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US11637015B2	Method for manufacturing sputtering target, method for forming oxide film, and transistor A method for manufacturing a sputtering target with which an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects can be formed is provided. Alternatively, an oxide semiconductor film with a small amount of defects is formed. A method for manufacturing a sputtering target is provided, which includes the steps of: forming a polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide (M represents a metal chosen among aluminum, titanium, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cesium, neodymium, and hafnium) powder by mixing, sintering, and grinding indium oxide, an oxide of the metal, and zinc oxide; forming a mixture by mixing the polycrystalline In-M-Zn oxide powder and a zinc oxide powder; forming a compact by compacting the mixture; and sintering the compact.
US11636990B1	Key structure A key structure includes a bottom plate, at least one keycap, and a thin-film circuit board. The bottom plate has at least one elastic protruding portion. The keycap is liftably connected to the bottom plate and has a press portion and at least one trigger portion. The press portion is located at a central region of the keycap and faces the elastic protruding portion, and the trigger portion is located at a peripheral region of the keycap. When the key is lowered from a first position to a second position relatively to the bottom plate, the press portion downwardly presses the elastic protruding portion, and the press portion triggers an electrical trigger point of the thin-film circuit board. The keycap is adapted to be restored from the second position to the first position through an elastic force of the elastic protruding portion.
US11636984B2	Multilayer electronic component including non-conductive resin layer on body thereof A multilayer electronic component has a body and a non-conductive resin layer. The non-conductive resin layer includes a body cover portion disposed in a region of an external surface of the body in which an electrode layer of an external electrode is not disposed, and an extending portion extending from the body cover portion between the electrode layer and a conductive resin layer of the external electrode, to thereby suppress arc discharge, improve bending strength, and improve moisture resistance.
US11636980B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and an external electrode on each of both end surfaces of the multilayer body. The external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer and a plating layer that is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes Ni as a first metal component, Sn as a second metal component, and a ceramic material, and includes an alloy portion that is provided around the ceramic material and includes an alloyed Ni defining the first metal component and an alloyed Sn defining the second metal component.
US11636975B2	Device for preparing a magnetic core with a thin amorphous ribbon The invention discloses a method and its device for preparing a magnetic core with amorphous ribbon. The magnetic core is prepared with amorphous ribbon, the size of the amorphous ribbon is controlled according to the target requirements, and the magnetic core with required size and shape is prepared according to the target requirements; the single-roller rapid quenching technology with online automatic segmentation and automatic storage capability is used for preparation, which can control the length, width and thickness of the amorphous ribbon according to the target requirements; the amorphous ribbon segmented by single-roller rapid quenching technology is used to spray and cool down one by one, and then air-dry, transfer, spray adhesive and online store it one by one; the stored amorphous ribbon is reshaped, compressed and heat-treated successively, and then demoulded to prepare a magnetic core.
US11636957B2	Method for design and additive manufacture of fission reactor core structure of inverted reactor Fission reactor has a shell encompassing a reactor space within which are a central longitudinal channel, a plurality of axially extending rings with adjacent rings defining an annular cylindrical space in which a first plurality of primary axial tubes are circumferential located. Circumferentially adjacent primary axial tubes are separated by one of the plurality of secondary channels and a plurality of webbings connects at least a portion of the plurality of primary axial tubes to adjacent structure. A fissionable nuclear fuel composition is located in at least some of the plurality of secondary channels and a primary coolant passes thorough at least some of the primary axial tubes. Additive and/or subtractive manufacturing techniques produce an integral and unitary structure for the fuel loaded reactor space. During manufacturing and as-built, the reactor design can be analyzed using a computational platform that integrates and analyzes data from in-situ monitoring during manufacturing.
US11636954B2	Subject clustering method and apparatus A method of clustering or grouping subjects that are similar to one another. A dataset contains, for each subject, a set of quantitative values which each represent a respective clinical or pathological feature of that subject. A principal component analysis, PCA, is performed on the dataset. Loadings of one of the first two principal components identified by the PCA are used to generate a respective dataset of weighting values. These weighting values are used to weigh or modify each set of quantitative values in the dataset. A clustering algorithm is performed on the weighted sets of subject data. The process may be iterated until user-defined stopping conditions are satisfied.
