. In embodiments, the decision system is instrumented with reporting code to collect internal decision data of the decision system and send the data to a decision auditing service. In embodiments, the auditing service provides the client with an obfuscated token, which may be used to anonymize the client requests to the decision system. As client requests are handled by the decision system, the reporting code generates audit messages to the auditing service. The auditing service stores the audit information, which may later be provided to the client or used generate an audit report. In embodiments, the audit report may indicate whether the decision system contains any undesired bias.
US11556832B2	Randomized benchmarking by exploiting the structure of the Clifford group A method of generating a randomized benchmarking protocol includes providing a randomly generated plurality of Hadamard gates; applying the Hadamard gates to a plurality of qubits; and generating randomly a plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits. Each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits is generated by at least randomly generating a uniformly distributed phase (P) gate, and randomly generating a uniformly distributed linear Boolean invertible matrix of conditional NOT (CNOT) gate, and combining the P and CNOT gates to form each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits. The method also includes combining each of the plurality of Hadamard-free Clifford circuits with corresponding each of the plurality of Hadamard gates to form a sequence of alternating Hadamard-free Clifford-Hadamard pairs circuit to form the randomized benchmarking protocol; and measuring noise in a quantum mechanical processor using the randomized benchmarking protocol.
US11556823B2	Facilitating device fingerprinting through assignment of fuzzy device identifiers Various device attributes associated with a current event may be obtained. Similarity metrics may be determined that indicate a degree of similarity between the device attributes that are associated with the current event and stored device attributes that are associated with previous events and previously created fuzzy device identifiers. A fuzzy device identifier may be assigned to the current event based at least in part on a comparison of the similarity metrics with a threshold. If none of the similarity metrics compare favorably with the threshold, then a new fuzzy device identifier may be created for the current event. However, if at least one of the similarity metrics compares favorably with the threshold, then the previously created fuzzy device identifier whose stored device attributes are most similar to the device attributes that are associated with the current event may be assigned to the current event.
US11556820B2	Method and system for a dynamic data collection and context-driven actions A method at an analytics module on a computing device, the analytics module being at a tier within a hierarchy of analytics modules and data sources, the method including receiving a first data set from a data source or a lower tier analytics module; analyzing the first data set to create a second data set; providing the second data set to at least one higher tier analytics module, the second data set being derived from the first data set; and providing at least one of an inference and an interdiction to the lower tier analytics module.
US11556816B2	Conditional parallel coordinates in automated artificial intelligence with constraints Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate conditional parallel coordinates in automated artificial intelligence with constraints are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a visualization component that renders a pipeline constraint as a constraint axis having constraint scores of machine learning pipelines in a conditional parallel coordinates visualization. The computer executable components can further comprise a model generation component that generates a machine learning model based on the constraint scores of the machine learning pipelines.
US11556808B1	Content delivery optimization Content delivery optimization and recommendation is disclosed. A manner of delivering a content object to a mobile device may be determined at least in part by applying a behavior model associated with a user of the mobile device to attributes associated with the content object. The behavior model may be generated based at least in part on observed activities of the user. The content object is provided to the mobile device in the determined manner.
US11556799B2	Channel modelling in a data transmission system Apparatuses, systems and methods are described including: converting generator inputs to a generator output vector using a generator, wherein the generator is a model of a channel of a data transmission system and wherein the generator comprises a generator neural network; selectively providing either the generator output vector or an output vector of the channel of the data transmission system to an input of a discriminator, wherein the discriminator comprises a discriminator neural network; using the discriminator to generate a probability indicative of whether the discriminator input is the channel output vector or the generator output vector; and training at least some weights of the discriminator neural network using a first loss function and training at least some weights of the generator neural network using a second loss function in order to improve the accuracy of the model of the channel.
US11556797B2	Systems and methods for polygon object annotation and a method of training an object annotation system The present invention relates generally to object annotation, specifically to polygonal annotations of objects. Described are methods of annotating an object including steps of receiving an image depicting an object, generating a set of image features using a CNN encoder implemented on one or more computers, and producing a polygon object annotation via a recurrent decoder or a Graph Neural Network. The recurrent decoder may include a recurrent neural network, a graph neural network or a gated graph neural network. A system for annotating an object and a method of training an object annotation system are also described.
US11556791B2	Predicting and managing requests for computing resources or other resources Requests for computing resources and other resources can be predicted and managed. For example, a system can determine a baseline prediction indicating a number of requests for an object over a future time-period. The system can then execute a first model to generate a first set of values based on seasonality in the baseline prediction, a second model to generate a second set of values based on short-term trends in the baseline prediction, and a third model to generate a third set of values based on the baseline prediction. The system can select a most accurate model from among the three models and generate an output prediction by applying the set of values output by the most accurate model to the baseline prediction. Based on the output prediction, the system can cause an adjustment to be made to a provisioning process for the object.
US11556790B2	Artificial neural network training in memory Apparatuses and methods can be related to implementing age-based network training. An artificial neural network (ANN) can be trained by introducing errors into the ANN. The errors and the quantity of errors introduced into the ANN can be based on age-based characteristics of the memory device.
US11556782B2	Structure-preserving attention mechanism in sequence-to-sequence neural models In a trained attentive decoder of a trained Sequence-to-Sequence (seq2seq) Artificial Neural Network (ANN): obtaining an encoded input vector sequence; generating, using a trained primary attention mechanism of the trained attentive decoder, a primary attention vectors sequence; for each primary attention vector of the primary attention vectors sequence: (a) generating a set of attention vector candidates corresponding to the respective primary attention vector, (b) evaluating, for each attention vector candidate of the set of attention vector candidates, a structure fit measure that quantifies a similarity of the respective attention vector candidate to a desired attention vector structure, (c) generating, using a trained soft-selection ANN, a secondary attention vector based on said evaluation and on state variables of the trained attentive decoder; and generating, using the trained attentive decoder, an output sequence based on the encoded input vector sequence and the secondary attention vectors.
US11556775B2	Systems and methods for trace norm regularization and faster inference for embedded models Described herein are systems and methods for compressing and speeding up dense matrix multiplications as found, for examples, in the fully connected and recurrent layers of neural networks for embedded large vocabulary continuous speech recognition (LVCSR). For compression, trace norm regularization technique embodiments were introduced and studied for training low rank factored versions of matrix multiplications. Compared to standard low rank training, the methods more consistently lead to good accuracy versus number of parameter trade-offs and can be used to speed-up training of large models. Faster inference may be further enabled on ARM processors through kernels optimized for small batch sizes, resulting in speed ups over the currently used library. Beyond LVCSR, the techniques are also generally applicable to embedded neural networks with large fully connected or recurrent layers.
US11556772B2	Incremental precision networks using residual inference and fine-grain quantization One embodiment provides for a computing device comprising a parallel processor compute unit to perform a set of parallel integer compute operations; a ternarization unit including a weight ternarization circuit and an activation quantization circuit; wherein the weight ternarization circuit is to convert a weight tensor from a floating-point representation to a ternary representation including a ternary weight and a scale factor; wherein the activation quantization circuit is to convert an activation tensor from a floating-point representation to an integer representation; and wherein the parallel processor compute unit includes one or more circuits to perform the set of parallel integer compute operations on the ternary representation of the weight tensor and the integer representation of the activation tensor.
US11556770B2	Auto weight scaling for RPUs Techniques for auto weight scaling a bounded weight range of RPU devices with the size of the array during ANN training are provided. In one aspect, a method of ANN training includes: initializing weight values winit in the array to a random value, wherein the array represents a weight matrix W with m rows and n columns; calculating a scaling factor β based on a size of the weight matrix W; providing digital inputs x to the array; dividing the digital inputs x by a noise and bound management factor α to obtain adjusted digital inputs x′; performing a matrix-vector multiplication of the adjusted digital inputs x′ with the array to obtain digital outputs y′; multiplying the digital outputs y′ by the noise and bound management factor α; and multiplying the digital outputs y′ by the scaling factor β to provide digital outputs y of the array.
US11556768B2	Optimization of sparsified neural network layers for semi-digital crossbar architectures A method and system are provided. The method includes mapping a binary matrix to an undirected graph form, applying a two-way graph partition algorithm to the mapped binary matrix that minimizes edge cuts between partitions in the mapped binary matrix, applying a greedy algorithm recursively to find a set of row or column permutations that maximizes a transfer of non-zeros from sparse blocks to nonsparse blocks, and sparsifying or densifying the binary matrix according to the applied greedy algorithm.
US11556765B2	Neuromorphic system and operating method thereof A neuromorphic system includes an address translation device that translates an address corresponding to each of synaptic weights between presynaptic neurons and postsynaptic neurons to generate a translation address, and a plurality of synapse memories that store the synaptic weights based on the translation address. The translation address is generated such that at least two of synaptic weights corresponding to each of the postsynaptic neurons are stored in different synapse memories of the plurality of synapse memories and such that at least two of synaptic weights corresponding to each of the presynaptic neurons are stored in different synapse memories.
US11556764B2	Deriving a concordant software neural network layer from a quantized firmware neural network layer Systems and methods for deriving a concordant software neural network layer are provided. A method includes receiving first instructions configured to, using a neural network processor (NNP), process a first set of data corresponding to a neural network layer, where the NNP is configured to quantize the first set of the data to generate a set of quantized data and then perform matrix-vector multiply operations on the set of quantized data using a matrix-vector-multiplier incorporated within hardware associated with the NNP to generate a first set of results. The method further includes processing the first instructions to automatically generate second instructions configured for use with at least one processor, different from the NNP, such that the second instructions, when executed by the at least one processor to perform matrix multiply operations, generate a second set of results that are concordant with the first set of results.
US11556763B2	Multi-kernel configuration for convolutional neural networks Methods and systems of implementing a convolutional neural network are described. In an example, a structure may receive input signals and distribute the input signals to a plurality of unit cells. The structure may include a plurality of multi-kernel modules that may include a respective set of unit cells. A unit cell may correspond to an element of a kernel being implemented in the convolutional neural network and may include a storage component configured to store a weight of a corresponding element of the kernel. A first pass gate of the unit cell may be activated to pass a stored weight of the unit cell to a plurality of operation circuits in the corresponding unit cell, such that the stored weight may be applied to the input signals. The structure may generate a set of outputs based on the application of the stored weights to the input signals.
US11556761B2	Method and device for compressing a neural network model for machine translation and storage medium A method for compressing a neural network model includes: obtaining a first trained teacher model and a second trained teacher model based on N training samples, N being a positive integer greater than 1; for each of the N training samples, determining a first guide component of the first teacher model and a second guide component of the second teacher model respectively, determining a sub optimization target corresponding to the training sample and configured to optimize a student model according to the first guide component and the second guide component, and determining a joint optimization target based on each of the N training samples and a sub optimization target corresponding to the training sample; and training the student model based on the joint optimization target.
US11556760B2	Learning-based data processing system and model update method Provided is a learning-based data processing system which generates a learning model by learning a learning data set, recognizes observational data according to the learning model, and provides a recognition result. The learning-based data processing system may include a data recognition device configured to generate a cascaded learning model by cascading a first learning model generated based on a first learning data set and a second learning model generated based on a second learning data set.
US11556756B2	Computation graph mapping in heterogeneous computer system The present disclosure relates to a method for scheduling a computation graph on heterogeneous computing resources. The method comprises generating an augmented computation graph that includes a first set of replica nodes corresponding to a first node in the computation graph and a second set of replica nodes corresponding to a second node in the computation graph, wherein the replica nodes of the first set are connected by edges to the replica nodes of the second set according to dependency between the first node and the second node in the computation graph, adapting the augmented computation graph to include performance values for the edges, the replica nodes of the first set, and the replica nodes of the second set, and determining a path across the adapted computation graph via one replica node of the first set and one replica node of the second set based on the performance values.
US11556754B1	Systems and methods for detecting co-occurrence of behavior in collaborative interactions Systems and methods for computer-implemented evaluation of a performance are provided. In a first aspect, a computer-implemented method of evaluating an interaction generates a first temporal record of first behavior features exhibited by a first entity during an interaction between a first entity and a second entity. A second temporal record is generated including second behavior features exhibited by a second entity during an interaction with a first entity. A determination is made that a first feature of a first temporal record is associated with a second feature of a second temporal record. The length of time that passes between the first feature and second feature is evaluated, and a determination is made that the length of time satisfies a temporal condition. A co-occurrence record associated with a first feature and a second feature is generated and included in a co-occurrence record data-structure.
US11556750B2	Method of generating color sample data, method of preparing color sample, and color sample preparation device The method of generating color sample data includes the step of generating the color sample data for preparing a color sample of a color included in a difference area between a color gamut in an equipment independent color space which is expressed by a first color expression apparatus and a color gamut in the equipment independent color space which is expressed by a second color expression apparatus using an output profile which expresses the color and corresponds to one of the first color expression apparatus and the second color expression apparatus configured to express a color in at least a part of the difference area out of a first output profile representing a correspondence relationship between a coordinate value in an output color space depending on the first color expression apparatus and a coordinate value in the equipment independent color space, and a second output profile representing a correspondence relationship between a coordinate value in an output color space depending on the second color expression apparatus and a coordinate value in the equipment independent color space based on a coordinate value in the difference area.
US11556745B2	System and method for ordered representation and feature extraction for point clouds obtained by detection and ranging sensor A method is described which includes receiving a point cloud having a plurality of data points each representing a 3D location in a 3D space, the point cloud being obtained using a detection and ranging (DAR) sensor. For each data point, associating the data point with a 3D volume containing the 3D location of the data point, the 3D volume being defined using a 3D lattice that partitions the 3D space based on spherical coordinates. For at least one 3D volume, the data points are sorted within the 3D volume based on at least one dimension of the 3D lattice; and the sorted data points are stored as a set of ordered data points. The method also includes performing feature extraction on the set of ordered data points to generate a set of ordered feature vectors and providing the set of ordered feature vectors to perform a machine learning inference task.
US11556734B2	System and method for unsupervised abstraction of sensitive data for realistic modeling An abstraction system for generating a standard customer profile in a data processing system has a processing device and a memory. The abstraction system may receive customer data from a computing device over a network, perform unsupervised learning on the customer data to produce a plurality of clusters of customers with a plurality of features in common, and determine that a cluster represents a standard customer, and store a plurality of standard customer profiles based on the determined standard customers, wherein the standard customer profiles comprise a plurality of data distributions for the plurality of features in common. The abstraction system also derives additional standard customer profiles by applying a boundary limiter to the customer data. The abstraction system additionally provides the standard customer profiles and the additional standard customer profiles to a cognitive system for generating synthetic transaction data.
US11556732B2	Method for extracting rivet points in large scale three-dimensional point cloud base on deep learning A method for extracting rivet points in large scale three-dimensional point cloud based on deep learning is provided. Geometric attribute scalar of a point cloud of aircraft skin is calculated point by point, and the scalar attribute domain is mapped to the two-dimensional image to obtain a two-dimensional attribute scalar map of the point cloud. The 2D attribute scalar map is processed using a convolutional neural network and the probability that each point belongs to a rivet point is calculated. The rivet point cloud is divided through a threshold according to the probability; and the point clouds belonging to a same rivet is clustered from the divided rivet point cloud using Euclidean cluster.
US11556730B2	Methods and apparatus for distributed use of a machine learning model Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for distributed use of a machine learning model are disclosed. An example edge device includes a model partitioner to partition a machine learning model received from an aggregator into private layers and public layers. A public model data store is implemented outside of a trusted execution environment of the edge device. The model partitioner is to store the public layers in the public model data store. A private model data store is implemented within the trusted execution environment. The model partitioner is to store the private layers in the private model data store.
US11556729B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and program A information processing apparatus (2000) includes a determination unit (2160) and a deletion unit (2180). The determination unit (2160) determines whether feature information to be determined satisfies a predetermined condition. When feature information to be determined is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition, the deletion unit (2180) deletes the feature information to be determined from the storage apparatus (120).
US11556715B2	Method for training language model based on various word vectors, device and medium A method for training a language model based on various word vectors, a device and a medium, which relate to the field of natural language processing technologies in artificial intelligence, are disclosed. An implementation includes inputting a first sample text language material including a first word mask into the language model, and outputting a context vector of the first word mask via the language model; acquiring a first probability distribution matrix of the first word mask based on the context vector of the first word mask and a first word vector parameter matrix, and a second probability distribution matrix of the first word mask based on the context vector of the first word mask and a second word vector parameter matrix; and training the language model based on a word vector corresponding to the first word mask.
US11556702B2	Orchestration of crud operations for a hierarchical web service data model in a spreadsheet Example embodiments facilitate orchestrating changes of data made (and/or actions specified for execution) in a client-side program with changes of corresponding data made in one or more server-side data objects. An example method includes structuring one or more worksheet relationships between one or more worksheets of a client-side spreadsheet in accordance with one or more data object relationships of one or more data objects of a server-side data structure; determining that one or more operations have been selected for performing on data of one or more of the worksheets; detecting user input operative to initiate performance of the one or more operations; and initiating implementation of the one or more operations (e.g., CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations) in accordance with the one or more worksheet relationships and the one or more data object relationships (e.g., hierarchical relationships). A spreadsheet add-in may issue request messages to web services tasked with completing the one or more operations.
US11556695B2	Combinatorial inflight analysis of multipart data A method of enhanced data orchestration (EDO). The method comprises receiving a first message by a mediation application executing on a computer system and analyzing the first message by the mediation application based at least in part on invoking a machine learning (ML) model by the mediation application. The analyzing determines that a feature of the first message is a probable first component of an item of personally identifiable information (PII). The method further comprises receiving a second message by the mediation application, determining by the mediation application that a feature of the second message when combined with the feature of the first message constitutes an item of PII, and treating the first message and the second message in accordance with predefined PII handling protocols by the mediation application.
US11556688B2	Integrated circuit layout method and system A method includes positioning a first active region adjacent to a pair of second active regions in an initial integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram of an initial cell, to align side edges of the first active region and corresponding side edges of each second active region of the pair of second active regions along a cell height direction. The first active region forms, together with the initial cell, a modified cell having a modified IC layout diagram. The side edges of the first active region and the corresponding side edges of each second active region extend along the cell height direction. A height dimension of the first active region in the cell height direction is less than half of a height dimension of each second active region of the pair of second active regions in the cell height direction. The positioning the first active region is executed by a processor.
US11556684B2	Architecture exploration and compiler optimization using neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing integrated circuit architectures or compiler designs using an optimization engine. The optimization engine includes an auto-encoder and one or more regressors. Once trained, the optimization engine can encode initial, discrete input values of a set of input characteristics into a continuous domain and use continuous optimization techniques to identify final input values of the set of input characteristics that optimize one or more output characteristics.
US11556682B2	Method for 3-D printing a custom bone graft A method for producing bone grafts using 3-D printing is employed using a 3-D image of a graft location to produce a 3-D model of the graft. This is printed using a 3-D printer and a printing medium that produces a porous, biocompatible, biodegradable material that is conducive to osteoinduction. For example, the printing medium may be PCL, PLLA, PGLA, or another approved biocompatible polymer. In addition such a method may be useful for cosmetic surgeries, reconstructive surgeries, and various techniques required by such procedures. Once the graft is placed, natural bone gradually replaces the graft.