US11636946B2	Coordinating communications among healthcare providers Computer-implemented systems and methods automatically track the dynamic composition of a patient-care team by combining and harvesting information from at least two electronic audit trails: (1) a trail recording access to electronic medical records (EMR), e.g., read-access to patient data, electronic prescriptions and physician orders, etc., and (2) a trail recording electronic communications (email, text messages, etc.) regarding and referencing the patient.
US11636943B2	Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created A system for generating missing data for 3D models of intraoral structures of a patient. The system may include a hand-held intraoral scanner and a computer having instructions that the system to scan the intraoral structure of a patient to generate first 3D data of the surface of a prepared tooth, generate a 3D virtual model of the prepared tooth based on the first 3D data, determine the 3D virtual model is missing a surface associated with the prepared, generate second 3D data approximating the surface that is determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model intraoral structure that is missing, and combine the second 3D data with the 3D virtual model such that the 3D virtual model includes the approximated surface, wherein the approximated surface approximates the prepared tooth associated with the surface determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model.
US11636941B2	Dynamic and adaptive systems and methods for rewarding and/or disincentivizing behaviors The present disclosure generally relates to dynamic and adaptive systems and methods for rewarding and/or disincentivizing behaviors.
US11636933B2	Summarization of clinical documents with end points thereof A system (100) includes an end point prediction engine (150) that predicts an end point (302) using a machine learning model (132) and one or more clinical report objects (152) for a patient, wherein the machine learning model inputs the one or more clinical report objects and outputs the predicted end point according to phrases or n-grams in the one or more clinical report objects. An end point visualization interface (160) visualizes the predicted end point (302) using a scorecard (162) or a timeline (164). An end point modeling engine (130) generates the machine learning model from training data that includes validated end points (122) and clinical report objects (116).
US11636932B1	Proximity-based mobile-device updates of electronic health records A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, decision making based on a third party's clinical situation by determining and providing useful, up-to-date information, such as patient-related information to a decision maker. In one embodiment, a user first identifies an information item concerning a patient. Based on that item, a set of related information items is determined and prioritized, and a reference pointer, which identifies the set of related information, is generated. The reference pointer is communicated to the user's mobile device. Subsequently, the user's mobile device requests information from the set of information items associated with the reference pointer, and provides information authorization information. Following authentication of the user's credentials, updates of information from the set of information items may be communicated to the user's mobile device as they become available.
US11636926B1	Joining patient EHR data with community patient data Providing healthcare services based on the combination of data from electronic healthcare records (EHRs) and community patient data includes: retrieving EHR data from an EHR database for a patient; retrieving community patient data for the patient; and providing clinical decision support for a healthcare provider at a computing device of the healthcare provider by interjecting, into a clinical workflow that utilizes the retrieved EHR data, the retrieved community patient data such that the clinical workflow utilizes the retrieved EHR data and the retrieved community patient data without importing the retrieved community patient data into the EHR database, and providing results of the workflow to the healthcare provider in a user interface at the computing device. The EHR data joined with the community patient data is actionable without importing the community patient data into the EHR database.
US11636923B2	Methods and systems for operating a high pressure ethylene polymerization unit Disclosed are high-pressure polymerization methods and systems using optimized operation sequence logic established at least partly from an analysis of a database containing data of previous operations. The optimized operation sequence logic and collected current process and system data are used to automate the operation of a high pressure ethylene polymerization process and unit.
US11636917B2	Simulating the metabolic pathway dynamics of an organism Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining metabolic pathway dynamics using time series multiomics data. In one example, after receiving time series multiomics data comprising time-series metabolomics data associated a metabolic pathway and time-series proteomics data associated with the metabolic pathway, derivatives of the time series multiomics data can be determined. A machine learning model, representing a metabolic pathway dynamics model, can be trained using the time series multiomics data and the derivatives of the time series multiomics data, wherein the metabolic pathway dynamics model relates the time-series metabolomics data and time-series proteomics data to the derivatives of the time series multiomics data. The method can include simulating a virtual strain of the organism using the metabolic pathway dynamics model.
US11636912B2	ECC buffer reduction in a memory device A memory system includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) circuit. The ECC circuit is configured to determine data rows of first write data that are not all zeros and store the determined data rows in buffer rows of a buffer along with corresponding row indexes. The memory controller is configured to write second data based on the buffer to the memory device.
US11636904B2	Almost ready memory management A method includes determining, via status polling at a first interval, an indicator of an almost ready status of a set of memory cells of a memory device, based on the indicator of the almost ready status, determining the set of memory cells of the memory device is almost ready to complete execution of an operation on the set of memory cells of the memory device, and responsive to determining the set of memory cells of the memory device is almost ready to complete execution of the operation, performing status polling at a second interval.
US11636902B2	Signal modulation apparatus, memory storage apparatus, and signal modulation method A signal modulation apparatus, a memory storage apparatus, and a signal modulation method are disclosed. The signal modulation apparatus includes an observation circuit, a signal modulation circuit, and a phase control circuit. The signal modulation circuit is configured to generate a second signal according to a first signal and a reference clock signal. A frequency of the first signal is different from a frequency of the second signal. The phase control circuit is configured to obtain an observation information via the observation circuit. The observation information reflects a process variation of at least one electronic component in the signal modulation apparatus. The phase control circuit is further configured to control an offset between the first signal and the reference clock signal according to the observation information.
US11636897B2	Peak current and program time optimization through loop dependent voltage ramp target and timing control An apparatus includes a plurality of solid-state storage elements, a plurality of control lines coupled to the plurality of solid-state storage elements, and control circuitry in communication with the plurality of control lines. The control circuitry is configured to during a first phase of a control line pre-charging stage, charge one or more unselected control lines of the plurality of control lines using a regulated charging current for a period of time based at least in part on a predicted parasitic capacitance associated with the programming state of the control lines, and during a second phase of the control line pre-charging stage, charge the one or more unselected bit lines to an inhibit voltage level using an unregulated charging current.
US11636887B2	Semiconductor device having dummy lines electrically connected with each other A semiconductor device may include a memory bank, an X-decoder adjacent to the memory bank in a row direction, a Y-decoder adjacent to the memory bank in a column direction, X-lines extending from the X-decoder across the memory bank in the row direction, Y-lines extending from the Y-decoder across the memory bank in the column direction, and a plurality of connection lines.
US11636883B2	Semiconductor device and system using the same To provide a semiconductor device which can execute the product-sum operation. The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, and an offset circuit. First analog data is stored in the first memory cell, and reference analog data is stored in the second memory cell. The first memory cell and the second memory cell supply a first current and a second current, respectively, when a reference potential is applied as a selection signal. The offset circuit has a function of supplying a third current corresponding to a differential current between the first current and the second current. In the semiconductor device, the first memory and the second memory supply a fourth current and a fifth current, respectively, when a potential corresponding to second analog data is applied as a selection signal. By subtracting the third current from a differential current between the fourth current and the fifth current, a current that depends on the sum of products of the first analog data and the second analog data is obtained.
US11636881B2	User interface for video content Disclosed are various embodiments for presenting a user interface in association with video content features. A video content feature is rendered on at least one display. A current scene in the video content feature is determined. Cast members are determined who have appeared in the current scene from a beginning of the current scene up to a current time in the current scene. A user interface is rendered on at least one display. The user interface includes selectable cast member components that each include an image of a cast member, a name of the cast member, and a name of a respective character performed by the cast member.
US11636880B2	System and method for event data collection and video alignment Software is provided to collect events that transpire during an event. Captured video of the event can then be aligned to the events by calculating an offset between timestamps provided by the devices used to capture the action data and film data. A video clip can be sourced to review events that occurred.