US11556678B2	Designing a 3D modeled object via user-interaction A computer-implemented method for designing a 3D modeled object via user-interaction. The method includes obtaining the 3D modeled object and a machine-learnt decoder. The machine-learnt decoder is a differentiable function taking values in a latent space and outputting values in a 3D modeled object space. The method further includes defining a deformation constraint for a part of the 3D modeled object. The method further comprises determining an optimal vector. The optimal vector minimizes an energy. The energy explores latent vectors. The energy comprises a term which penalizes, for each explored latent vector, non-respect of the deformation constraint by the result of applying the decoder to the explored latent vector. The method further includes applying the decoder to the optimal latent vector. This constitutes an improved method for designing a 3D modeled object via user-interaction.
US11556667B2	Facilitating processing of a query on shareable data in a temporary vault A method includes obtaining, by a consumer computing device of a data communication network, a temporary credential in accordance with a temporary credential protocol. The method continues with accessing, by the consumer computing device, a temporary vault in accordance with the temporary credential, where the temporary vault stores or is to store a set of shareable data records. The method continues with facilitating, by the consumer computing device, execution of a data analysis function on the set of shareable data records to produce an analytical result. The method continues with receiving, by the consumer computing device from the temporary vault, the analytical result. The method continues with storing, by the consumer computing device, the analytical result in memory associated with the user computing device.
US11556661B2	Data access control system and data access control method A predetermined access control policy is generated with reference to a lineage table and a metadata table to be stored in a policy table, and an access control policy which should be applied or recommended to treated data is provided with reference to the policy table.
US11556659B1	Partially encrypted snapshots Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for managing snapshots in a partially encrypted state and providing access to partially encrypted snapshots. These snapshot management techniques allow a snapshot that is being encrypted to be accessed prior to the encryption being completed. Such a snapshot may have some blocks that have been encrypted, and other blocks that have not yet been encrypted. In order to provide access to such a snapshot in a partially encrypted state, a system may allow the encryption status of the blocks in the snapshot to be checked at the block level instead of at the snapshot level (or at some other intermediary level therebetween), according to some embodiments. By doing so, the system can reduce the delays resulting from snapshots that are locked during the encryption process.
US11556658B2	Cross-partition calls in partitioned, tamper-evident data stores Provided is a process that includes: obtaining a first request by a first program associated with a first sub-partition of a first partition of a tamper-evident data store of a decentralized computing platform to read data stored in either (i) a second sub-partition of the first partition of the tamper-evident data store of the decentralized computing platform, or (ii) a second partition of the tamper-evident data store of the decentralized computing platform; determining with a subset of peer computing nodes of a set of peer computing nodes that the first program is authorized to read from the second sub-partition or the second partition; and in response to the determination, causing the requested data to be read from the second sub-partition or the second partition.
US11556654B2	Security schemes for multiple trusted-execution-environments (TEEs) and multiple rich-execution-environments (REEs) A system is provided to perform secure operations. The system includes an I/O subsystem, a memory subsystem and processors. The processors are operative to execute processes in trusted execution environments (TEEs) and rich execution environments (REEs). Each of the TEEs and the REEs is identified by a corresponding access identifier (AID) and protected by a corresponding system resource protection unit (SRPU). The corresponding SRPU of a TEE includes instructions, when executed by a corresponding processor, cause the corresponding processor to control access to the TEE using a data structure including allowed AIDs and pointers to memory locations accessible by the allowed AIDs.
US11556653B1	Systems and methods for detecting inter-personal attack applications The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting inter-personal attack applications may include (i) receiving application marketplace information describing application feature information, (ii) creating, by performing natural language processing on the feature information, a feature vector identifying a potentially malicious functionality of the application, (iii) creating a profiling vector that is a categorical feature representation of installation information from an application installation file, and (iv) performing a security action including (A) mapping, using a machine learning model, the feature vector and the profiling vector to a multi-dimensional output vector having element corresponding to a malware category and (B) determining a malicious extent of the application by combining the categories identified by the multi-dimensional output vector with bi-partite graph information identifying (I) relations between a plurality of applications and (II) relations between a plurality of computing devices hosting the plurality of applications. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11556642B2	Code monitoring and restricting of egress operations One example method of operation may include identifying an attempted action taken to code, determining whether to block the attempted action based on one or more of user profile access rights assigned to a user profile and a code permission assigned to the code, and responsive to determining whether to block the attempted action, blocking one or more of access to the code, access to a file containing the code and a port used to connect to a server hosting the code.
US11556637B2	Information security system and method for anomaly and security threat detection A system for detecting security threats in a computing device receives a first set of signals from components of the computing device. The first set of signals includes intercommunication electrical signals between the components of the computing device and electromagnetic radiation signals propagated from the components of the computing device. The system extracts baseline features from the first set of signals. The baseline features represent a unique electrical signature of the computing device. The system extracts test features from a second set of signals received from the component of the system. The system determines whether there is a deviation between the test features and baseline features. If the system detects the deviation, the system determines that the computing device is associated with a particular anomaly that makes the computing device vulnerable to unauthorized access.
US11556636B2	Malicious enterprise behavior detection tool Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for identifying malicious enterprise behaviors within a large enterprise. At a high level, embodiments of the present disclosure identify sub-graphs of behaviors within an enterprise based on probabilistic and deterministic methods. For example, starting with the node or edge having the highest risk score, embodiments of the present disclosure iteratively crawl a list of neighbors associated with the nodes or edges to identify subsets of behaviors within an enterprise that indicate potentially malicious activity based on the risk scores of each connected node and edge. In another example, embodiments select a target node and traverse the connected nodes via edges until a root-cause condition is met. Based on the traversal, a sub-graph is identified indicating a malicious execution path of traversed nodes with associated insights indicating the meaning or activity of the node.
US11556634B2	Systems and methods for event-based application control Systems and methods are disclosed for event-based application control. A system extension is configured to leverage an endpoint security API for monitoring event activity within operating system kernel processes. The system extension registers with the endpoint security API particular event types for which the system extension would like to receive notifications. In response to receiving notifications regarding detected events corresponding to the registered event types, the system extension determines if the event, and its corresponding process, are safe and allowable to execute. In various embodiments, the system leverages whitelists, blacklists, and rules policies for making a safeness determination regarding the event notification. The system extension transmits this determination to the operating system via the endpoint security API.
US11556626B2	Electronic apparatus and control method An electronic apparatus includes: a detector that detects an object present within a predetermined detection range; and an embedded controller that based on a detection result by the detector determines that the object has left the electronic apparatus when the object is no longer detected within a first detection range of the predetermined detection range after the object has previously been detected within the first detection range, and determines that the object has approached the electronic apparatus after the object is detected within a second detection range in the predetermined detection range wider than the first detection range when no objects were previously detected within the predetermined detection range. While the object determined to have left is detected within the second detection range, the embedded controller determines that the object has re-approached based on a detection position of the object moving toward the first detection range.
US11556622B2	Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for handling different kinds of processes An image processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit, a first communication interface, a second communication interface, an image forming unit, and a managing unit. The first communication interface is disposed for communication with an external apparatus, the second communication interface differs from the first communication interface and can connect to an external apparatus if a predetermined requirement for operation is satisfied. The image forming unit forms an image on a medium in accordance with an execution instruction received from an external apparatus via the first communication interface or the second communication interface. The managing unit handles one process performed by the image forming unit separately from the image forming unit.
US11556618B2	Split ledger software license platform Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, including requesting a license for software from first equipment of a license holder; receiving a passed ledger associated with the license from the first equipment of the license holder, wherein the passed ledger comprises a latest block; receiving a hash value for the latest block from a software vendor of the software; calculating a hash value for the latest block; and responsive to the hash value provided by second equipment of the software vendor matching the hash value calculated for the latest block: executing the software. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11556616B2	Methods to tolerate programming and retention errors of crossbar memory arrays Systems and methods for reducing the impact of defects within a crossbar memory array when performing multiplication operations in which multiple control lines are concurrently selected are described. A group of memory cells within the crossbar memory array may be controlled by a local word line that is controlled by a local word line gating unit that may be configured to prevent the local word line from being biased to a selected word line voltage during an operation; the local word line may instead be set to a disabling voltage during the operation such that the memory cell currents through the group of memory cells are eliminated. If a defect has caused a short within one of the memory cells of the group of memory cells, then the local word line gating unit may be programmed to hold the local word line at the disabling voltage during multiplication operations.
US11556601B2	Method for sorting geographic location point, method for training sorting model and corresponding apparatuses A method for sorting geographic location points, a method for training a sorting model and corresponding apparatuses are disclosed, which relates to the technical field of big data. A specific implementation solution is: receiving a query request for geographic location points of a vertical class from a user; inputting candidate geographic location point data of the vertical class into a preference model of the user, to obtain a preference score of the user for each candidate geographic location point; inputting the preference score of the user for each candidate geographic location point into a sorting model as one of sorting features of each candidate geographic location point, to obtain a sorting score of each candidate geographic location point; and determining, according to the sorting score of each candidate geographic location point, a query result returned to the user. The present disclosure can integrate preference factors of a user into sorting when the user queries geographic location points of a vertical class, so that query results can meet the user's personalized needs.
US11556600B2	Generalizing a segment from user data attributes A data server may support segment identification based on a selected user profile. For example, a user may select a user profile as the basis for identifying a segment of additional user profiles. The server may identify attributes associated with the selected user identifier and generate an expression based on the identified subset. The expression may include a normalization function corresponding to at least one attribute. The normalization function may identify correlated attribute values for an attribute associated with the selected user profile. The data server may query a data storage system to identify the additional user profiles based on the expression. The data server may also support user defined Boolean expressions such that the expression is used to identify user identifiers associated with a first attribute and a second attribute.
US11556571B2	Phrase indexing Intent-resolution using a phrase index may include obtaining data expressing a usage intent, the data expressing the usage intent including an unresolved data portion, identifying a phrase fragment based on the data expressing the usage intent and a defined phrase pattern, the phrase fragment including the unresolved data portion, identifying, by a processor, an indexed phrase as a candidate phrase by searching a phrase index based on the phrase fragment, wherein the candidate phrase at least partially matches the phrase fragment in accordance with the defined phrase pattern, and outputting the candidate phrase for presentation to a user as a candidate for resolving the unresolved portion.
US11556568B2	Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for data perspective generation and visualization Embodiments of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, methods, computer program products, and systems for data perspective generation and visualization. Some example embodiments provide advantages of exploring various ideas, represented by and/or associated with one or more perspective data objects, without utilizing a complex re-configuration stage for one or more machine learning models, and/or without utilizing one or more team members conventionally required to ensure proper implementation of the idea(s). Similar advantages are obtained when desiring to change an existing idea, change the level of granularity associated with the processing, and/or the like. Some embodiments are configured to cause rendering of interfaces associated with the processing, and/or enable a user to user interaction for inputting the desired level of granularity of the generated perspectives and/or desired granularity for the analysis of the data set. Some embodiments generate various graphical data objects to enable such processing.
US11556565B2	System and method of multiprotocol publisher and subscriber services A system may receive, from first computer systems, data sets via a first different data encapsulations; obtain the data sets from the first different data encapsulations; produce second different data encapsulations that include the data sets; and provide the second different data encapsulations that include the data sets to second computer systems that subscribed to receive the data sets. The data sets may be included in one or more data streams. The system may store at least two of the data sets. For example, at least two of the data sets may be stored until they are requested by one or more computer systems. One of the data sets may be duplicated and provided to multiple computer systems.
US11556563B2	Data stream processing Techniques for partitioning data from a data stream into batches and inferring schema for individual batches based on the field values of each batch are disclosed. The system may infer different schemas corresponding to different batches of data records even though the batches are received from a common data stream or a common data source. The system may infer a schema by determining whether a field contains single values or multiple values. Then the system determines the field type(s) associated with the values. These determinations are then stored in a dictionary generated for each batch.
US11556562B1	Multi-destination probabilistic data replication Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for multi-destination probabilistic data replication. Data transfer occurs over multiple time intervals. A data image to be transferred is divided into chunks. A manifest is created that lists each chunk and specifies an order, such that the data image can be reconstructed at its destination. The manifest is sent to the destination. The chunks may be sent to the destination, or to an aggregator site that then forwards the chunks to the destination. The chunks are reassembled at the destination based on information in the manifest. A probabilistic function is used to select an aggregator site based on an efficacy. The efficacy is based on a reward function that is computed for destinations for each time interval. A data transfer policy is periodically updated with a new efficacy value which is used for adjustment of the probabilistic function.
US11556542B2	Optionally compressed output from command-line interface A method for presenting output returned by a command-line interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method submits, by way of a command-line interface (CLI), a command to retrieve a list of resources. The method further submits, in association with the command, an indicator to compress the list. In response to receiving the command and indicator, the method retrieves the list of resources and compresses the list such that resources with identical attributes are presented as a single tuple in the list. Such a tuple may, in certain embodiments, identify the resources with identical attributes as a range of resources and/or as a comma delimited list of resources. The tuple may also, in certain embodiments, identify how many resources with identical attributes are represented by the tuple. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11556539B2	Predicting and halting runaway queries Operations include halting a runaway query in response to determining that a performance metric of the query exceeds a performance threshold. The runaway query halting system receives a query execution plan associated with a query and divides the received execution plan into one or more components. For each component, the system determines a predicted resource usage associated with executing the component. The system further determines a predicted resource usage associated with the query execution plan based on the predicted resource usage associated with each component. The system executes the query associated with the received query execution plan and compares the predicted resource usage associated with the query to a resource usage threshold. In response to determining that the predicted resource usage of the query execution plan exceeds the resource usage threshold, the system halts execution of the query associated with the query execution plan.
US11556533B2	Method for generating views based on a semantic model, that allows for autonomous performance improvements and complex calculations Herein are techniques for automatically leveraging metadata of an analytic view to accelerate a relational query. In an embodiment, a computer stores model metadata that defines an analytic view that contains a join operation that is based on a dimension column of a dimension table and a join column of a fact table. The analytic view also contains a measure that is based on an aggregation operation and a measure column of the fact table. Also stored is denormalization metadata that defines a transparency view that is based on the analytic view. In operation, a query that references the transparency view is received. The query does not reference the analytic view. The query that references the transparency view is executed based on: a) the denormalization metadata that defines the transparency view, b) the model metadata that defines the analytic view, and c) the measure that is based on the aggregation operation and the measure column of the fact table.
US11556527B2	System and method for value based region searching and associated search operators Embodiments as disclosed herein allow simple specification of searches of values within regions and efficient implementation of such searches. Specifically, embodiments as disclosed may provide a search operator that addresses the problem of complex query construction for finding objects having a particular value, including a minimum or a maximum value, in one of a set of regions, and the efficient implementation of the searches specified by such search operators.
US11556520B2	Techniques for automatically addressing anomalous behavior Techniques a provided for performing multi-system operations in which changes are asynchronously committed in multiple systems. Metadata about the multi-system operation is injected into the commit logs of one system involved in a multi-system operation. An event stream is generated based on the commit logs of the one system, and is used to drive the operations that one or more other systems need to perform as part of the multi-system operation. A reconciliation system reads the logs of all systems involved in the multi-system operation and determines whether the multi-system operation completed successfully. Techniques are also provided for using machine learning to generate models of normal execution of different types of operations, detect anomalies, pre-emptively send expectation messages, and automatically suggest and/or apply fixes.
US11556518B2	System and method for providing high availability data An embodiment relates to a computer-implemented data processing system and method for storing a data set at a plurality of data centers. The data centers and hosts within the data centers may, for example, be organized according to a multi-tiered ring arrangement. A hashing arrangement may be used to implement the ring arrangement to select the data centers and hosts where the writing and reading of the data sets occurs. Version histories may also be written and read at the hosts and may be used to evaluate causal relationships between the data sets after the reading occurs.
US11556514B2	Semantic data type classification in rectangular datasets Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for automatically predicting unknown semantic data types in a rectangular dataset using a holistic knowledge of said dataset. A processor may receive one or more rectangular datasets, the one or more rectangular datasets comprising a plurality of columns having a set of known semantic data types. The processor may extract a set of features from the plurality of columns, where the set of features is used to determine a relationship among each column of the plurality of columns. The processor may construct a set of training data based on the extracted set of features. Using the training data, the processor may train a machine learning model to predict a semantic data type of a target column in a rectangular dataset having an unknown semantic data type.
US11556512B2	Systems and methods for artifact peering within a multi-master collaborative environment Systems and methods are provided for master-to-master OT-based artifact peering. A “master-to-master” architecture for artifacts is implemented in a network comprising a plurality of nodes and clients, where no node is designated a “master” or “primary” for a given artifact. A first node receives a subset of remote proposed operations from a second node and determines if a conflict exists between the received subset of remote proposed operations and at least one of a plurality of locally-proposed operations. The first node resolves the conflict based on a total-ordering agreed upon between the first node and the second node. The first node transforms at least one operation, either received or locally-proposed, based on the resolved conflict. The first node than updates a local log to include the transformed operation.
US11556511B2	Compression for sparse data structures utilizing mode search approximation Embodiments are generally directed to compression for compression for sparse data structures utilizing mode search approximation. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors including a graphics processor to process data; and a memory for storage of data, including compressed data. The one or more processors are to provide for compression of a data structure, including identification of a mode in the data structure, the data structure including a plurality of values and the mode being a most repeated value in a data structure, wherein identification of the mode includes application of a mode approximation operation, and encoding of an output vector to include the identified mode, a significance map to indicate locations at which the mode is present in the data structure, and remaining uncompressed data from the data structure.
US11556510B1	System and method for enriching and normalizing data An integrated platform system that employ a series of machine learning techniques and prediction and detection units that can process input data and extract and generate meaningful insights and predictions therefrom. The system integrates together multiple different data storage types and applications that generates data of different types, and an associated processing system for processing the different data types, store the data in a common data model to normalize the data, determine the data lineage of the data, and then process the data using different types of techniques. The data can also be processed by a prediction unit for generating meaningful insights and predictions or by an anomaly detection unit for detecting one or more anomalies in the data.
US11556504B2	File sharing service controller A tracking engine may respond to a first user requesting to pin a link included in a message received from a second user by storing the link in a database table associated with the first user. Alternatively, if the first user requests to clone the link, the tracking engine may store the link in the database table as well as generate a local copy of a file associated with the link. The tracking engine may generate, based on the database table, a user interface for displaying, at a client associated with the first user, one or more links received by the first user. The tracking engine may update the database table to mark or remove invalid links. As such, the user interface that is generated based on the database table may exclude invalid links or include unselectable user interface elements for the invalid links.
US11556500B2	Session templates Techniques are disclosed herein for identifying, recording and restoring the state of a database session and various aspects thereof. A session template data structure is generated that includes session attribute values describing various aspects of the session that is established between a client system and a database management system (DBMS and enables the client system to issue to the DBMS commands for execution. Based on the session attribute values, DBMS may generate a template identifier corresponding to the session template data structure. The template identifier may be stored in an association with the session state that it partially (or in whole) represents. In an embodiment, when another state of a session is captured, if the template identifier for the state is the same, then rather than storing the attribute-value pairs for the other state, the template identifier is further associated with the other state. In an embodiment, a request boundary is detected where the session is known to be at a recoverable point. If recovery of the session is needed, the session state is restored, and replay of commands start from this point. Each command replayed is verified to produce the same session state as it produced at original execution. If the session is determined to be a safe point, then all the commands recorded for replay prior to the safe point may be deleted. In an embodiment, the template is used to set the initial state when borrowing from a session pool The state tracking is also used to know that the session can be failed over safely during planned operation as the session is unlikely to drain by itself even when not used.
US11556495B2	Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environment According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment includes performing a file access notification process for determining files related to the first file based on enhanced metadata and a priority list defining a likelihood of possible access, in response to receiving a file access notification corresponding to access of a first file. The related files are placed in a highest level storage tier, and the priority list is updated.
US11556492B1	Synchronous serial interface allowing communication with multiple peripheral devices using a single chip select A synchronous serial bus peripheral circuit includes a peripheral identification (ID) register and a state machine circuit. The state machine circuit is coupled to the peripheral ID register, and is configured to transmit a status value based on a peripheral ID field of data received via the receiver shift register equaling a value stored in the peripheral ID register.
US11556491B2	Data transmission method and apparatus used in virtual switch technology A data transmission method and an apparatus used in a virtual switch technology are provided, and the method includes: receiving an IO request of a virtual machine VM for accessing a file or a disk, and When the IO request is to be sent to a physical NIC by using a user mode Open vSwitch (OVS), converting the IO request into an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) command in a user mode, and then sending the iSCSI command to the user mode OVS, where the user mode OVS sends the iSCSI command to the physical NIC.
US11556483B2	Information handling apparatus and method for unlocking a persistent region in memory Methods, systems, and apparatuses for unlocking a persistent region in memory are disclosed. An information handling apparatus includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having a persistent region that can either be locked or unlocked, and a firmware configured to determine whether the persistent region of the memory is locked, obtain a stored passphrase from a storage device if the persistent region is locked, and use the passphrase to unlock the persistent region of the memory.
US11556481B2	Increased efficiency obfuscated logical-to-physical map management Devices and techniques for efficient obfuscated logical-to-physical mapping are described herein. For example, activity corresponding to obfuscated regions of an L2P map for a memory device can be tracked. A record of discontinuity between the obfuscated regions and L2P mappings resulting from the activity can be updated. The obfuscated regions can be ordered based on a level of discontinuity from the record of discontinuity. When an idle period is identified, an obfuscated region from the obfuscated regions is selected and refreshed based on the ordering.
US11556470B2	Cache management for search optimization A method to store a data value onto a cache of a storage hierarchy. A range of a collection of values that resides on a first tier of the hierarchy is initialized. The range is partitioned into disjointed range partitions; a first subset of which is designated as cached; a second subset is designated as uncached. The collection is partitioned into a subset of uncached data and cached data and placed into respective partitions. The range partition to which the data value belongs (i.e. the target range partition) is identified as being cached. If the cache is full all cached range partitions that do not contain the data value are designated as uncached. All values that lie in the cached range partitions designated as uncached are evicted. The data value is then inserted into the target range partition, and copied to the first tier.
US11556456B2	Telemetry system extension A method of operating a telemetry system includes automatically populating a base field of a schema in an event definition using a logging library of the telemetry system for an event of an instrumented application, and automatically populating a conditional field of the schema in the event definition using the logging library in response to a selected condition for the event.
US11556455B2	Automated identification of posts related to software patches Operations may include obtaining a buggy code snippet of source code of a software program in which the buggy code snippet includes a particular error. The operations may also include determining a respective first similarity between the buggy code snippet and a plurality of bug patterns of previously identified bug scenarios. In addition, the operations may include selecting a particular bug pattern based on a determined particular first similarity between the particular bug pattern and the buggy code snippet. Moreover, the operations may include determining a respective second similarity between the particular bug pattern and example code snippets obtained from a plurality of posts. The operations may also include selecting a particular post as providing a potential solution to correct the particular error based on a determined particular second similarity between the particular bug pattern and a particular example code snippet of the particular post.
US11556451B2	Method for analyzing the resource consumption of a computing infrastructure, alert and sizing A method and a device for analyzing a consumption of resources in a computing infrastructure to predict a resource consumption anomaly on a computing device. The method includes determining a plurality of resource consumption modeling functions; determining a correlation between the resource consumption modeling functions; measuring a resource consumption by a measurement of a consumption value of a first resource; and predicting the resource consumption of the computing infrastructure. The predicting includes a calculation of a value of future consumption of a resource to be predicted from the consumption value of the first resource and from a previously calculated correlation between modeling functions.
US11556430B2	Selecting restore processes for applications hosted on storage volumes that are part of group replication sessions An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive a request to restore one or more applications, the request specifying one of a set of remote copies of storage volumes that store data of the applications. The processing device is also configured to analyze the applications to identify (i) the storage volumes storing data for the applications and (ii) groups comprising the identified storage volumes. The processing device is also configured, responsive to determining that the identified groups are part of a group replication session, to select one of a set of different types of restore processes for performing the restore of the applications to the specified remote copy based at least in part on whether the identified groups comprise additional storage volumes other than the identified storage volumes and to perform the restore of the applications to the specified remote copy utilizing the selected restore process.
US11556425B2	Failover management for batch jobs Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems are provided. A method includes generating a running result matrix for a plurality of batch jobs, indicating corresponding running results for respective processing actions in batch jobs of the plurality of batch jobs. The method further includes obtaining an internal dependency matrix for the plurality of batch jobs, indicating corresponding dependencies between respective processing actions within a batch job of the plurality of batch jobs. The method further includes calculating a recovery matrix for the plurality of batch jobs based, at least in part, on the running result matrix and the internal dependency matrix, the recovery matrix indicating corresponding recovery actions for respective processing actions in batch jobs of the plurality of batch jobs. The method further includes executing failover management for one or more batch jobs based, at least in part, on the calculated recovery matrix.
US11556424B2	Non-volatile storage device having fast boot code transfer with low speed fallback A storage system comprises a non-volatile memory configured to store boot code and a control circuit connected to the non-volatile memory. In response to a first request from a host to transmit the boot code, the storage system commences transmission of the boot code to the host at a first transmission speed. Before successfully completing the transmission of the boot code to the host at the first transmission speed, it is determined the boot code transmission has failed. Therefore, the host will issue a second request for the boot code. In response to the second request for the boot code, and recognizing that this is a fallback condition because the previous transmission of the boot code failed, the storage apparatus re-transmits the boot code to the host at a lower transmission speed than the first transmission speed.
US11556413B2	Checker cores for fault tolerant processing Systems and methods are disclosed for checker cores for fault tolerant processing. For example, an integrated circuit (e.g., a processor) for executing instructions includes a processor core configured to execute instructions of an instruction set; an outer memory system configured to store instructions and data; and a checker core configured to receive committed instruction packets from the processor core and check the committed instruction packets for errors, wherein the checker core is configured to utilize a memory pathway of the processor core to access the outer memory system by receiving instructions and data read from the outer memory system as portions of committed instruction packets from the processor core. For example, data flow from the processor core to the checker core may be limited to committed instruction packets received via dedicated a wire bundle.
US11556412B2	Processing of data A method and associated apparatus is disclosed for processing data by means of an error code, wherein the error code has an H-matrix with n columns and m rows, wherein the columns of the H-matrix are different, wherein component-by-component XOR sums of adjacent columns of the H-matrix are different from one another and from all columns of the H-matrix and wherein component-by-component XOR sums of nonadjacent columns of the H-matrix are different from all columns of the H-matrix and from all component-by-component XOR sums of adjacent columns of the H-matrix.
US11556409B2	Firmware failure reason prediction using machine learning techniques Techniques are provided for predicting firmware installation failure reasons using machine learning techniques. One method comprises obtaining log data for a user device, wherein the log data is obtained following a failure of a firmware installation on the user device; extracting a plurality of features from the obtained log data; applying the extracted features to a trained machine learning model to obtain a prediction of whether the firmware installation failure is caused by a hardware-related failure or a software-related failure; and performing an automated remedial action based on a result of the prediction. The trained machine learning model can be trained using historical data for multiple user devices that experienced a firmware installation failure, where the historical data comprises a label indicating whether a given failure comprises a hardware-related failure or a software-related failure. The trained machine learning model can be trained and tested using cross-validation techniques.
US11556397B2	API and business language schema design framework for message exchanges In one example, a server system facilitates an exchange of messages with a remote client application. An Application Program Interface (API) receives a first request message and a second request message, wherein the first request message includes a first data payload defined by a common definition and including a first payload data, the first payload defined by a first schema definition. The second request message includes a second data payload defined by the common definition and a second payload data, wherein the second payload is defined by a second schema definition different than the first schema definition. In response to receiving the first request message, the API transmits a first response message, and in response to receiving the second request message, the API transmits a second response.
US11556393B2	Environment aware application-based resource management using reinforcement learning A resource management system of an application takes various actions to improve or maintain the health of the application (e.g., keep the application from becoming sluggish). The resource management system maintains a reinforcement learning model indicating which actions the resource management system is to take for various different states of the application. The resource management system performs multiple iterations of a process of identifying a current state of the application, determining an action to take to manage resources for the application, and taking the determined action. In each iteration, the resource management system determines the result of the action taken in the previous iteration and updates the reinforcement learning model so that the reinforcement learning model learns which actions improve the health of the application and which actions do not improve the health of the application.
US11556378B2	Offloading execution of a multi-task parameter-dependent operation to a network device A network device includes a network interface, a host interface and processing circuitry. The network interface is configured to connect to a communication network. The host interface is configured to connect to a host including a processor. The processing circuitry is configured to receive from the processor, via the host interface, a notification specifying an operation for execution by the network device, the operation including (i) multiple tasks that are executable by the network device, and (ii) execution dependencies among the tasks in response to the notification, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a schedule for executing the tasks, the schedule complying with the execution dependencies, and to execute the operation by executing the tasks of the operation is accordance with the schedule.
US11556377B2	Storage medium, task execution management device, and task execution management method A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring first multiple tasks; dividing each task in the first multiple tasks in accordance with a cache size; classifying second multiple tasks in accordance with a range of data to be referred to at a time of execution of each task in the second multiple tasks that have been obtained by the dividing; and determining an execution order of tasks in a group for each group that has been obtained by the classifying.
US11556376B2	Signaling timeout and complete data inputs in cloud workflows There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining an input of at least one of a task and a workflow, setting a timeout for the input of the at least one of the task and the workflow, determining whether the at least one of the task and the workflow observes a lack of data of the input for a duration equal to the timeout, determining, in response to determining that the at least one of the task and the workflow observed the lack of data of the input for the duration equal to the timeout, an unavailability of further data of the input, applying an update to the at least one of the task and the workflow based on determining the unavailability, and processing the at least one of the task and the workflow.
US11556374B2	Compiler-optimized context switching with compiler-inserted data table for in-use register identification at a preferred preemption point Compiler-optimized context switching may include receiving an instruction indicating a preferred preemption point comprising an instruction address; storing the preferred preemption point in a data structure; determining, based on the data structure, that the preferred preemption point has been reached by a first thread; determining that preemption of the first thread for a second thread has been requested; and performing a context switch to the second thread.
US11556357B1	Systems, media, and methods for identifying loops of or implementing loops for a unit of computation Systems, media, and methods may identify loops of a unit of computation for performing operations associated with the loops. The system, media, and methods may receive textual program code that includes a unit of computation that comprises a loop (e.g., explicit/implicit loop). The unit of computation may be identified by an identifier (e.g., variable name within the textual program code, text string embedded in the unit of computation, and/or syntactical pattern that is unique within the unit of computation). A code portion and/or a section thereof may include an identifier referring to the unit of computation, where the code portion and the unit of computation may be at independent locations of each other. The systems, media, and methods may semantically identify a loop that corresponds to the identifier and perform operations on the textual program code using the code portion and/or section.
US11556354B2	Context-based user-personalized configuration method and device Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a context on the basis of at least one of a time, a location, and a use pattern; provide a notification associated with the identified context; detect a user input for selecting the provided notification; and provide recommendation information or configuration information associated with the context. Various embodiments are possible.
US11556352B2	Remote modification of processor operating parameters Examples provided herein provide a manner of monitoring performance characteristics of a central processing unit or other instruction executing hardware device and adjusting settings of the central processing unit or other instruction executing hardware device. Performance characteristics can be gathered and stored in a secure memory or storage device. The performance characteristics can be transmitted to a control center using a provisioned network transceiver that does not rely on an operating system executed by the central processing unit or the hardware platform of the central processing unit. The control center can determine settings that are to be applied by the central processing unit or instruction executing hardware device and transmit the settings for use by the central processing unit or instruction executing hardware device.
US11556351B1	Facilitation of application containerization A processor may run a target application. A processor may monitor one or more file open operations performed by the target application. A processor may record one or more file information items associated with one or more files, wherein the one or more files are opened by the one or more file open operations. A processor may select one or more target file information items, wherein the one or more target file items include a target file property from the one or more file information items. A processor may retrieve a first set of file names of one or more target files used by the target application from the one or more target file information items. A processor may utilize the one or more target files to facilitate containerization of the target application.
US11556348B2	Bootstrapping profile-guided compilation and verification Apparatus and methods related providing application execution information (AEI) are provided. A server can receive a request to provide a software package for a particular software application. The server can determine composite AEI (CAEI) for the particular software application. The CAEI can include a composite list of software with data about software methods of the particular software application executed by a computing device other than the server. The server can extract particular AEI related to the particular software application from the CAEI. The particular AEI can provide compiler hints for compiling at least one software method predicted to be executed by the particular software application. The server can generate the software package, where the software package can include the particular software application and the particular AEI. The server can provide the software package.
US11556346B2	Security enhancement in hierarchical protection domains Methods and systems for allowing software components that operate at a specific exception level (e.g., EL-3 to EL-1, etc.) to repeatedly or continuously observe or evaluate the integrity of software components operating at a lower exception level (e.g., EL-2 to EL-0) to ensure that the software components have not been corrupted or compromised (e.g., subjected to malware, cyberattacks, etc.) include a computing device that identifies, by a component operating at a higher exception level (“HEL component”), at least one of a current vector base address (VBA), an exception raising instruction (ERI) address, or a control and system register value associated with a component operating at a lower exception level (“LEL component”). The computing device may perform a responsive action in response to determining that the current VBA, the ERT address, or control and system register value do not match the corresponding reference data.
US11556344B2	Hardware coherent computational expansion memory Embodiments herein describe transferring ownership of data (e.g., cachelines or blocks of data comprising multiple cachelines) from a host to hardware in an I/O device. In one embodiment, the host and I/O device (e.g., an accelerator) are part of a cache-coherent system where ownership of data can be transferred from a home agent (HA) in the host to a local HA in the I/O device—e.g., a computational slave agent (CSA). That way, a function on the I/O device (e.g., an accelerator function) can request data from the local HA without these requests having to be sent to the host HA. Further, the accelerator function can indicate whether the local HA tracks the data on a cacheline-basis or by a data block (e.g., multiple cachelines). This provides flexibility that can reduce overhead from tracking the data, depending on the function's desired use of the data.
US11556343B2	Computational method for temporal pooling and correlation A computational method is disclosed for the simulation of a hierarchical artificial neural network (ANN), wherein a single correlator pools, during a single time-step, two or more consecutive feed-forward inputs from previously predicted and now active neurons of one or more lower levels.
US11556333B2	Method and apparatus for processing audio processing chip, and electronic device A method and apparatus for processing an audio processing chip, and an electronic device are provided. A specific implementation of the method includes: controlling the audio processing chip to perform firmware updating, the firmware updating including: updating second firmware stored in a second storage area of the audio processing chip to target firmware, or storing the target firmware to an empty second storage area in the audio processing chip; in response to an abnormality being not present in the firmware updating, determining the target firmware as firmware to be run in the audio processing chip; and in response to an abnormality being present in the firmware updating, determining the first firmware as the firmware to be run in the audio processing chip.
US11556332B2	Application updating in a computing environment using a function deployment component In an approach, a processor, in response to detecting a new customer resource (CR) file: requests, the computing environment to deploy a plurality of function deployment components in the computing environment, where: the CR file indicates information of a plurality of functions of an application; the plurality of function deployment components request the computing environment to deploy a plurality of function components in the computing environment; and the plurality of function components execute the plurality of functions of the application; determines that each of the plurality of function components has been deployed in the computing environment; and in response to determining that each of the plurality of function components has been deployed in the computing environment, requests the computing environment to delete each of the plurality of deployed function deployment components.
US11556321B2	Deploying microservices across a service infrastructure A method, computer system, and a computer program product for deploying a plurality of microservices across a service infrastructure having a plurality of resources is provided. The present invention may include determining at least one dependency of the plurality of microservices. The present invention may include for each resource of the plurality of resources, determining an outage distribution descriptive of an availability of the resource with respect to time. The present invention may include based on the outage distribution associated with each resource and the at least one dependency of the plurality of microservices, determining a deployment configuration of the plurality of microservices across the resources of the service infrastructure.
US11556314B2	Mixed mode programming A mixed mode programming method permitting users to program with graphical coding blocks and textual code within the same programming tool. The mixed mode preserves the advantages of graphical block programming while introducing textual coding as needed for instructional reasons and/or for functional reasons. Converting a graphical code block or group of blocks to a textual block lets the user see a portion of the textual code in the context of a larger program. Within one programming tool the mixed mode method allows users to learn programming and build purely graphical blocks; then transition into mixed graphical and textual code and ultimately lead to their ability to program in purely textual code. The mixed mode further allows users to program using any combination of drag-and-drop graphical blocks and typed textual code in various forms.
US11556311B2	Reconfigurable input precision in-memory computing Technology for reconfigurable input precision in-memory computing is disclosed herein. Reconfigurable input precision allows the bit resolution of input data to be changed to meet the requirements of in-memory computing operations. Voltage sources (that may include DACs) provide voltages that represent input data to memory cell nodes. The resolution of the voltage sources may be reconfigured to change the precision of the input data. In one parallel mode, the number of DACs in a DAC node is used to configure the resolution. In one serial mode, the number of cycles over which a DAC provides voltages is used to configure the resolution. The memory system may include relatively low resolution voltage sources, which avoids the need to have complex high resolution voltage sources (e.g., high resolution DACs). Lower resolution voltage sources can take up less area and/or use less power than higher resolution voltage sources.
US11556308B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus including circuitry to store position information of users present in a space and control environment effect production, information processing method, and room An information processing system includes: an image display apparatus provided in a space and configured to display an image; a sensor apparatus carried by a user who is present in the space and configured to output a signal for detecting position information of the user in the space; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to store a plurality of pieces of position information of a plurality of users including the user, who are in present in the space, in association with the plurality of users, the plurality of users being detected based on signals output from a plurality of sensor apparatuses including the sensor apparatus, and control environment effect production that supports communication between the plurality of users by the image displayed by the image display apparatus, based on each of the plurality of pieces of position information of the plurality of users.