US11636879B2	Video generating method, apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable medium A video generating method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first video set and an audio material; determining a first music point of the audio material according to an amount of the video materials in the first video set; generating, according to a sorting order of the video materials in the first video set, one video clip for each first music clip in the audio material by respectively using one video material, so as to obtain a first video sequence; adjusting, in response to detecting an editing operation on the video clip in the first video sequence, the video clip in the first video sequence, so as to obtain a second video sequence; and splicing together video clips in the second video sequence, and adding the audio material as a video audio track to obtain a composite video.
US11636873B2	Magnetic recording writer with improved main pole shape A magnetic recording writer is disclosed. In some embodiments, the writer includes a main pole having a front portion and a back portion, a gap layer surround the main pole at the ABS, and a shield structure. The front portion includes a pole tip at an ABS plane, a pole tip thickness in a down-track direction, and curved sidewalls on each side of a center plane that is orthogonal to the ABS and bisects the main pole. The back portion includes first flared sidewalls extending from the curved sidewalls at an angle between 0 and 25 degrees relative to planes parallel to the center plane. The shield structure includes sidewalls having a sidewall portion facing the main pole and formed substantially conformal to the curved sidewalls up to a height of about 30-200 nm where the sidewall portions no longer follow the shape of the main pole.
US11636868B2	Audio processing method for performing audio pass-through and related apparatus An audio processing method includes: converting a time-domain audio signal into a frequency-domain audio signal; determining a noise reduction gain according to the frequency-domain audio signal; and selecting at least one set of time-domain filter coefficients from a plurality sets of time-domain filter coefficients according to the noise reduction gain; configuring a time-domain filter according to the at least one selected set of time-domain filter coefficients, and filtering the time-domain audio signal with the time-domain filter.
US11636866B2	Transform ambisonic coefficients using an adaptive network A device includes a memory configured to store untransformed ambisonic coefficients at different time segments. The device also includes one or more processors configured to obtain the untransformed ambisonic coefficients at the different time segments, where the untransformed ambisonic coefficients at the different time segments represent a soundfield at the different time segments. The one or more processors are also configured to apply one adaptive network, based on a constraint, to the untransformed ambisonic coefficients at the different time segments to generate transformed ambisonic coefficients at the different time segments, wherein the transformed ambisonic coefficients at the different time segments represent a modified soundfield at the different time segments, that was modified based on the constraint.
US11636850B2	Method, system, and device for performing real-time sentiment modulation in conversation systems A method and system for performing real-time sentiment modulation in conversation systems is disclosed. The method includes generating an impact table comprising a plurality of sentiment vectors and a plurality of emotion vectors associated with the plurality of sentences. The method further includes generating for each of the plurality of sentences, a dependency vector based on the associated sentiment vector and the associated emotion vector. The method further includes stacking the dependency vector generated to generate a waveform representing variance in sentiment and emotions across words within the plurality of sentences. The method further includes altering at least one portion of the waveform based on a desired emotional output to generate a reshaped waveform. The method further includes generating a set of rephrased sentences associated with the at least one portion, based on the reshaped waveform, the set of sentences, a user defined sentiment output.
US11636834B2	Hands-free page turning for sheet music An apparatus for hands-free turning of sheets in a booklet. A paper clip is attached to sheet(s) in the booklet. The apparatus comprises a swing arm with a magnet for magnetically attaching to the paper clip on the sheet(s). The swing arm sweeps from right-to-left with the sheet attached thereto, thereby turning the sheet over to the back page. This can be operated by a hands-free actuator, such as a foot pedal. The swing arm then makes a return stroke to turn the next sheet. Also disclosed are methods for turning pages in a hands-free manner.