US11556305B2	Synchronizing playback by media playback devices Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.
US11556303B2	Digital signal processing device and control method of digital signal processing device A digital signal processing device includes a control unit that performs control to alternately burst transfer burst length audio data in a first half area of a first buffer memory and burst length audio data in a second half area of the first buffer memory to a DRAM, in which the control unit performs control to burst transfer the burst length audio data in the first half area of the first buffer memory to the DRAM while writing audio data one word at a time to the second half area of the first buffer memory in sequence and performs control to burst transfer the burst length audio data in the second half area of the first buffer memory to the DRAM while writing audio data one word at a time to the first half area of the first buffer memory in sequence.
US11556302B2	Electronic apparatus, document displaying method thereof and non-transitory computer readable recording medium The disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, and an application thereof. In particular, an electronic apparatus, a document displaying method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a display unit displaying a document, a microphone receiving a user voice, and a processor configured to acquire at least one topic from contents included in a plurality of pages constituting the document, recognize a voice input through the microphone, match the recognized voice with one of the acquired at least one topic, and control the display unit to display a page including the matched topic.
US11556300B2	Remote display device, remote display system, and remote display method A remote display device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry display a display screen. The processing circuitry generate a plurality of display data corresponding to mutually different display areas, each being a part of the display screen. The processing circuitry transmit the plurality of display data generated to a plurality of terminal devices, respectively. The processing circuitry update the display screen based on operation data indicative of an operation performed by the terminal device to the display area corresponding to the display data.
US11556298B1	Generation and communication of user notation data via an interactive display device A method includes transmitting, by a plurality of drive sense circuits of a primary interactive display device, a plurality of signals on a plurality of electrodes of the primary interactive display device. At least one change in electrical characteristics of a set of electrodes is detected by a set of drive sense circuits during a temporal period. A stream of user notion data is determined by a processing module of the primary interactive display device based on interpreting the at least one change in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes during the temporal period. The stream of user notation data is displayed via a display of the primary interactive display device during the temporal period. The stream of user notation data is transmitted, via a network interface of the primary interactive display device, to a plurality of secondary interactive display devices for display.
US11556294B1	Methods and printing system for peer-to-peer output management A peer-to-peer network of printing devices is configured to share printing device information, such as job queue status, configuration information, and resource information for automated load balancing, capability matching, failover, and print splitting operations. A digital front end (DFE) of a printing device establishes connections with the DFEs of other printing devices to manage output within the peer-to-peer network in an automated manner. When a print job is received at a DFE for a printing device, it is evaluated to determine how to best manage the output for the print job.
US11556285B2	Verification system, information processing apparatus, and control methods thereof A verification system includes a printer which prints image on a recording sheet, a reader which reads an image printed on the recording sheet, and controllers to set a first print setting via a setting screen, cause the printer to print an image based on the set first print setting, cause the reader to read the printed image, and register the read image as a correct image. The controllers also set a second print setting via the setting screen, cause the printer to print an verification target image based on the set second print setting, cause the reader to read the printed verification target image, and verify the read image using the registered correct image, and control the setting screen for the second print setting so that a predetermined print setting included in the first print setting cannot be edited on the setting screen for the second print setting.
US11556279B2	System device, and method for memory interface including reconfigurable channel A method of communicating with a memory device through a plurality of sub-channels and a control sub-channel includes; setting a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, writing or reading first data corresponding to a command synchronized to the control sub-channel through the plurality of sub-channels, and in the second mode, independently writing or reading second data and third data respectively corresponding to different commands synchronized to the control sub-channel through the plurality of sub-channels.
US11556273B2	Method and unit of operating a storage means, storage means and system for data processing A method of operating a storage means, wherein for writing and storing a storage item to the storage means the storage item to be written and stored—in particular by using the concept and theory of identification—is provided, a encoding process by means of randomization is applied to the storage item to generate and to provide a randomized encoded storage item, and the randomized encoded storage item is written and stored to the storage means. At least a first randomization process is underlying the encoding process and is a randomization process dedicated and assigned to the underlying storage means. The present disclosure further refers to a unit for operating a storage means, to a storage means and to a system for processing data. By having two randomization processes underlying the encoding process, a distinction can be made between a secrecy insuring and secrecy non-ensuring randomization processes.
US11556270B2	Leveraging garbage collection for raid transformation A technique performs Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) transformation. The technique involves performing a garbage collection operation on a first uber within a storage array, the garbage collection operation freeing a set of disk slices of the first uber. The technique further involves, upon completing the garbage collection operation, reallocating storage of the set of disk slices from the first uber to a second uber within the storage array. The technique further involves, after the storage of the set of disk slices is reallocated from the first uber to the second uber, storing data within the second uber. Such leveraging of garbage collection when performing RAID transformation reduces overhead and wear without not negatively affecting system performance.
US11556268B2	Cache based flow for a simple copy command A method and system for cache-based flow of a simple copy command is disclosed. The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for executing a simple copy command in a manner that mitigates additional latency in the device. According to certain embodiments, a copy command manager that includes one or more copy command slots is provided. When a simple copy command is received from a host, a copy command slot is allocated to the command, and the simple copy command is copied into the copy command slot. Upon copying the simple copy command to the copy command slot, an overlap table of the data storage device controller is updated to indicate the copy has been completed, and the completion is posted to the host. After posting, the simple copy command is carried out in the background through completion.
US11556261B2	Memory stripe coding management A method includes writing, to a first sub-set of memory blocks of a first plane associated with a memory device, first data corresponding to recovery of an uncorrectable error and writing, to a first sub-set of memory blocks of a second memory plane associated with the memory device, second data corresponding to recovery of the uncorrectable error. A relative physical location of the first sub-set of memory blocks of the first memory plane and a relative physical location of the first sub-set of memory blocks of the second memory plane are a same relative physical location with respect to the first memory plane and the second memory plane.
US11556251B2	Apparatuses and methods to control memory operations on buffers The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods to control memory operations on buffers. An example apparatus includes a memory device and a host. The memory device includes a buffer and an array of memory cells, and the buffer includes a plurality of caches. The host includes a system controller, and the system controller is configured to control performance of a memory operation on data in the buffer. The memory operation is associated with data movement among the plurality of caches.
US11556239B1	Interactive air vent control interface A moveable graphical user interface object is provided. The moveable graphical user interface object is moveable within a bounded graphical region. A current location of the moveable graphical user interface object in the bounded graphical region corresponds to an indicated direction of concentrated airflow. For example, the moveable graphical user interface object is used to control airflow direction of a HVAC air vent.
US11556232B2	Content extraction system A system includes a content extraction engine comprising at least one processor and configured to receive a content page for a target product including product data for the target product and noise content unrelated to the target product, identify noise content pertaining to data unrelated to the target product, remove noise content from the content page, thereby generating a remainder content page containing target product data usable to enable product comparison between multiple sources.
US11556230B2	Data detection In some embodiments, a device determines a current context of a plurality of terms, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a first context, selects one or more terms in the plurality of terms based on a first word list as actionable terms, and in accordance with a determination that the current context is a second context, different from the first context, selects one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a second word list, different from the first word list. In some embodiments, the device displays the plurality of terms, wherein one or more of the actionable terms are visually distinguished from other terms. In some embodiments, a device obtains related content associated with the actionable terms, and after obtaining the related content, concurrently displays a representation of the related content along with the plurality of terms.
US11556219B2	Interactive display of data distributions A method includes displaying a first graphical representation on a screen. The first graphical representation includes a box-and-whisker plot of a dataset. The method also includes receiving a first interaction indication indicating a graphical user interaction by a user at a first interaction location on the first graphical representation. In response to the received first interactive indication, the method includes displaying a second graphical representation on the screen based on the first interaction indication, the second graphical representation including a density plot of the dataset having a respective scale equal to a corresponding scale of the box-and-whisker plot. The method also includes receiving a second interaction indication indicating the graphical user interaction by the user at a second interaction location on the second graphical representation, and in response, displaying an updated second graphical representation of the dataset on the screen based on the second interaction indication.
US11556216B2	Touch electrodes with bar and stripe pattern This relates to touch sensor panels/touch screens including touch electrodes in a bar-and-stripe pattern. The bar-and-stripe pattern can improve touch signal levels for touch detection and improve uniformity of touch signal as objects move across the touch sensor panel/touch screen. Touch electrodes in a bar-and-stripe pattern can be formed from metal mesh in one or more layers of metal mesh. In some examples, “stripes” can be formed from groups of touch electrode segments in a first layer of metal mesh and can be interconnected by bridges formed in a second layer of metal mesh, different from the first layer of metal mesh, in the active area of the touch screen. Multiple stripes can be interconnected in the border area and/or in the active area to form a row touch electrode. In some examples, “bars” may also include bridges in the second layer of metal mesh.
US11556210B2	Display driving device in which auxiliary signal is supplied to panel The present disclosure relates to a technology for supplying an auxiliary signal to a panel, which allows maximizing an effect of removing parasitic capacitances by correcting an auxiliary signal such that characteristics of the auxiliary signal conform with those of a touch driving signal.
US11556198B2	Input sensing unit and display apparatus including the same An input sensing unit includes a plurality of first electrodes which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
US11556195B2	Input-display device with shared memory An input-display device includes a display screen on a display substrate and capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) circuit on the display substrate, the TDDI circuit including a source driver circuit driving a subset of display pixels of the display screen based on a processed image signal, and an analog frontend for the capacitive sensing, interfacing with the capacitive sensing electrodes to obtain touch signals. The input-display device also includes an image processing circuit generating the processed image signal based on a received image signal and a display parameter, a touch processing circuit generating a touch output signal by processing the touch signals based on instructions of a touch firmware, and a memory physically separate from the display substrate, the memory storing the display parameter and the touch firmware.
US11556179B2	Haptic presentation apparatus, haptic presentation system, and haptic presentation method This haptic presentation apparatus includes a first haptic presentation element that includes an air-tight and flexible first pouch into which an object has been inserted and is capable of presenting, by using an amount of gas to be exhausted from an interior of the first pouch, hardness of a virtual object in response to an operation of holding the virtual object by a user, and a second haptic presentation element that includes an air-tight and flexible second pouch and is capable of presenting, by using an amount of gas to be supplied to an interior of the second pouch, elasticity of the virtual object in response to the operation of holding the virtual object by the user.
US11556176B2	Handwheels and associated control consoles Handwheel systems, including control consoles incorporating handwheels of the inventive subject matter, are described in this application. Handwheels described in this application can be used to control remotely located motors, especially those configured to control camera movements. To make it easier for camera operators to control remotely located motors using handwheels, those handwheels can be incorporated into a control console. Control consoles of the inventive subject matter can include several dials, toggle buttons, a display, and a variety of different inputs and outputs.
US11556171B2	User detection by a computing device In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied.
US11556165B2	Management of near field communications using low power modes of an electronic device Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power management mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
US11556161B1	Power delivery system with charging current limiting A power delivery system for a computing device includes a power connector, a power delivery switch, a charging circuit, and a hardware controller. The power connector is configured to selectively electrically connect with a power supply unit. The power delivery switch is electrically intermediate the power connector and the charging circuit. The hardware controller is configured to limit a charging current at the charging circuit to a sub-threshold level for a current-limiting duration based at least on initiation of a transition of the power delivery switch from an OFF state to an ON state that lasts for a switching duration that is less than the current-limiting duration. The charging circuit is configured to modulate the charging current to a regulated charging current and deliver the regulated charging current to a system load of the computing device after the current-limiting duration has elapsed.
US11556160B2	Electronic device for adjusting voltage and operating method therefor Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are an electronic device for adjusting a voltage and an operating method therefor. The electronic device comprises: at least one first converter for supporting a plurality of operating modes for changing voltage; a second converter supporting the plurality of operating modes and connected with the at least one first converter in series; and at least one processor, wherein the processor can be configured to determine an intermediate voltage between the at least one first converter and the second converter on the basis of an input voltage of the at least one first converter and an output voltage of the second converter, and control an operating mode of each of the at least one first converter and the second converter on the basis of the determined intermediate voltage. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11556157B2	Diagonal printed circuit boards systems According to the present disclosure, a laptop may be provided with a smaller z-height using a motherboard assembly, including a motherboard having a plurality of components coupled thereon, a thermal transfer unit coupled to one or more component on the motherboard and attachment members for holding the motherboard in a lower compartment of a laptop clamshell casing at an inclining position.
US11556142B2	Warm-up evaluation device, warm-up evaluation method, and warm-up evaluation program A warm-up evaluation device includes: a temperature data acquisition unit that acquires temperature data before warm-up operation when a machine performs the warm-up operation; a parameter value acquisition unit that acquires parameter values set in a program for performing the warm-up operation; an evaluation data acquisition unit that acquires evaluation data for evaluating a result of the warm-up operation; a learning unit that learns a machine learning model which receives the temperature data and the parameter values as an input and outputs the evaluation data on the basis of a plurality of warm-up operations performed by the same or the same types of machines; and an evaluation unit that inputs candidates for the parameter values to the machine learning model together with the temperature data and outputs the evaluation data when the same or the same types of machines perform a new warm-up operation.
US11556134B1	Automous vehicle barricade Methods and systems for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade in a coordinated response to an imminent threat are described. In one embodiment, a method for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade is described. The method includes determining at least one location for a barricade and determining a plurality of autonomous vehicles that are available to form the barricade. The method also includes sending instructions to the plurality of autonomous vehicles to form the barricade at the at least one location. In response to the instructions, the plurality of autonomous vehicles are configured to move to the at least one location and form the barricade.
US11556133B2	Inter-vehicle collaboration to modify a parking queue A method for modifying a queue of vehicles. In one embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processor determining respective distance values between a first vehicle and one or more adjacent vehicles within a queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a threshold distance value that corresponds to a distance required to extract the first vehicle from within the queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a change of position corresponding to at least one adjacent vehicle to the first vehicle within the queue of vehicles based on the determined respective distance values, wherein the determined change in position moves the at least one adjacent vehicle to a distance value from the first vehicle that exceed the threshold distance value. The method further includes transmitting respective requests to the at least one adjacent vehicle to move to the determined change of position.
US11556130B2	Automatic location placement system A method of automatically moving, by an automatic location placement system, a marine vessel includes receiving, by a central processing unit, from a vision ranging photography system, at least one optical feed including data providing a mapping of an environment surrounding a marine vessel. The method includes displaying, by the central processing unit, on a touch screen monitor, the mapping of the environment. The method includes receiving, by the central processing unit, from the touch screen monitor, target location data. The method includes directing, by the central processing unit, at least one element of a propulsion system of the marine vessel, to move the marine vessel to the targeted location, using the mapping.
US11556128B2	Method, electronic device and storage medium for testing autonomous driving system A method, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium for testing an autonomous driving system which relate to the technical field of autonomous driving are proposed. An embodiment for testing the autonomous driving system includes: obtaining scenario description information of a testing scenario; analyzing the scenario description information, and determining a scenario risk, a scenario probability and a scenario complexity corresponding to the testing scenario; obtaining a scenario weight of the testing scenario according to the scenario risk, scenario probability and scenario complexity; determining a test period corresponding to the scenario weight, where the test period is used for the autonomous driving system being tested in the testing scenario. The technical solution may reduce the testing pressure of the autonomous driving system and improve the testing efficiency of the autonomous driving system.
US11556120B2	Systems and methods for monitoring performance of a building management system via log streams Methods and systems for monitoring the performance of a building management system by analyzing log files of various modules of the building management system. A user request is received at a first one of the plurality of modules of the building management system, which initiates a sequence of messages processed by two or more modules. Each of the sequence of messages include a common tag value that corresponds to the user request. Each of the plurality of modules that process one of the sequence of messages logs the corresponding message including the common tag value in a corresponding log entry. The log entries are analyzed to identify resource utilization of at least some of the plurality of modules.
US11556106B2	Programmable logic controller An object of the present subject matter is to appropriately acquire and analyze a camera image for monitoring and to constantly monitor a monitoring target with high accuracy. A programmable logic controller (PLC) includes: an image processing section for sequentially acquiring the image data of the camera image from the camera sensor and generating characteristic amount data indicating a characteristic amount of image data in a preset monitoring region; a time-series data acquisition section for sequentially collecting characteristic amount data from the image processing section and acquiring time-series data of a characteristic amount; and a monitoring section for monitoring time-series data of a current characteristic amount acquired by the time-series data acquisition section in accordance with a monitoring timing defined by the device of the device memory.
US11556103B2	Control method, control system, first server, and data structure A control method according to the present disclosure is executed by a first server of servers in a system including one or more IoT devices and the servers. The method includes: obtaining first transaction data including malfunction information indicating that one of the IoT devices is malfunctioning, and time information indicating a time when the IoT device has obtained the malfunction information; transferring the obtained first transaction data to second servers different from the first server; executing, together with the second servers, a first consensus algorithm for an agreement on an authenticity of the first transaction data; and recording a block containing the first transaction data in a distributed ledger of the first server, when the authenticity of the first transaction data is verified by the first consensus algorithm.
US11556102B2	Off-grid electrical power system Various implementations power homes and businesses without needing to connect to electric utility company-provided power, i.e., they can operate off-grid. Generally the system includes solar panel racks (e.g., photovoltaic cells on sheets stabilized using ballasts, anchors, or mounting) that generate electrical power used to provide power to a building or that is stored on batteries. The system includes the solar panel racks and an enclosure to be installed at the premises and separate from the building. The enclosure includes the batteries and inverters that are electronically connected to the solar panel racks and batteries. The inverters are configured to convert direct current (DC) electricity from the solar power racks and batteries to alternating current (AC) electricity to provide power to the building via wires electrically connecting the inverters to the main panel of the building.
US11556094B2	Fluid timer A fluid timer configured to receive fluid therein when the timer is in a first orientation and to emit fluid along a timer vertical axis during pre-determined time when the timer is in a second, reversed orientation.
US11556091B2	Timepiece A timepiece includes a dial plate including a first index on a radial virtual line outwardly extending from a center; and a circular case ring disposed outside of the dial plate, the circular case ring including a second index arranged in series with the first index on the line, wherein the second index includes a proximal end facing the first index; and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein a width of the proximal end is wider than that of the distal end in a plan view as seen in a height direction of the dial plate, and wherein the width of the proximal end of the second index is wider than that of a proximal end of the first index facing the second index.
US11556083B2	Fixing device including supporting member supporting nip forming member from side opposite to fixing belt and image forming device including the fixing device A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt capable of rotational movement, a pressure member that presses from the outside of the fixing belt, a nip forming member arranged on the inner circumference surface side of the fixing belt and forms a fixing nip region between the fixing belt and the pressure member, and a support member supporting the nip forming member from the side opposite to the fixing belt. The support member includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first support portion supports the nip forming member. The second support portion stands from the surface of the first support portion opposite to the nip forming member so that the center portion in the conveying direction of the recording medium is located at the downstream side of the center portion of the fixing nip region in the conveying direction and within the fixing nip region.
US11556081B2	Developing device A developing device includes a developer container configured to contain a developer, a developing carrying member configured to carry and feed the developer to a developing position, and a regulating member configured to regulate an amount of the developer carried by the developer carrying member, wherein the developer carrying member includes a magnet provided non-rotatably and stationarily inside the developer carrying member, and wherein the developer carrying member is provided with information regarding magnetic flux density of the magnet.
US11556079B2	Toner container information acquiring method, toner container sorting method, toner container pulverizing method, toner container processing method, and toner container manufacturing method A toner container information acquiring method includes: measuring a toner amount contained in a resin forming a toner container; and acquiring information regarding mechanical strength of the toner container based on the measured toner amount.
US11556077B2	Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes an image-bearing member, an exposure device, an electro-conductive member, a bias application unit and a development device having a development roller and a toner supply roller. The bias application unit configured to apply biases to the toner supply roller, the development roller, and the electro-conductive member during image formation so that a first potential difference between the toner supply roller and the development roller and a second potential difference between the electro-conductive member and the development roller cause normally charged toner to travel respectively from the toner supply roller and the electro-conductive member to the development roller, and a third potential difference between the electro-conductive member and the toner supply roller causes normally charged toner to travel from the electro-conductive member to the toner supply roller. The second potential difference is larger than the first potential difference and is larger than the third potential difference.
US11556067B2	Contamination trap A contamination trap for use in a debris mitigation system of a radiation source, the contamination trap comprising a plurality of vanes configured to trap fuel debris emitted from a plasma formation region of the radiation source; wherein at least one vane or each vane of the plurality of vanes comprises a material comprising a thermal conductivity above 30 W m−1K−1.
US11556064B2	Stage apparatus and method for calibrating an object loading process The invention provides a stage apparatus, comprising an object support comprising a ring shaped protrusion having an outer radius in a first plane, and configured to support an object with a radius in the first plane larger than the outer radius of the ring shaped protrusion. The stage apparatus further comprises a sensor module configured to detect the object support, and the object when it is arranged on the object support. The stage apparatus further comprises a processing unit configured to receive one or more signals from the sensor module, and to determine, based on said one or more signals, a position of the object relative to the ring shaped protrusion when the object is arranged on the object support. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on said position of the object, an offset value representing the position of the object relative to the ring shaped protrusion.
US11556057B2	Surface treatment of titanium containing hardmasks A surface treatment composition and methods for improving adhesion of an organic layer on a titanium-containing hardmask includes forming a self-assembled monolayer on a surface of the titanium-containing hardmask prior to depositing the organic layer. The self-assembled monolayer is formed from a blend of alkyl phosphonic acids of formula (I): X(CH2)nPOOH2 (I), wherein n is 6 to 16 and X is either CH3 or COOH, wherein a ratio of the methyl terminated (CH3) alkyl phosphonic acid to the carboxyl terminated (COOH) alkyl phosphonic acid ranges from 25:75 to 75:25.
US11556032B2	Diffusion plate and backlight module having the diffusion plate The invention refers to a diffusion plate and a backlight module having the diffusion plate. The diffusion plate comprises a plate-body and a plurality of pyramid-like structures arranged on a surface of the plate-body. Each pyramid-like structure has a bottom surface, a first convex portion and a second convex portion. The first convex portion and the second convex portion have different vertex angles, and therefore the pyramid-like structure can also be called as “pyramid-like structure with multiple vertex angles”. The pyramid-like structures with multiple vertex angles can increase the light splitting points, which can improve the light splitting effect of the diffusion plate. The light source of a single light-emitting diode can be divided into eight point-light sources (light splitting points) or more, which is double the number of light splitting points compared with the traditional pyramid structure with single vertex, and thus can greatly improve the light diffusion effect.
US11556031B2	Light emitting diode device, backlight module, and liquid crystal display device having same A light emitting diode device includes a substrate, a reflector cup on the substrate and defining cavity, a light-emitting chip on the substrate and in the cavity, fluorescent glue filling the cavity and covering the light-emitting chip, and a phosphor film on a side of the reflector cup away from the substrate. The light-emitting chip is surrounded by the reflector cup. The fluorescent glue includes fluorescent powder and transparent glue.
US11556030B2	Liquid crystal display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal device, a second liquid crystal device, and a liquid crystal display panel, the first liquid crystal device including a first substrate including a first electrode thereon, a second substrate including a second electrode thereon, and a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer, the second liquid crystal device including a third substrate including a third electrode thereon, a fourth substrate including a fourth electrode thereon, and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer, wherein the first liquid crystal device and the second liquid crystal device are stacked successively.
US11556029B2	Display device and illumination device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate including a first transparent substrate having a first main surface, a first opposite and a side surface, a second substrate including a second transparent substrate having a second main surface and a second opposite surface, and a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light emitting element opposed to the side surface, a third transparent substrate, and a transparent layer located between the display panel and the third transparent substrate and having a second refractive index that is lower than a first refractive index.
US11556016B2	3D display apparatus having lenticular lenses A three dimensional (3D) display apparatus can include lenticular lenses between a display panel and a viewing angle control film. The display panel can have a curvature. The viewing angle control film can include a plurality of light-blocking patterns between a first control substrate and a second control substrate. A pitch and a height of the plurality of light-blocking patterns can be determined by a curvature radius of the lenticular lenses, a distance between the viewing angle control film and a set viewing region, and a length of the display panel corresponding to the set viewing region. Thus, in the 3D display apparatus, the quality of 3D images provided to a user can be improved.
US11556011B2	Image display system An image display system may include an image display device, and first and second attachments. The image display device may include a frame wearable on a user's face, a display unit, display controlling unit causing the display unit to display an image, and a joint portion provided on the frame, capable of having the first attachment mounted thereon, capable of having the second attachment mounted thereon, and capable of selectively having one of the first and second attachments mounted thereon when the image display device is used. The first attachment may include an engaging portion capable of engaging with a use's head and a first attaching portion that attaches the engaging portion to the joint portion. The second attachment may include a fixing portion fixable to headwear covering the user's head and a second attaching portion that attaches the fixing portion to the joint portion.
US11556009B1	Camera mute indication for headset user To address privacy issues with “always on” cameras of an AR headset, the cameras can be muted and content displayed by the headset adjusted to provide a user with a visual indication that the cameras are deactivated. The headset includes a display element configured to display content to a user and an eye tracking system that includes a camera configured to track eye motion of the user. In response to the headset receiving a camera muting event from the user or the external environment, the headset deactivates the camera and adjusts the content displayed on the display element to provide the user with a visual indication that the camera is deactivated. In one embodiment, the visual indication is an adjustment of the display from a default RGB color mode to “monochrome” or other predefined color map.
US11555997B2	Endoscope with integrated measurement of distance to objects of interest The present specification describes a method for determining the distance of an object from the tip of an endoscope during an endoscopic procedure, wherein at least one lens is configured to converge light from outside the tip onto a sensor that includes a plurality of photodiodes a portion of which are adjacent pairs of photodiodes configured to be phase detection pixels. The method includes receiving light into each adjacent pair of photodiodes, wherein said light is reflected off a surface of said object; determining a first response curve to said light for a first photodiode of said adjacent pair of photodiodes and a second response curve to said light for a second photodiode of said adjacent pair of photodiodes; identifying an intersection between the first response curve and the second response curve; and using data derived from said intersection to determine said distance to the object.
US11555995B2	Microscope system, control method, and recording medium A microscope system is provided with a microscope that acquires images at least at a first magnification and a second magnification higher than the first magnification, and a processor. The processor is configured to specify a type of a container in which a specimen is placed, and when starting observation of the specimen placed in the container at the second magnification, the processor is configured to specify an observation start position by performing object detection according to the type of container on a first image that includes the container acquired by the microscope at the first magnification, and control a relative position of the microscope with respect to the specimen such that the observation start position is contained in a field of view at the second magnification of the microscope.
US11555991B2	Method for illuminating samples in microscopic imaging methods A method for illuminating samples in microscopic imaging methods, wherein a number m of different wavelengths λi, with m>I and i=I, . . . , m, is selected for the illumination. For each of the wavelengths λi a target phase function Δφi(x, y, λi) is predefined, wherein x and y denote spatial coordinates in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis z and each target phase function Δφi(x, y, λi) is effective only for the corresponding wavelength λi. The target phase functions Δφi are predefined depending on the structure of the sample and/or the beam shape and/or illumination light structure to be impressed on the light used for illumination. A total phase mask is then produced which realises all target phase functions Δφi(x, y, λi). This total phase mask is then illuminated simultaneously or successively with coherent light of wavelengths λi such that the predefined structure of the illumination light is generated in the region of the sample.
US11555987B2	Optical image capturing system, image capturing device and electronic device An optical image capturing system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The second lens element, the third lens element and the fourth lens element have refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The seventh lens element refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric.
US11555986B2	Imaging optical lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An imaging optical lens assembly includes four lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. Each of the four lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one of all lens surfaces of the four lens elements is aspheric and has at least one inflection point.
US11555984B2	Mirror device A mirror device includes: a mirror having a rotation shaft and a reflecting surface that reflects display light; a support portion having a cylindrical shape, having a base end fixed and a tip end being a free end, and configured to rotatably support the rotation shaft; and a motor that pivots the mirror, in which the rotation shaft is inserted into the support portion while spreading the support portion outward in a radial direction, and is slidably supported by the support portion.
US11555973B2	Fiber optics printed circuit board assembly surface cleaning and roughening The present disclosure generally relates to printed circuit boards or printed circuit board assemblies for fiber optic communications. In one example, an optoelectronic assembly may include a printed circuit board including a laser-roughened area, at least one optoelectronic component coupled to a surface of the printed circuit board, and an optical component attached to the printed circuit board. The coupling area may be defined by the optical component contacting the printed circuit board, and the laser-roughened area may be positioned entirely within the coupling area defined by the optical component contacting the printed circuit board.
US11555968B2	Optical fiber connection system An optical fiber connection system includes a first and a second optical fiber, each with end portions that are terminated by a first and a second fiber optic connector, respectively. A fiber optic adapter connects the first and the second fiber optic connectors. A fiber alignment apparatus includes V-blocks and gel blocks. Each of the fiber optic connectors includes a connector housing and a sheath. The end portions of the optical fibers are positioned beyond distal ends of the respective connector housings. The sheath is slidably connected to the connector housing and slides between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The sheath covers the end portion of the respective optical fiber when the sheath is at the extended configuration and exposes the end portion when at the retracted configuration. The end portions of the optical fibers are cleaned when slid between the V-blocks and the gel blocks.
US11555967B2	Fiber connection structure provided with optical connector, module, and assembly An optical connector-equipped fiber connection structure according to an embodiment includes at least three groups including two or more optical fibers adjacent to each other. In the groups, two or more of the optical fibers extend from a first multi-core connector to a second multi-core connector without intersecting with each other. Optical fibers of two groups in the at least three groups intersect with each other in a midway point going from the first multi-core connector to the second multi-core connector. Optical fibers of groups other than the two groups extend from the first multi-core connector to the second multi-core connector without intersecting with the other optical fibers extending from the first multi-core connector.
US11555962B1	Waveguide illuminator with optical interference mitigation A waveguide illuminator includes an input waveguide, a waveguide splitter coupled to the input waveguide, and a waveguide array coupled to the waveguide splitter. The waveguide array includes an array of out-couplers out-coupling portions of the split light beam to form an array of out-coupled beam portions for illuminating a display panel. To reduce optical interference, the waveguide illuminator may have two interlaced waveguide arrays energized by two different light sources. Output polarizations of neighboring light pixels of a display illuminated with such waveguide illuminator may be orthogonal to each other. The frames to be displayed may be broken down into sequentially displayed sub-frames with interleaved pixels.
US11555960B1	Waveguide array illuminator with light scattering mitigation A waveguide illuminator includes an input waveguide, a waveguide splitter coupled to the input waveguide, and a waveguide array coupled to the waveguide splitter. The waveguide array includes an array of out-coupling gratings that out-couple portions of the split light beam to form an array of out-coupled beam portions for illuminating a display panel. The out-coupling gratings may be apodized to reduce light scattering by the gratings. Additionally, gaps between the out-coupling gratings along the waveguides may be filled by gap gratings and/or etched grooves running parallel to the waveguides.
US11555959B2	Photonic integrated circuit devices and methods of forming same A photonic integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate (e.g., wafer) having a chip region therein, which is bounded on at least one side thereof by a scribe line. The chip region includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver and a test optical waveguide. This test optical waveguide is coupled to the optical transmitter and the optical receiver and overlaps the scribe line. During a substrate dicing operation, a portion of the test optical waveguide overlapping the scribe line is removed.
US11555957B2	Multicore fiber and method of manufacture therefor A method of manufacturing a multicore fiber includes: an initial-preform forming process of forming an initial preform by arranging in an array a plurality of core rods each including a core portion and a cladding portion formed around outer periphery of the core portion; and an optical fiber manufacturing process of manufacturing an optical fiber from the initial preform. Further, the core rods include a plurality of holes, and the core rods are arranged in a manner that one hole is arranged between two core portion adjacent to each other in the initial-preform forming process.
US11555956B2	Polymer optical fiber with tunable, hydrolytically stable overcladding A polymer optical fiber is provided which shows improved hydrolytic stability. This fiber comprises a polymeric optical core and cladding layer, surrounded by a polymeric overcladding layer which comprises a miscible blend of one or more hydrolytically stable amorphous polymers. By varying the ratios of the component polymers in the overcladding blend, the glass transition temperature and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the overcladding layer may be tuned to optimize the attenuation and bandwidth of the plastic optical fiber.
US11555955B2	High backscattering waveguides A high backscattering optical fiber comprising a perturbed segment in which the perturbed segment reflects a relative power such that the optical fiber has an effective index of neff, a numerical aperture of NA, a scatter of Rp→r(fiber) that varies axially along the optical fiber, a total transmission loss of αfiber, an in-band range greater than one nanometer (1 nm), and a figure of merit (FOM) in the in-band range. The FOM being defined as: FOM = R p → r ( fiber ) α fiber ⁡ ( NA 2 ⁢ n eff ) 2 .
US11555954B2	LED coupler for light reflection and leakage prevention A vehicle lighting device including a light source configured to emit diverging light a fiber bundle including a plurality of optical fibers bundled into a cross sectional shape configured to be optically coupled to the light source; and a coupling device configured to optically couple the light source to the fiber bundle, the coupling device including a reflecting portion configured to reflect the diverging light toward the optical fiber bundle and a blocking portion configured to block light from bleeding from the assembly.
US11555953B2	Optical device with wires and organic moieties An optical device can comprise wires 12 on a face of a substrate 11, with channel(s) 13 between adjacent wires 12. Each wire 12 can include embedded organic moieties. Each wire 12 can include multiple ribs 31. Part or all of the wire 12, the substrate 11, or both can have a high refractive index n and a low extinction coefficient k. The optical device can have reduced separation of layers of different materials during flexing and temperature changes. The optical device can be manufactured by a method designed for improved manufacturability.
US11555952B2	Display and method of producing display A display having high resistance to counterfeiting including a micro concavo-convex structure layer on a predetermined reference surface, the micro concavo-convex structure layer having a plurality of microstructures arranged on the reference surface. Each of the microstructures is formed of a prism structure made of a material that transmits light with a triangular cross-section having a first surface inclined relative to the reference surface in side view, and a second surface having an inclination angle relative to the reference surface such that the inclination angle is larger than an inclination angle of the first surface relative to the reference surface. A color layer as an example of a functional layer is provided on the second surface of all or some of the plurality of microstructures.
US11555948B2	Synthetic diamond optical elements An optical element comprising a window formed of synthetic diamond material and an optical surface pattern formed directly in a surface of the synthetic diamond material. The window of synthetic diamond material is in the form of a wedged diamond window with non-parallel major surfaces defining a wedge angle in a range (1) arcminute to 10° and the optical surface pattern is formed directly in one or both of the non-parallel major surfaces. There is also described a laser system comprising the optical element and a laser having a coherence length, wherein the coherence length of the laser is greater than twice a thickness of the wedged diamond window at its thickest point.
US11555947B2	Low refractive layer and anti-reflective film comprising the same The present invention relates to a low refractive layer and an anti-reflective film comprising the same. The low refractive layer can exhibit excellent optical properties such as a low reflectance and a high light transmittance, and excellent mechanical properties such as high wear resistance and scratch resistance at the same time. In particular, due to the excellent alkali resistance, the low refractive layer can maintain excellent physical properties even after alkali treatment. Therefore, when introducing a low refractive layer to the display device, it is expected that the production process can be simplified and further the production rate and the productivity can significantly increase.
US11555940B2	Position sensing apparatus and method Inductive position sensors for sensing relative position (e.g., relative rotary position) between members are provided. In one example implementation, the inductive position sensor includes a transmit aerial having at least one transmit winding. The inductive position sensor can include a receive aerial having one or more receive windings. The inductive position sensor can include a coupling element operable to be disposed on the second member. The inductive position sensor can include processing circuitry configured to provide one or more signals indicative of the position of the first member relative to the second member based on current induced in the one or more receive windings resulting from an oscillating signal provided to the transmit winding. The inductive position sensor includes at least one electrostatic shield. The electrostatic shield can include a plurality of conductive traces arranged so that no current loops are formed in the electrostatic shield.
US11555934B2	Radiation detector The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
US11555932B2	Round trip phase extended range Secure range estimates as described herein may include determining a range estimate between two Bluetooth enabled devices based, at least in part, on round trip phase measurements of wireless signals transmitted between the devices. In one example, a range estimate may include determining a first set of relative carrier measurements at a first set of frequencies, determining a second set of relative carrier measurements based on the first set at the second set of frequencies; and combining the first set and the second set to estimate a distance between the devices.
US11555931B2	Identifying potentially manipulated GNSS navigation data at least partially based on GNSS reference data A method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium are provided for determining whether or not GNSS navigation data are potentially manipulated. In the context of a method, GNSS reference data is received that represents one or more GNSS signals observed by a reference receiver at a reference position. The method also receives GNSS navigation data and determines, at least partially based on said GNSS reference data and the GNSS navigation data, a position estimate of said reference position. The method further includes determining, at least partially based on said reference position and the position estimate of said reference position, whether or not the GNSS navigation data are potentially manipulated.
US11555930B2	Split vertical advanced receiver autonomous integrity monitoring A method comprises computing position information from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS); computing an altitude measurement based on retrieved information from a vertical position sensor; determining a vertical protection level (VPL) associated with the position information; splitting the VPL into an upward VPL component and a downward VPL component; determining a vertical alert limit (VAL) associated with the altitude measurement; and splitting the VAL into an upward VAL component and a downward VAL component. The method optimizes an integrity budget allocation between the upward and downward VPL components. The method then recomputes the upward and downward VPL components given the optimized integrity budget allocation.