US11636831B2	Adaptive multibit bus for energy optimization Methods and apparatus relating to an adaptive multibit bus for energy optimization are described. In an embodiment, a 1-bit interconnect of a processor is caused to select between a plurality of operational modes. The plurality of operational modes comprises a first mode and a second mode. The first mode causes transmission of a single bit over the 1-bit interconnect at a first frequency and the second mode causes transmission of a plurality of bits over the 1-bit interconnect at a second frequency based at least in part on a determination that an operating voltage of the 1-bit interconnect is at a high voltage level and that the second frequency is lower than the first frequency. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11636828B1	System and method for automatically adjusting a color filter of an interface A system and method of automatically adjusting an optimal color orientation displayed on a computing device, particularly for users experiencing light sensitivity when interacting with the computing device. The system and method automatically query whether an application includes native color inversion settings, such that operating system and/or application settings need not be continuously toggled between active and inactive states. Accordingly, the display of the computing device is automatically optimized, such that either the operating system's color inversion settings are selected (in the absence of an application's native color inversion settings), or the application's color inversion settings are selected with the operating system's settings being automatically deactivated.
US11636827B2	Method for managing the display of a least one information item, and associated computer program product, information medium and display system A method for managing a display of at least one information item relating to a device disposed in a location, including: supplying, to the data processing unit, at least one first image of the device, generating, by the data processing unit, in a memory, a representation of the location including at least one template of the device, the template being composed of a parallelepiped or of a plurality of parallelepipeds, superimposing the first image on a face to form a representation, positioning, on the representation, a point of interest including an information item to be displayed relating to the device, generating an enriched image from the representation, and a step of display of displaying the enriched image on a screen.
US11636826B1	Electronic device with connector supporting multiple connection standards and update method thereof An electronic device with a connector supporting multiple connection standards includes the connector, a processor, a controller, an EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) ROM, a first multiplexer circuit and a second multiplexer circuit. The first multiplexer circuit is coupled to at least one signal pin of the connector, the processor and the controller. The second multiplexer circuit is coupled to the EDID ROM, the first multiplexer circuit, the processor and the controller. Under an update state, the controller is electrically connected to the EDID ROM through the second multiplexer circuit, and updates EDID in the EDID ROM with update data.
US11636823B2	Method and apparatus of handling signal transmission applicable to display system A method of handling signal transmission applicable to a display system includes a plurality of steps. The steps include transmitting a reset signal embedded in a first data signal to each of at least one source driver via a first data channel, generating a first control signal for setting the at least one source driver, and transmitting the first control signal embedded in a second data signal to each of the at least one source driver via a second data channel when the reset signal is transmitted via the first data channel.
US11636822B2	Systems and methods for identifying threats and locations, systems and method for augmenting real-time displays demonstrating the threat location, and systems and methods for responding to threats Systems for identifying threat materials such as CBRNE threats and locations are provided. The systems can include a data acquisition component configured to determine the presence of a CBRNE threat; data storage media; and processing circuitry operatively coupled to the data acquisition device and the storage media. Methods for identifying a CBRNE threat are provided. The methods can include: determining the presence of a CBRNE threat using a data acquisition component; and acquiring an image while determining the presence of the CBRNE threat. Methods for augmenting a real-time display to include the location and/or type of CBRNE threat previously identified are also provided. Methods for identifying and responding to CBRNE threats are provided as well.
US11636818B2	Display panel, drive method thereof and display apparatus Provided are a display panel, a drive method thereof and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of sub-pixels; at least one sub-pixel includes switch assembly and a display unit, wherein the switch assembly at least includes a control terminal, an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal is connected to the data signal line, the output terminal is connected to the display unit, and the control terminal or the input terminal is connected to the scan signal line; the display panel further includes at least one switch control line, which is connected to the control terminal of the switch assembly, and the switch control line is configured to control the input terminal and the output terminal of the switch assembly to be turned on or off.
US11636810B2	Scan driver and display device A scan driver includes: a plurality of stages, each stage including: a logic circuit configured to transfer an input signal to a first node in response to a first clock signal, and to bootstrap the first node in response to a second clock signal; a carry output circuit configured to output the second clock signal as a carry signal that is provided as the input signal for a next stage in response to a voltage of the bootstrapped first node; and a masking controller configured to receive a masking signal and the carry signal, and to output the masking signal as a scan signal provided to a pixel row corresponding to the each stage in response to the carry signal.