US11555922B2	Object detection device An object detection device comprises a transmission sound pressure adjustment unit adjusting a sound pressure of the search wave so that the sound pressure of the search wave or a reflected wave based on the search wave is within a predetermined transmission target range. The transmission unit transmits, as the search wave, a first search wave with a first frequency changing with time at a first rate and a second search wave with a second frequency changing with time at a second rate that is different from the first rate. The transmission sound pressure adjustment unit is configured to adjust the sound pressure of each of the first and second search waves so that the sound pressure of the corresponding one of the first and second search waves or the reflected wave based on the corresponding one of the first and second search waves is within the transmission target range.
US11555921B2	Method and apparatus for predicting severe convection weather Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for predicting a severe convection weather. The method may include: acquiring a current radar echo map sequence, the current radar echo map sequence being a radar echo map sequence within a current time period; generating, based on the current radar echo map sequence, a future radar echo map sequence, the future radar echo map sequence being a radar echo map sequence within a future time period; and inputting the future radar echo map sequence into a pre-trained severe convection weather predicting model to obtain a severe convection weather intensity predicting map, where the severe convection weather predicting model is used to predict the intensity of a severe convection weather.
US11555920B2	Estimating vehicle velocity using radar data Methods and systems for estimating vehicle velocity based on radar data. The methods and systems include receiving a set of range-Doppler-beam, RDB, maps from radars located on a vehicle and performing an optimization process that adjusts an estimate of vehicle velocity so as to optimize a correlation score. The optimization process includes iteratively: spatially registering the set of RDB maps based on the current estimate of vehicle velocity, determining the correlation score based on the spatially registered set of RDB maps, and outputting an optimized estimate of vehicle velocity from the optimization process when the correlation score has been optimized. The methods and systems control the vehicle based at least in part on the optimized estimate of vehicle velocity.
US11555916B2	Millimeter wave and/or microwave imaging systems and methods including examples of partitioned inverse and enhanced resolution modes and imaging devices Examples of imaging systems are described herein which may implement microwave or millimeter wave imaging systems. Examples described may implement partitioned inverse techniques which may construct and invert a measurement matrix to be used to provide multiple estimates of reflectivity values associated with a scene. The processing may be partitioned in accordance with a relative position of the antenna system and/or a particular beamwidth of an antenna. Examples described herein may perform an enhanced resolution mode of imaging which may steer beams at multiple angles for each measurement position.
US11555910B2	Merge-split techniques for sensor data filtering A technique for tracking objects includes: determining a set of detected measurements based on a received return signal; determining a group that includes a set of group measurements and a set of group tracks; creating a merged factor, including a merged set of track state hypotheses associated with a merged set of existing tracks including a first set of existing tracks and a second set of existing tracks, by calculating the cross-product of a first set of previous track state hypotheses and a second set of previous track state hypotheses; determining a first new factor and a second new factor; calculating a first set of new track state hypotheses for the first new factor based on a first subset of the group measurements; and calculating a second set of new track state hypotheses for the second new factor based on a second subset of the group measurements.
US11555896B2	System and method for generating very long PPM waveforms A lidar for generating long PPM waveforms receives an initial PPM code element including a number of code elements and a desired maximum sidelobe height; b) generates a two-column lookup table; c) selects a candidate modulation level; d) compares the values of the number of times a code element difference has been observed in the initial PPM code element from the lookup table against the desired maximum sidelobe height; e when a value of the number of times exceeds the desired maximum sidelobe height, discards the selected candidate modulation level, decrements corresponding values in the lookup table and repeats steps c to d; f otherwise, appends the selected candidate modulation level to the end of the initial PPM code element to update the initial PPM code element, and repeats steps c to f N times to generate a PPM waveform of length N.
US11555889B2	Interferometrics for mesa radar The present disclosure is a system comprising at least three electronically steered antennas arranged so that there is a baseline difference of a predetermined amount of wavelength between the centers of the antennas, typically configured as an obtuse or scalene triangle, where the distance between each antenna on an array is selected to provide the required accuracy and precision, the array having a timing circuit to ensure that the beam of each antenna is steered to the same azimuthal and elevation coordinates in space simultaneously. This enables the three electronically steered antennas to operate as an interferometer to determine a bearing to a target to ultimately determine the location thereof. The electronically steered antennas enable the system to be mounted on a platform in a small package that was previously difficult for traditional interferometers.
US11555883B2	Noise measurement in a radar system A radar system includes a transmitter including a power amplifier (PA) for amplifying a local oscillator (LO) signal, to generate an amplified signal. The radar system also includes a receiver including an IQ generator for generating an I signal based on the LO signal and for generating a Q signal based on the LO signal and a low noise amplifier (LNA) for amplifying a looped back signal, to generate a receiver signal. The receiver also includes a first mixer for mixing the receiver signal and the I signal, to generate a baseband I signal and a second mixer for mixing the receiver signal and the Q signal, to generate a baseband Q signal. Additionally, the radar system includes a waveguide loopback for guiding the amplified signal from the transmitter to the receiver as the looped back signal.
US11555878B2	Current-measuring transducer device having a current-measuring transducer and method for calibrating a current-measuring transducer A current-measuring transducer device has a current transducer for measuring an electric current along a conduction path. The current transducer has a magnetic field-sensitive element for converting the magnetic field resulting from the current flow along the conduction path into at least one physical variable and a measuring device for measuring the physical variable. The current transducer device has a coil arrangement with at least one coil for simulating the magnetic field resulting from the current flow along the conduction path. There is also described a method for calibrating a corresponding current transducer and a computer program product for performing the calibration method.
US11555856B2	Method for in situ functionality testing of switches and contacts in semiconductor interface hardware A method is provided for in situ functionality testing of electrical switches using a Functional Reflectometry Test (FRT) of switches on the signal path of electrical circuits in a semiconductor interface. The method includes initiating the functionality testing of the electrical switches in situ, wherein the functionality of the electrical switches is tested while the electrical switches are connected to the Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and are in-use testing semiconductors. The method also includes conducting full Functional Reflectometry Testing of the electrical switches in situ in an open switch state and a closed switch state to determine whether each of the electrical switches is one of fully functional, stuck closed, and stuck open, wherein testing for each state is performed as a single vector functional test to minimize test time overhead.
US11555848B2	Test circuit and method A test circuit includes an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal, a device-under-test (DUT) configured to output an AC signal based on the oscillation signal, a first detection circuit configured to generate a first DC voltage having a first value based on the oscillation signal, and a second detection circuit configured to generate a second DC voltage having a second value based on the AC signal.
US11555841B2	Device for radioelectric stimulation by self-referenced radiant panel A device for the radio stimulation of an antenna includes at least one transmission sub-assembly formed by an array of radiating elements and an array of photoelectric receivers; as well as a generator that synthesizes a set of electrical signals that are intended to excite each radiating element. The electrical signals are transmitted to the transmission sub-assembly in the form of modulated light waves that are multiplexed to form a composite laser beam that illuminates the array of photoelectric receivers. Each of the photoelectric receivers receives a light wave. The array of photoelectric sensors and the array of radiating elements have substantially identical arrangements. Each photoelectric receiver is connected to a radiating element in its array at a position identical to the one that said receiver occupies within its own or a position symmetrical thereto.
US11555840B2	Anisotropic constitutive parameters for launching a Zenneck surface wave Various examples are provided related to anisotropic constitutive parameters (ACPs) that can be used to launch Zenneck surface waves. In one example, among others, an ACP system includes an array of ACP elements distributed above a medium such as, e.g., a terrestrial medium. The array of ACP elements can include one or more horizontal layers of radial resistive artificial anisotropic dielectric (RRAAD) elements positioned in one or more orientations above the terrestrial medium. The ACP system can include vertical lossless artificial anisotropic dielectric (VLAAD) elements distributed above the terrestrial medium in a third orientation perpendicular to the horizontal layer or layers. The ACP system can also include horizontal artificial anisotropic magnetic permeability (HAAMP) elements distributed above the terrestrial medium. The array of ACP elements can be distributed about a launching structure, which can be excited with an electromagnetic field to facilitate the launch of a Zenneck surface wave.
US11555831B2	Resistors, current sense resistors, battery shunts, shunt resistors, and methods of making A plurality of resistors are disclosed herein. The resistor may include one or more resistive elements and a plurality of conductive portions. Openings or slots, which can be configured to adjust temperature coefficient or resistance (TCR) values of the resistor, are formed in the resistive elements. The shape, quantity, and orientation of the openings or slots can vary. In one aspect, header assemblies are provided for securing or holding pins relative to the resistors.
US11555828B2	Testing probe system for testing semiconductor die, multi-channel die having shared pads, and related systems and methods A testing probe system includes probes configured to contact shared probe pads of multi-channel die of a wafer; and a controller configured to generate testing patterns and receive signals from the multi-channel die of the wafer. The controller is configured to contact a probe of the probes with a shared probe pad of the multi-channel die, select a first channel of the multi-channel die to test, select at least one test mode for testing the first channel, stimulate at least the first channel during a single contact period, acquiring a first output of the first channel during the single contact period, select a second channel of the multi-channel die to test, select at least one test mode for testing the second channel, stimulate at least the second channel during the single contact period, and acquire a second output of the first channel during the single contact period.
US11555824B2	Automatic analysis apparatus To provide a high-throughput automatic analysis apparatus at a lower cost. The automatic analysis apparatus includes an incubator which accommodates a plurality of reaction vessels; a specimen dispensing mechanism which dispenses a specimen into each of the plurality of reaction vessels; a mounting unit which mounts a dispensing tip on the specimen dispensing mechanism; a suction unit which sucks a specimen from a specimen vessel containing the specimen by means of the specimen dispensing mechanism having the dispensing mounted thereon; a discharging unit which is provided in the incubator and discharges the specimen from the specimen dispensing mechanism to the reaction vessel; a disposal unit which discards the dispensing tip; a sensor which detects whether the dispensing tip is mounted to the specimen dispensing mechanism; and a control unit which controls the specimen dispensing mechanism. The mounting unit, the suction unit, the discharging unit, and the disposal unit are arranged along a movement path of the specimen dispensing mechanism. The sensor is arranged so as to be able to detect the dispensing tip at a position sandwiched between any two of the mounting unit, the suction unit, the discharging unit, and the disposal unit.
US11555817B2	Biomarker ratio imaging microscopy Provided herein are methods and systems for the analysis of biomarkers, and methods of providing diagnoses and/or prognoses therewith. In particular, methods and systems for performing biomarker ratio imaging microscopy (BRIM) are provided, as well as methods of using BRIM for the analysis of biomarker pairs (e.g., CD44/CD24, N-cadherin/E-cadherin, CD74/CD59, etc.) diagnosis and/or prognosis of cancer (e.g., ductal carcinoma in situ).
US11555815B2	Detection of molecule-nanoparticle interactions with ligand shells A quartz crystal microbalance coated with functionalized nanoparticles used to detect molecule-nanoparticle interactions to assist with characterization of difficult to predict molecule-nanoparticle interactions for novel ligand chemistries and, particularly, mixed ligand nanoparticles exhibiting different ligand morphologies, in order to quantify nanoparticle-molecule interactions independently from more complex solvation requirements.
US11555810B2	Spectroscopic classification of conformance with dietary restrictions A device may receive a classification model generated based on a set of spectroscopic measurements performed by a first spectrometer. The device may store the classification model in a data structure. The device may receive a spectroscopic measurement of an unknown sample from a second spectrometer. The device may obtain the classification model from the data structure. The device may classify the unknown sample into a Kosher or non-Kosher group or a Halal or non-Halal group based on the spectroscopic measurement and the classification model. The device may provide information identifying the unknown sample based on the classifying of the unknown sample.
US11555809B2	Methods and devices for non-invasive root phenotyping The present disclosure provides for an electronic sensor for detecting a root of a plant in soil, the electronic sensor that includes a first conductor plate configured to be disposed in soil, a switch, a power supply, and a signal extractor. The switch is electrically coupled to the first conductor plate and is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The power supply is electrically coupled to the switch and is configured to provide an electrical charge to the first conductor plate in the first mode of the switch. The signal extractor is electrically coupled to the switch and is configured to extract a signal response at the first conductor plate in the second mode of the switch. The present disclosure further provides a second conductor plate configured to be disposed in soil adjacent to and substantially parallel to the first conductor plate. The second conductor plate is electrically coupled to ground.
US11555807B2	Method for measuring glycated hemoglobin and device for measuring glycated hemoglobin A method for measuring a proportion of sA1c (%), which includes, when a peak derived from abnormal hemoglobin D, abnormal hemoglobin S or abnormal hemoglobin C is identified, calculation of the peak area, and measurement of the proportion of sA1c (%) corrected by using the calculation results. Results of measurement are obtained, by cation exchange chromatography, of sA1c (%) with a subject who provided a blood sample containing abnormal hemoglobin D, abnormal hemoglobin S or abnormal hemoglobin C by eliminating influences by such abnormal hemoglobin.
US11555805B2	Mixer for chromatography system Described is a mixer for a chromatography system. The mixer includes an inlet manifold channel, an outlet manifold channel and a plurality of transfer channels. The inlet manifold channel has an inlet at a proximal end of the inlet manifold channel for receiving an inlet flow. The transfer channels are fluidly connected between the inlet and outlet manifold channels. The respective fluid connections are distributed along each of the inlet and outlet manifolds channels. The transfer channels have different volumes. The mixer may be formed of a plurality of layer and the layers may be diffusion bonded to each other.
US11555799B2	Multi-part nontoxic printed batteries A battery system comprising: an anode composed of a non-toxic biocompatible metal; a first printable carbon-based current collector comprising biocompatible multiple few layer graphene (FLG) sheets in electrical contact with and extending from the anode; a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical mesoporous carbon-based cathode including an open porous structure configured to catalyze an active material via gas diffusion; a polymer-based barrier film deposited on the 3D hierarchical mesoporous carbon-based cathode, the polymer-based barrier film configured to prevent oxygen from entering the open porous structure while deposited on the 3D hierarchical mesoporous carbon-based cathode; a second printable carbon-based current collector comprising biocompatible multiple few layer graphene (FLG) sheets in electrical contact with and extending from the cathode; and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, the electrolyte layer configured to activate the battery system when released into one or both of the anode and the cathode.
US11555797B2	Semiconductor-type battery-free gas sensor or humidity sensor including porous metal-organic framework and method of manufacturing the same The present inventive concept relates to a battery-free gas sensor or humidity sensor comprising a metal-organic framework and a method of manufacturing the same. In a photodiode-type battery-free gas sensor or humidity sensor according to the present inventive concept, since photoelectron collection electrodes are formed at certain intervals between P-N junction layers, when gas is adsorbed thereon, the gas can be detected without an extra power source by change of photocurrent. Due to fine pores of the metal-organic framework, gas sensitivity may be increased and stability of catalysts may be improved. When catalysts are not provided, humidity may be detected. Therefore, a system that used the photodiode-type battery-free gas sensor and the photodiode-type battery-free humidity sensor together may be performed humidity correction to accurately measure an amount of a gas.
US11555795B2	Method for downhole determination of permeability anisotropy using NMR A method for predicting formation permeability by measuring diffusional tortuosity in several directions by pulse gradient NMR. The method comprises evaluating an anisotropic diffusion coefficient by pulsed gradient NMR, determining diffusional tortuosity from the restricted diffusion data, supplementing the NMR results with resistivity and sonic logging data, measuring anisotropic tortuosity and porosity by resistivity and sonic data and combining all components in a single fitting model. The 11-coefficient model is trained to recognize the true values of permeability by comparing the real oil permeabilities measured. in a library of oil-carrying rock cores with the NMR, resistivity and sonic correlates The fitting coefficients are extracted by minimizing the discrepancy between the laboratory measured permeabilities and the predicted values combining all rapid logging information components with the agreement-maximizing weights.
US11555794B1	Method of locating poles on bearing elements A method of identifying at least one pole location on a bearing element formed from a metal source element. The method is non-destructive and does not alter the surface of the bearing element. The method includes applying X-rays to a plurality of regions of a bearing element, and measuring diffracted intensity values of X-ray diffraction vectors or bi-sectors at the plurality of regions. The method includes determining at least one pole location on the bearing element based on the diffracted intensity values.
US11555787B2	Polymer-enhanced colorimetric detection of amine-based additives A method of detecting an amine-based additive in wellbore servicing fluid (WSF) comprising contacting an aliquot of WSF with an amine detector reagent and aqueous medium to form a detection solution; wherein the amine detector reagent comprises an amine detector compound, and a polar organic solvent (POS) with flash point >105° C.; wherein the WSF comprises the amine-based additive; and wherein the detection solution is characterized by at least one absorption peak wavelength in 380-760 nm; detecting an absorption intensity for detection solution at a wavelength within ±20% of the at least one absorption peak wavelength; comparing the absorption intensity of detection solution at the wavelength within ±20% of the at least one absorption peak wavelength with a target absorption intensity of amine-based additive to determine the amount of amine-based additive in WSF; and comparing the amount of amine-based additive in WSF with a target amount of amine-based additive.
US11555778B2	High-flux sensor suitable for corrosion big data monitoring and manufacturing method The present disclosure provides a high-flux sensor suitable for corrosion big data monitoring and a method of manufacturing the same. The sensor includes a first metal sheet, a second metal sheet and an insulating sheet therebetween. The two metal sheets are laminated. The metal sheets and the insulating sheet form a test piece group. A through hole is drilled in the test piece group.
US11555770B2	Determining intrinsic viscosity and Huggins constant of an unknown sample The present disclosure describes a computer implemented method, a system, and a computer program product of determining intrinsic viscosity and Huggins constant of an unknown sample. In an embodiment, the method, system, and computer program product include receiving concentration detector signal values over time from a concentration detector corresponding to a series of aliquots of an unknown sample injected into an instrument chain, receiving specific viscosity values over time from a viscometer corresponding to the series of aliquots, calculating a total mass of each of the aliquots, calculating a first intermediate viscosity value of each of the aliquots, calculating a second intermediate viscosity value of each of the aliquots, and fitting the total mass, the first intermediate viscosity value, and the second intermediate viscosity value to a fitting, resulting in a calculated intrinsic viscosity of the unknown sample and a calculated Huggins constant of the unknown sample.
US11555767B2	Haptic feedback for configuring materials testing systems Disclosed is a material testing system that includes an output shaft configured to be moved by operation of a motor, the output shaft coupleable to a test specimen such that movement of the output shaft imparts a mechanical force on the test specimen. The material testing system includes a haptic feedback system configured to provide an operator of the material testing system haptic feedback related to a position or state of the output shaft relative to the test specimen during setup. Methods of testing using haptic feedback are also disclosed.
US11555766B2	Ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction of analytes from porous membrane packed solid samples A method for extracting an analyte from a solid sample is described. The sample is sealed in a porous membrane bag, which is sonicated in an organic solvent. An extract of the analyte forms in the bag and diffuses into the organic solvent. The organic solvent containing the extract may then be concentrated and analyzed for an analyte with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The method does not the use of a solid sorbent material, and does not require a step of centrifuging or filtering.
US11555764B1	Dynamic modification of bioaerosol detection with genetic identification A bioaerosol detector is operated in accordance with one or more first inputs. Operating the bioaerosol detector includes filtering pathogens from the air, extracting genetic material from the filtered pathogens, and analyzing the extracted genetic material to identify the filtered pathogens. While operating the bioaerosol detector in accordance with the one or more first inputs, a change is identified in an operating condition for the bioaerosol detector. In response, the bioaerosol detector is operated in accordance with one or more second inputs. At least one input of the one or more second inputs is distinct from a respective input of the one or more first inputs.
US11555763B2	Toilet equipped to provide fecal analysis A toilet is disclosed. The toilet has a bowl adapted to receive excreta, a shelf for receiving feces in the bowl, and one or more sensor for detecting a property of the feces. The property may be related to a user's heath and wellness and may be presented to a person for their review and assessment.
US11555759B2	Equipment control system A system and method monitor operation of a compressor, determine whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values, and, responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values, one or more of (a) prevent communication of a signal to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor, (b) direct a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor, and/or (c) communicate the signal to the system controller that controls operation of the compressor.
US11555751B2	Noncontact optical torque measurement of rotating component A solution for noncontact optical torque measurement of a rotating component is provided. At least one imaging system acquires images of a rotating component. A torque computing unit determines the torque of the rotating component using the images. The torque computing unit can compare the acquired images to previously collected expected images obtained under a known torque condition. The torque computing unit determines the torque of the rotating component based on variations between the acquired images and the collected expected images.
US11555740B2	Transportation method A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.
US11555736B2	Method for calibrating one or more load sensors in a rotor blade of a wind turbine A method calibrates a load sensor in a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The method includes checking a state and/or operating parameters of the wind turbine; continuously measuring a calibration condition for the wind turbine and comparing the measured calibration condition with predefined calibration prerequisites; switching to a calibration mode when the measured calibration condition meets the predefined calibration prerequisites or switching to a restricted production mode when the measured calibration condition does not meet the predefined calibration prerequisites; and, collecting measurement data in the calibration mode. The calibration mode is terminated when the required data have been collected for the calibration; and, switched from the calibration mode to an interruption mode. The mode is switched from the interruption mode to the restricted production mode when the measured calibration condition does not meet the predefined calibration prerequisites for longer than a predefined period of time.
US11555735B2	Horizontal tank phase separation and calibration system A multiphase flow calibration semi-closed loop system includes an oil-gas-water separation unit, a multiphase flow calibration unit, a single phase flow calibration section, a gas flow section, a flow data acquisition unit, and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The system is designed to have a two-step calibration process. In a first step, single phase water flow meters and single phase oil flow meters of the system are calibrated independently. In a second step, multiphase flow meters or multiphase water cut meters are calibrated using the pre-calibrated water flow meter, pre-calibrated oil flow meter, and the pre-calibrated gas flow meter. In doing so, the oil-gas-water separation unit, the multiphase flow calibration unit, the single phase flow calibration section, and the gas flow section communicate with the flow data acquisition unit providing real time data. Thus, the PLC connected to the flow data acquisition unit can perform the required calibration processes.
US11555728B2	Fluid level detection A system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a first temperature of a fluid stored by a fluid storage device and then actuate a fluid heating device to add heat energy to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine an amount of the heat energy added to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine a second temperature of the fluid stored by the fluid storage device after adding the heat energy to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine a quantity of the fluid stored by the fluid storage device based on the amount of the heat energy added to the fluid by the fluid heating device and a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature.
US11555721B2	Flow meter including a combined ultrasonic flow sensing arrangement and a non-ultrasonic flow sensor arrangement for measuring wide range of flow rates The invention relates to a fluid flow meter comprising a measuring section for a flow indicator with different measuring methods for flow velocity and fluid flow rate, comprising a housing with an inlet channel, an outlet channel and at least one flow indicator located therein, a housing interior space forming a shape which is complementary to the geometry of the flow indicator, and comprising two bottoms at least partially defining the interior space, and a curved part having a geometry that ensures the formation of a flow, at least one ultrasonic flow indicator being arranged such that the measuring section thereof runs through an inner part of the other flow indicator with another operating mode, and the fluid flow meter comprises an adaptor unit for adapting different diameters of an outlet of the flow indicator and the outlet channel thereof.
US11555711B2	Systems and methods for augmented reality in a vehicle Systems and methods are provided herein for presenting information in a vehicle. In one example, a method includes determining a route from a source location to a destination location, obtaining one or more features of the route, augmenting a map of the route with the one or more features to generate an augmented map, and displaying the augmented map on a windshield of the vehicle.
US11555710B2	Secure eco-routing with databases under homomorphic encryption A method for generating energy-optimized travel routes for a motor vehicle includes one or more of the following: receiving an origin destination (OD) of the motor vehicle and an encrypted energy consumption database of the motor vehicle; generating N candidate routes for the OD; evaluating encrypted energy consumption over a route using an encrypted energy consumption database; applying at least one of homomorphic addition function or homomorphic multiplication function to the encrypted energy consumption data; and returning N candidate routes and their encrypted energy consumption to a client.
US11555709B2	Financial swap index method and system on transportation capacity units and trading derivative products based thereon Implementations of various methods and systems for creating and calculating a transportation capacity unit index and trading derivative products based thereon to transact and trade transportation seats or freight or transportation capacity units and resulting financial swap, futures, forwards and option structures in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, package freight transport, tractor trailer freight transport, cargo freight transport, container freight transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, audio computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.
US11555705B2	Localization using dynamic landmarks A method, system and computer program product for determining a map position of an ego-vehicle are disclosed. The method includes acquiring map data comprising a road geometry, initializing at least one dynamic landmark by measuring a position and velocity, relative to the ego-vehicle, of a surrounding vehicle, and determining a first map position of the surrounding vehicle based on this measurement and the geographical position of the ego-vehicle. Further, the method includes predicting a second map position of the surrounding vehicle, and measuring a location, relative to the ego-vehicle, of the surrounding vehicle when it is estimated to be at the second map position, whereby the geographical position of the ego-vehicle can be computed and updated.
US11555701B2	Use of a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a floor height and floor height elevation of a building A system, apparatus, computer program product, and method use a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.
US11555698B2	Systems and methods for estimating concrete thickness The present disclosure provides systems and methods for non-destructively estimating the thickness of buried concrete without excavation. An example method may include placing one or more first accelerometers at a plurality of vertical positions below the surface of the ground at an approximate first distance from a vertical edge of the buried concrete each time. The method may further include, for each position in the plurality of vertical positions, generating a dispersive wave in the buried concrete and determining a time of arrival of the dispersive wave at the one or more first accelerometers. The method may further include estimating the thickness of the buried concrete based on at least the times of arrival of the dispersive waves at the one or more first accelerometers.
US11555696B2	Electronic terminal, photographing method and device, and storage medium A terminal such as a folding-screen smartphone includes a first body and a second body; a rotating shaft coupled to the first body and the second body, and configured to change an angle between the first body and the second body through rotation of the rotating shaft. The terminal also includes a first camera in the first body configured to photograph a target object and obtain a first image in response to a photographing instruction and a second camera in the second body configured to photograph the target object and obtain a second image in response to the photographing instruction. A processing component coupled to the first body and the second body is configured to determine the angle between the first body and the second body and obtain a target image by splicing the first image and the second image according to the angle.
US11555686B2	Non-interdependent displacement measuring device for converting rotary motion to linear motion A non-interdependent displacement measuring device for converting a rotary motion to a linear motion is disclosed, which includes a driving unit, a detection unit, and a resistance device. The driving unit includes an adjustment section and a driving section. The detection unit is arranged in the adjustment section. The driving section is connected to the resistance device. The detection unit includes a sensing module and a transmission module, and the detection unit is arranged in the adjustment section, so that when the adjustment section rotates, the detection unit detects turns and an angle of rotation of the adjustment section to generate a detection signal, which, after being subjected to calculation, is transmitted through the transmission module to the electronic device to display the level of an resistance, so as to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art that accuracy is poor, calibration is difficult, and fabrication is difficult due to a magnet and a sensor being arranged as two separate parts.
US11555683B2	Form measuring instrument and method of detecting abnormality A form measuring instrument includes: a contact tip configured to contact with a workpiece; a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement of the contact tip with respect to the workpiece; a movement controlling unit configured to control the movement mechanism; a contact sensor configured to detect a contact amount of the contact tip with the workpiece and output a detection signal corresponding to the contact amount; and an abnormality determining unit configured to determine an abnormality of sensitivity of the contact sensor based on a change in the detection signal outputted from the contact sensor during an operation of the movement mechanism in which the contact tip is pressed against the workpiece.
US11555682B2	Adjustable square An adjustable square has a blade including a scale, a body, a slot formed in the body for movably receiving the blade, a locking mechanism operably engaged with the body for releasably securing the blade within the slot, and an indexing member operably engaged with the body and operably engaged with the blade. The indexing member indexes the body at precise locations along the blade. A method for indexing an adjustable square is also provided. The method includes positioning a body of the adjustable square at a precise known position and indexing, with an indexing member of the adjustable square, the body of the adjustable square at the precise known position.
US11555678B2	Small body dynamics control method A projectile including an ejectable aft fin housing assembly. The aft fin housing assembly includes aft fins that increase a distance between a center of gravity and a center of pressure of the projectile, improving passive stabilization of the projectile. Once the projectile has been passively stabilized, the aft fin housing assembly is ejected, decreasing a distance between the center of gravity and the center of pressure, improving active stabilization of the projectile.
US11555674B2	Dazzling system coupled to a camera mounted in a fixed location A non-lethal dazzling turret includes a laser operable in the visible spectrum. The non-lethal dazzling turret can be deployed, for example, behind a counter at a convenience store or a gas station, and can include a camera as well as an on-board computer. The non-lethal dazzling turret can stream video to a remote location where an operator can aim and fire the non-lethal dazzling turret at potential targets as needed. Alternatively, a fully autonomous version is disclosed that can be activated by, for example, a panic button.
US11555673B2	Projectile launching systems with anchors having dissimilar flight characteristics A projectile deployment system includes an entangling projectile having a pair of anchors and a tether connecting the pellets. A projectile casing includes a pair of sockets, each socket sized to carry one of the pair of anchors. At least one pressure source is capable of expelling one or both of the anchors from the projectile casing toward a subject. At least one of the entangling projectile or the projectile casing can be configured such that the pair of anchors travel toward the subject with differing flight characteristics after being expelled from the projectile casing.
US11555668B2	Handgun holster for athletic use The present invention provides a handgun holster apparatus comprising a body, first strap, and second strap each made from moisture-wicking layers and moisture-repellant layers. The holster further comprises at least four reversible fasteners: a first reversible fastener affixed to the first strap, a second reversible fastener affixed to the second strap, a third reversible fastener affixed to the front side of the body, and a fourth reversible fastener affixed to the back side of the body. The first and second straps each respectively has open strap positions and closed strap positions allowing for the handgun to be removable from the holster as well as the holster to be reversibly affixed to the inside of a garment.
US11555664B2	Heat protective device A heat protective device includes a sheet having a first edge opposite a second edge. The sheet is comprised of a plurality of intertwined links that are movable with respect to each other. A strip is positioned between the first edge of the sheet and the second edge of the sheet. A fastener couples the first edge of the sheet and the second edge of the sheet to the strip to form a tubular shape. The fastener is configured to adjust a diameter of the tubular shape to releasably fix the heat protective device about an object. A method for manufacturing a heat protective device is also disclosed.
US11555663B2	Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.
US11555662B2	Multifunctional slide cover plate Slide cover plates, and handguns including the slide cover plates, where the slide cover plates include a primary cover plate portion and a sealing cover plate portion that is movably coupled to the primary cover plate portion so that the sealing cover plate portion has an open position and a closed position, and when in its closed position the slide cover plate provides protection for the interior of the handgun, and when in its open position the slide cover plate does not interfere with the forward movement of the pistol slide.
US11555658B2	Methods and systems to convert passive cooling to active cooling Provided are methods and systems for converting a passive cooling system into an active hydronic ground cooling system. In an aspect, an existing passive cooling device can be first discharged of working fluid. An existing pipe of the passive cooling system can then be cut to a predetermined height. A top portion of the existing pipe can be threaded and fitted with a cap base. Tubing can then be installed within the existing pipe. A cap can be attached to the cap base. The tubing can be attached to a chiller system and filled with coolant. Similar procedure can be applied to convert a thermopile or traditional pipe pile to into an active cooling system.
US11555657B2	Electronic device having heat collection/diffusion structure An electronic device having an improved heating state is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device can comprise: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a printed circuit board inserted between the first surface and the second surface; an electronic component disposed on the printed circuit board; a shielding structure mounted on the printed circuit board, and including a conductive structure for at least partially surrounding the electronic device; and a heat pipe including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is thermally coupled to a portion of the shielding structure, and the first end portion is disposed closer to the shielding structure than the second end portion. Additionally, other examples are possible.
US11555654B2	Heat recovery system adaptable to a sink A thermal recovery device for recovering waste heat from a sink having a bottom plate, the bottom plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom plate being a thermal conductor, the thermal recovery device including: a tube including an inlet and an outlet, the tube thermally connected to the bottom surface, wherein thermal communication exists between the top surface and a fluid in the tube, a demand for the fluid causes the fluid to flow through the tube and heat transfer to the fluid which raises the temperature of the fluid prior to entering a heater and subsequently arriving at the top surface of the bottom plate of the sink from which the heat is transferred, reducing the heating load of the heater due to the demand of the fluid.
US11555645B2	Vacuum insulation assembly for an appliance A method for assembling a vacuum insulation assembly for an appliance is provided. The method includes steps of defining a plurality of spaces on a guide and positioning the guide flush with an inner surface of a panel. The method further includes a step of determining positions of a plurality of clips using the plurality of spaces of the guide. Another step of the method includes coupling the plurality of clips with the inner surface of the panel. The method also includes separating the guide from the panel and coupling permeable tubing with the plurality of clips.
US11555634B2	Systems and methods for shielding falling particles within a solar thermal falling particle receiver Systems and methods for falling particle receivers are disclosed that include shield or deflector structures around the receiver aperture to reduce wind effects and/or heat losses from the falling particles. External and internal structures are disclosed that can be tailored to reduce particle, thermal, and radiative losses from within the cavity receiver due to external wind and the falling particles that are irradiated within the receiver. Structures of varying shapes, sizes, and composition (transparent, reflective) are described.
US11555633B2	Heating and hot water supply system A heating and hot water supply system, including: a combustion unit combusting a fuel to generate a combustion gas; a heat exchange unit heating a heat medium and hot water according to heat exchange with the combustion gas; an exhaust unit that exhausting the combustion gas after heat exchange. The heat exchange unit includes a plate type heat exchanger by laminating vertically-upright rectangular plates with gaps, and is configured to heat the heat medium by causing the combustion gas and the heat medium to alternately flow through the gaps. An inlet for the heat medium is provided at lower corner of the plate type heat exchanger, a discharge opening for the heat medium is provided at upper corner farthest from the inlet, and a hot water passage through which hot water flows in the plate type heat exchanger is provided at upper corner above the inlet.
US11555629B2	HVAC system with baffle in side discharge configuration A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a discharge section housing forming a chamber, a first opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the chamber is configured to receive an air flow from a blower of the HVAC system via the first opening, and a second opening formed in the discharge section housing such that the second opening is positionally offset to the first opening. The chamber is configured to discharge the air flow through the second opening. The HVAC system also includes a guide extending across the chamber and sloping toward the second opening such that the guide is configured to direct the air flow from the first opening toward the second opening.
US11555626B2	Ventilation unit, system and method A ventilation unit is for ventilating an indoor space, and incorporates an air cleaning device and mechanical restrictor for controlling a restriction to a flow resulting from a pressure differential across the unit. There is determination of the inside and outside air pressures in the vicinity of the unit and of air quality parameters inside and outside. The air cleaning device and the mechanical restrictor are controlled in dependence on the determined air pressures and air quality parameters. This provides a fan-less, and hence low-power ventilation unit, which relies on throttling the natural air flow across the unit to provide flow control, and hence enable control of air quality. The air cleaning device may be operated only when the flow is into the inside space, saving power.
US11555615B2	Incinerating container for broiling An incinerating container for grills and similar broilers. The incinerating container receives products of combustion from a gas burner or hot gases from an electric element or other heat source. Apertures in a top of the incinerating container receive oil into the incinerating container, such as oils from melted fat as food cooks. The oils are incinerated within the incinerating container. The apertures formed in the top allow hot oils to enter the incinerating container for combustion of the oils within the incinerating container, and are constructed to prevent flames from materially exiting the incinerating container.
US11555609B1	Under-counter lighting system An under-counter lighting system places a light-guide panel (LGP) or a set of LGPs under a countertop, or another such work surface, in order to backlight it. Specifically, a base layer is secured to a support, such as a cabinet. The base layer includes a support layer and a number of support posts attached to the support layer. An LGP layer includes the LGP or LGPs. Each of the LGPs has openings that correspond to positions of the support posts, such that the LGPs receive the support posts through their thicknesses. A countertop is secured to the tops of the support posts and may have a depending lip or other such feature sufficient to hide the base layer and the LGP layer. The resulting light, usually at least partially transmitted through the countertop itself, can serve as ambient light, task light, or accent light, depending on the installation.
US11555608B1	Illuminated two-piece exhibit The present invention an illuminated two-piece exhibit includes a first arcuate arm, a second arcuate arm joined to the first arcuate end at a proximate end, an intermediary arc extends between the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm at a distal end, a diffusor configured for receiving a light source, a centrally located receptacle extending between the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm, a window extending from the centrally located receptacle through the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm, the diffusor extending from said centrally located receptacle and at least partially through the window wherein the diffusor is configured for illumination by the light source.
US11555605B2	Head wearable devices and methods Head wearable devices and methods are disclosed where a head wearable device includes a headpiece including a headband with a top strap, a first housing attached to an outer surface of the top strap of the headband, a depth adjuster attached to the first housing wherein the depth adjuster is configured to change a depth of the headpiece, and a headband adjuster configured to change a circumference of the headpiece.
US11555603B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes multiple LED modules, a driver and a wireless circuit. The driver for converting an external power to a driving current. The light source plate includes a first metal layer, an insulation layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer has a larger thickness than the first metal layer. The first metal layer has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is used for electrically connecting the multiple LED modules. The second portion forms an antenna radiation part. The insulation layer is between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The wireless circuit electrically connected to the second portion of the first metal layer. The antenna radiation part is used as an antenna for receiving a wireless signal.
US11555600B2	Components, systems, and methods for hanging strands of lights Components, systems, and methods for hanging an article, such as a strand of lights that has multiple lights physically and electrically connected together by one or more electrical wires. Such a system includes an elongated strip having a ferromagnetic material, a feature for attaching the elongated strip to a structure, and a number of hanging devices each having a base, a fastener located on a front side of the base, and a magnet mounted to a back side of the base. The fastener is configured to couple with a portion of the article, and the magnet is magnetically attracted to and releasably attachable to the ferromagnetic material of the elongated strip. The hanging devices in combination are configured to secure and suspend the article from the structure by magnetically attaching to the elongated strip.
US11555596B2	Radiation angle changing element and light emitting device A radiation angle changing element bonded to a housing includes: a glass substrate; and a resin layer provided on the glass substrate and having an optically functioning part. In a bonding portion bonded to the housing, the resin layer is not formed on the glass substrate.
US11555591B1	Projection device for ambient decoration having a driving device connected to a gear of a reflective medium A projection device for ambient decoration may include a first light-emitting assembly comprising at least one first incoherent light source, a reflective medium, and a first driving device. The first light-emitting assembly may further include a mount recessed internally to define a placing groove adapted to the reflective medium, a first through-hole and a placing recess on one side of the first through-hole arranged at a bottom of the placing groove, a fixing column arranged in a center of the placing recess, and a second through-hole arranged at a bottom of the reflective medium. The first driving device may be coupled to the reflective medium, the fixing column may pass through the second through-hole into the reflective medium, and the at least one first incoherent light source may be connected to the fixing column.
US11555589B1	Structural light fixture for a clean room ceiling, clean room ceiling system and methods A structural light fixture for the ceiling of clean room, such as a clean room for pharmaceutical or electronic research or production, includes an outer U-shaped beam and an inner U-shaped beam. The inner U-shaped beam nests within the outer U-shaped beam. The inner and outer U-shaped beams are mutually reinforcing so that the combination of the two U-shaped beams is stronger and stiffer than either U-shaped beam alone. The top side of the outer U-shaped beam is exposed to the outside of the clean room and includes no perforations so that the outer U-shaped beam is a barrier to gas, particulates, microorganisms or disinfectants that otherwise would pass through the clean room ceiling. The removable inner U-shaped beam includes a lamp and power supply, allowing maintenance of the structural light fixture from the interior of the clean room without interrupting the barrier to contamination created by the structural light fixture.
US11555584B2	Decorative elongated object, method for manufacturing decorative elongated object, Olympic torch, and lighting device To provide an air passage for torch combustion in the torch main body to ensure the freedom of design. A decorative elongated object according to the present invention includes an elongated material (100) with a cross section having a plurality of radial lines (L2) and being uniform from one end (1a) to another end (1b), a cavity being formed at the center of the elongated material, in which the elongated material has a side surface at least partially tapered to be thinner toward the other end (1b) from the one end (1a), with the radial lines (L2) partially cut and removed along a side surface cutting plane intersecting with the side surface.
US11555576B2	Stationary transfer platform and cleaning device for supply transport device A stationary platform for supporting a supply transport device is provided. The stationary platform includes a frame having at least two longitudinal sides, a first end and a second opposing end, and a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of legs extending from the bottom surface of the frame to support the supply transport device on the frame. The supply transport device is slidably received on the top surface of the frame. A wheel base assembly having a cleaning device for contacting a bottom surface of the supply transport device, to remove dirt and debris from or to disinfect the supply transport device, is also provided.
US11555575B2	Operating device, display control method, and recording medium recording display control program An operating device according to the present invention includes a posture setter that sets a posture of the operating device with respect to a user to a first posture, a display processor that causes a predetermined object to be displayed toward a first direction in the display area of the operating device set to the first posture, a posture detector that detects a posture change of the operating device when the user changes the posture of the operating device, and a display changer that causes at least a part of object information included in the object to be displayed toward the first direction in the display area when the operating device changes the posture from the first posture to a second posture.
US11555568B2	Corrugated tube fitting A two-piece fitting for corrugated tubing having a body and one or more snap rings. Each snap ring is securely housed within the body near an opening to an inner area of the body. A plurality of first and second slots can extend in opposing directions through a ring wall of the snap ring. The first slots can, at least in part, define ring fingers having retention projections, and which are configured to provide an inwardly directed spring force at least at a first end of the snap ring. The second slots extend into at least some of the ring fingers, and can provide a second end of the snap ring with a generally outwardly directed spring force. An inner surface of the snap ring can be outwardly tapered at the second end of the snap ring to reduce the force used to insert the tube through the snap ring.
US11555563B2	Layer and tube comprising such a layer A sleeve for the construction of a hose pipe extends about a longitudinal axis. The sleeve has greater elongation capacities in one direction than in the other with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US11555542B2	Transmission for vehicle A transmission for a vehicle includes a knob configured to be rotated to select one of a plurality of shift stages, a driving unit for controlling rotation of the knob, and a shift controller for applying an electrical current to generate a torque in the driving unit. Further, the driving unit includes a magnetic field generator, a magnetization unit including a plurality of magnetic bodies arranged at regular intervals along a circumference of the magnetic field generator, and a magnet unit including at least one pair of magnetic poles arranged along a circumference of the magnetization unit. In particular, the magnetization unit or the magnet unit is coupled with the knob and rotates integrally with the knob. Depending on an intensity of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator, the driving unit allows or prevents the rotation of the knob.
US11555538B2	Disconnector apparatus The present invention provides a disconnector apparatus including: a support ring provided in a differential casing and configured to support a pinion gear mounted therein; a clutch ring having one end penetrating the differential casing, provided in the differential casing, and configured to be coupled to or decoupled from the support ring; an actuator configured to press the other end of the clutch ring to couple the support ring and the clutch ring; and an elastic member coupled to an exposed portion of the clutch ring positioned outside the differential casing, the elastic member having one end in contact with the differential casing and the other end in contact with the actuator.
US11555537B2	Power transmission device A power transmission device including a planetary gear, a differential gear and a differential case. The planetary gear includes a carrier, and pinion gears supported by pinion shafts. The differential gear includes a pair of bevel gears supported by a bevel gear shaft, and side gears engaged with the bevel gears. The carrier defines pinion shaft insertion holes in which pinion shafts are respectively inserted. The differential case defines bevel gear shaft insertion holes in which the bevel gear shaft is inserted. A straight line that penetrates the bevel gear shaft insertion holes overlaps with the pinion shaft insertion holes in a circumferential direction, and the bevel gear shaft passes through a center of a circle that connects the pinion shaft insertion holes. When viewed along an axial direction, the pinion shafts do not overlap the side gears, with the side gears being arranged radially inwardly than the pinion shafts.
US11555533B2	Chain guide To provide a chain guide that can improve transportability and assembly operation efficiency, while also ensuring stable running of a timing chain and enhancing durability, with a simple structure. The chain guide has a guide shoe that slidably guides a chain, and a chain guide body that supports the guide shoe. A compression limiter having an attachment hole through which a mounting bolt for attaching the chain guide to an attachment target member passes is fitted in a fixing through hole extending through the chain guide body in a width direction thereof. A compression limiter holding mechanism is provided either to the compression limiter or to a hole rim part including the fixing through hole of the chain guide body in order to hold the compression limiter.
US11555529B2	Wire terminator device A wire terminator device for fences and barriers which has two bodies. The first body houses a wire retaining mechanism and the second body stems from the first body and includes an engagement element where the wire is retained in the usage position. The engagement element forming the second body is defined by a through passage in the direction of passage of the wire and a single inlet groove that is oblique with respect to the direction of passage of the wire. The single inlet groove is arranged in the same plane of the direction of passage of the wire in the usage position.
US11555527B2	Damper device A damper device includes an input element to which a torque from an engine is transmitted, an output element, an elastic body arranged to transmit a torque between the input element and the output element, and a rotary inertia mass damper that includes a planetary gear that includes a sun gear arranged to rotate integrally with one element of the input element and the output element, a carrier that rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears and is arranged to rotate integrally with the other element of the input element and the output element, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and works as a mass body. The other element includes two plate members that are opposed to each other and coupled with each other by means of a plurality of rivets disposed between the pinion gears.
US11555526B2	Torsion damping device with activatable friction device A torsion damping device for a vehicle drivetrain includes: a first rotary element, a second rotary element, an elastic device, a friction device including an actuating washer mounted to rotate as one with a friction washer and including an actuating tab interposed circumferentially between a first end of a spring and the first rotary element so as to allow relative rotation between the actuating washer and the second rotary element when the first end of the spring is compressed by the first rotary element in the direction of a second end of the spring opposite to the first end.
US11555515B2	Active suction cup An active suction cup includes a vacuum chamber provided with at least one opening with an elastic rim adapted to be applied against a surface sealingly closing the chamber vacuum, and air extraction means from inside the chamber, adapted to extract the air from inside the chamber to reduce the pressure inside the chamber so that the suction cup remains adhered to the surface. The suction cup is characterized in that the air extraction means are arranged inside the vacuum chamber and connected to a conduit that opens outside the chamber, the suction cup also comprising a pressure sensor inside the chamber to detect the pressure inside the chamber. The pressure sensor is connected to control means adapted to actuate the air extraction means if the pressure detected by the pressure sensor is greater than a predetermined maximum pressure threshold.
US11555512B2	Connector A connector for interlocking components of scaffolding or other supporting structures for building forms. The connector includes a body having an internal chamber bounded laterally by planar first and second surfaces. A lever is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the lever. The lever is movable between a lock position and a release position. A spring is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the spring, the spring for biasing the lever into the lock position.
US11555496B2	Centrifugal pump A centrifugal pump including an outer case; an inner case; a first unit and a second unit placed in fluid communication with each other, each unit including a plurality of impellers; the inner case includes two half-parts joined along a connection plane containing the axis of rotation; a connecting element is placed between the first unit and the second unit, the connecting element is engaged with a last impeller of the first unit and with a last impeller of the second unit.
US11555480B2	Prestressed-bolted dry-assembled segmental precast hybrid tower with grouting-free The present invention discloses a prestressed-bolted dry-assembled segmental precast hybrid tower with grouting-free, comprising a top steel tower tube, a reverse self-balancing steal-concrete transition section, and a prestressed-bolted dry-assembled segmental precast concrete tower with grouting-free dry fast splicing and a gear reinforced wind turbine foundation; the steel tower tube, the steel-concrete transition section, the concrete tower tube and the hollow wind turbine foundation are integrally connected from top to bottom through a prestressed steel strand system to improve the overall bending resistance of the tower; the upper end of the prestressed steel strands is anchored to the steel-concrete transition section, and the lower end is anchored to the bottom face of the wind turbine foundation corbel; the concrete tower tube is composed of a number of segmental tapered precast concrete tower segments, which are grouting free spliced vertically, and the vertical splicing utilizes positioning pins to accurately position the installation position. The prefabricated concrete tower tube segment is formed by a number of circular arc-shaped prefabricated concrete pipe segments with circumferential grouting free dry splicing. The segments are spliced into a whole by prestressed bolts and then installed staggered from top to bottom to enhance the shear resistance.
US11555475B2	Turbine A turbine rotor assembly including a unitary body including at least one inlet for inlet of a fluid into the rotor assembly and a plurality of flow channels extending through the unitary body and terminating in an outlet portion, the at least one inlet in fluid communication with each of the plurality of flow channels.
US11555470B2	Multiple piece piston The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an assembly that includes a piston having a piston inner surface defining a cylindrical cavity and includes a first axial portion, a piston face at a first end of the first axial portion, a second axial portion at a second end of the first axial portion, and a helical piston thread defined upon the piston inner surface, a bushing configured to contact the piston inner surface, and a lock nut configured to engage the piston and the bushing.
US11555462B2	Controller and control method for internal combustion engine To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can calculate the shaft torque in unburning with good accuracy in all the operating condition in which calculation is required, using the shaft torque in unburning which was set in the specific operating condition, and can improve estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state. A controller for internal combustion engine calculates a specific shaft torque in unburning with reference to a specific unburning condition data; calculates specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption using the physical model equation; calculates a current shaft torque in unburning based on the specific shaft torque in unburning, and the specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption; and calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the current shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning condition.
US11555456B2	Fuel delivery system and method A method of operating a fuel delivery system of an aircraft engine of an aircraft includes operating the aircraft engine in a standby mode by maintaining combustion in a combustor of the aircraft engine by supplying fuel to the combustor via a first set of fuel nozzles of a first fuel manifold while providing a trickle flow of fuel via a second set of fuel nozzles of a second fuel manifold into the combustor during engine operation, the trickle flow being defined as a fuel flow rate selected to prevent flame-out of the combustion while providing one of: substantially no motive power to the aircraft, and no motive power to the aircraft, via the combustion of the trickle flow of fuel. An aircraft gas turbine engine is also described.
US11555452B1	Ceramic component having silicon layer and barrier layer A seal system includes a ceramic component, a metallic component, a coating system. The ceramic component has a first surface region that defines a first surface roughness. The metallic component is situated adjacent to the first surface region and has a second surface region facing the first surface region. The coating system includes a silicon-containing layer on the surface region of the ceramic component and barrier layer on the silicon-containing layer. The silicon containing layer has a surface in contact with the barrier layer and the barrier layer has a surface in contact with the metallic component. The surface of the barrier layer has a second surface roughness that is less than the first surface roughness. The barrier layer serves to limit interaction between silicon of the silicon-containing layer and elements of the metallic component. The barrier layer includes at least one of mullite, zircon, or hafnon.
US11555448B2	Air intake system An air intake system comprising an air duct suitable for providing airflow to the inside of an aircraft, preferably to an auxiliary power unit; an inlet arranged at one end of the air duct; a skin surrounding the inlet; a plurality of slots arranged on the skin; a driving arrangement, a flap door connected to the driving arrangement, and a plurality of fins connected to the driving means. The driving arrangement is configured for moving the flap door between at least two positions, the positions being a closed position wherein the flap door closes the inlet, and an opened position wherein the flap door is driven away from the closed position. The driving arrangement is also configured for moving the plurality of fins such that the plurality of fins protrudes through the slots.
US11555446B2	Hybrid power plant with C02 capture A power production facility comprises a power plant that combusts fuel to produce energy for generating electricity and exhaust gas, an emissions capture unit to receive the exhaust gas to remove pollutants, a fuel cell to generate electricity via reaction of constituents and provide byproduct heat to operate the emissions capture unit, and an electrolyzer to generate constituents for the fuel cell from water byproduct received from the fuel cell resulting from the reaction process. A method of generating power with an emissions capture unit comprises providing a hybrid power plant configured to generate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas with an electrolyzer from a water input using an electrical input, generate electricity, heat and the water input with a fuel cell from the hydrogen gas and oxygen gas of the electrolyzer, and capture emissions from exhaust gas with an emissions capture unit using the heat from the fuel cell.
US11555442B2	Fluid-cooled manifolds and engine systems A fluid-cooled manifold is configured to cool exhaust from an engine. The fluid-cooled manifold includes a plurality of exhaust runners. Each of the exhaust runners includes a runner body having an inlet end and an outlet end, an exhaust conduit extending through the runner body, and a coolant passage extending through the runner body. The fluid-cooled manifold also includes an exhaust collection manifold including a plurality of inlets. Each inlet of the exhaust collection manifold is coupled to the exhaust outlet opening of a respective one of the exhaust runners. The fluid-cooled manifold also includes a coolant feed pipe and a coolant exit pipe. The coolant feed pipe includes a plurality of outlets coupled to the coolant inlets of the exhaust runners. Likewise, the coolant exit pipe includes a plurality of inlets coupled to the coolant outlets of the exhaust runners.
US11555440B2	Pressurized air induction system Methods and systems are provided for boosted engines. In one example, a method for a boosted engine method may include storing compressed air in a reservoir for supply to the engine during increased engine load operating conditions and replenishing the air in response to pressure dropping below a nominal threshold; and increasing the pressure beyond the nominal threshold in response to increased temperature of the stored air in the reservoir even when operating conditions include decreased engine load, and purging the increased temperature stored air to bring pressure back down toward the nominal threshold. In one example, increasing pressure to the reservoir may include supplying compressed air from an air suspension system. In one example, increasing pressure to the reservoir may include supplying compressed air from an air compressor separate from an engine turbocharger compressor. In one example, the method may include, in response to a vehicle operator tip-in during the increasing of the pressure beyond the nominal threshold, simultaneously supplying stored compressed air to the engine while replenishing the air.
US11555436B2	Exhaust species tracking and notification system Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to receive information indicative of a catalyst health, determine a catalyst health management criteria has been met based on the information, determine a catalyst loading based on the information and the catalyst health management criteria being met, and compare the determined catalyst loading to a predetermined loading limit. A notification circuit is coupled to the circuit and structured to provide a notification when the determined catalyst load exceeds the predetermined loading limit.
US11555434B1	Exhaust gas treatment by thermal diffusion A thermal diffusion unit is fluidly connected to a combustion engine via a flue line. The thermal diffusion unit has a plurality of plates assembled in a parallel configuration, including a pair of heating plates having a heating fluid gap extending therebetween and a pair of cooling plates having a cooling fluid gap extending therebetween. A diffusion sheet is positioned between the pair of heating plates and the pair of cooling plates, such that the diffusion sheet interfaces on a first side with one of the heating plates and interfaces on an opposite side with one of the cooling plates. The diffusion sheet includes a plurality of interconnected thermal diffusion cells arranged in a repeating pattern, at least one heated passage fluidly connecting adjacent thermal diffusion cells, and at least one cooled passage fluidly connecting adjacent thermal diffusion cells.
US11555425B2	Lubrication control in internal combustion engines An adapter replaces a crankcase screw-on oil filter for an internal combustion engine and couples pressurized oil in the engine's crankcase with at least one external component. The adapter includes a valve that prevents backflow of oil from the external component to the crankcase.
US11555422B2	Switching rocker arm having cantilevered rollers A switching rocker arm comprises an outer arm having a pair of integrally formed axles extending outwardly therefrom and an inner arm pivotally secured to the outer arm. A is latch slidably connected to the outer arm and is configured to selectively extend to engage the inner arm. An inner roller is configured on the inner arm, and a pair of outer rollers is mounted on the respective integrally formed axles on the outer arm. A rocker arm for variable valve lift comprises an outer arm comprising outer arm portions, rollers mounted in a cantilevered manner to the outer arm portions, and an inner arm seated between the outer arm portions, the inner arm comprising an inner roller. A pivot axle connects the outer arm and the inner arm. The inner arm and the outer arm are pivotable with respect to one another about the pivot axle.
US11555421B2	Systems for generating water with waste heat and related methods therefor This disclosure is related to systems, methods, apparatuses, and techniques for generating water using waste heat. In certain embodiments, a system includes a water generating unit and a waste-heat-generating-system. The water generating unit can be configured to generate the water and comprises a desiccation device and a condenser coupled to the desiccation device. The waste-heat-generating-system can generate the waste heat when operating or is use. The water generating unit can be configured to use waste heat generated by the waste-heat-generating-system to generate the water.
US11555419B2	Cost effective manufacturing method for GSAC incorporating a stamped preform A process for manufacturing a preformed sheet having geometric surface features for a geometrically segmented abradable ceramic thermal barrier coating on a turbine engine component, the process comprising the steps of providing a preformed sheet material. The process includes forming a partially of geometric surface features in the sheet material. The process includes joining the sheet material to a substrate of the turbine engine component. The process includes disposing a thermally insulating topcoat over the geometric surface features and forming segmented portions that are separated by faults extending through the thermally insulating topcoat from the geometric surface features.

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