US11636806B2	Pixel sensing device and panel driving device for sensing characteristics of pixels An embodiment relates to a pixel sensing technique. By supplying a precharge voltage to a sensing line using an amplifier used in pixel sensing, it is possible to minimize differences between precharge voltages of sensing lines and solve a crosstalk problem between the sensing lines, while not increasing a size of a pixel sensing device.
US11636804B2	Power supply regulation based on image content A power supply unit adapts based on an image to be displayed by a display panel. The power supply unit includes a controller circuit for generating a control signal, and a converter circuit for generating an output supply voltage based on the control signal. The controller circuit includes a first look-up table (LUT) storing a set of lower limit values, and a second LUT storing a set of upper limit values. Moreover, the controller circuit includes a microcontroller for receiving an on-pixel-ratio (OPR) value and identifying an entry in the first LUT and the second LUT from the received OPR value. The controller circuit further includes an output circuit for generating the control signal between a first voltage corresponding to a lower limit stored in the identified entry in the first LUT and a second voltage corresponding to an upper limit stored in the identified entry in the second LUT.
US11636802B2	LED display driving device and LED display device An embodiment relates to a technique for driving an LED display. In a method of controlling grayscale of pixels dividedly by N subframes (N is a natural number of 2 or greater), a pulse width modulation (PWM) control value of each subframe may be calculated by a precalculator disposed at a front end of latches, thereby simplifying a circuit.
US11636795B1	Method of providing display signal, resolution setting device and display system A method of providing display signal, performed by a first processing device, and the method includes: triggered by a first detection signal to read first identification data of a display, obtaining second identification data according to a reading condition, outputting a second detection signal to a second processing device to obtain an identification data request signal from the second processing device, and outputting the second identification data to the second processing device according to the identification data request signal to instruct the second processing device to output a display signal to the display according to a resolution indicated by the second identification data. The present disclosure further provides a resolution setting device and a display system.
US11636791B2	Electronic device including preview images for background screen for flexible display and control method thereof An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state is enlarged, and a processor, the processor configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.
US11636784B2	Systems and methods related to arrangement of tiles A system, method, and kit facilitate the arrangement of tiles comprising a plurality of tiles coupled together and mounted to a mounting surface using a plurality of hangers and fasteners. The tiles, whether individually or when arranged together, are preferably decorative or aesthetically pleasing. Each tile may form a portion of an overall larger visual image, which may be formed by a concatenation of a plurality of the tiles. The system, method, and kit for creating arrangement of tiles may be used to create large-scale artwork from the plurality of tiles, where the various tiles may be removably arranged and may be reconfigured or deconstructed.
US11636771B2	Stackable housing containers and related systems Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to house a vehicle, including a first container leg disposed on a first corner of a first container, a second container leg disposed on a second corner of the first container, a third container leg disposed on a third corner of the first container, a fourth container leg disposed on a fourth corner of the first container, at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth container legs each having an upper portion with a ramped receiving slot and a lower portion with a first ramped foot, and wherein the ramped receiving slot is to receive a protrusion associated with a second ramped foot of a second container different from the first container.
US11636760B2	Detection and estimation of variable speed signs Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for predicting or estimating the value of a variable speed sign (VSS). Probe data is received from multiple vehicles associated with a road segment. Location values are derived from the probe data. Center distance values are calculated based on the location values and the road segment. Clusters are derived from the probe data. Center distance values are grouped according to the respective clusters and a lane is assigned to at least one cluster based on the center distance values. The speed of the cluster predicts or estimates the corresponding lane of the VSS.
US11636754B2	Retrofit remote control device Remote control devices may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be mounted over a mechanical switch that is installed in a wallbox. The remote control device may include a base, a battery, a battery holder, and a control unit. The base may be configured to attach the remote control device to the mechanical switch. The control unit may be configured to be removably attached to the base. The battery holder may be configured to retain the battery therein. The battery holder may be configured to be installed within the void defined by the housing. The battery holder may be operable between a first position in a lower portion of the void and a second position in an upper portion of the void.
US11636749B2	Drowsiness sign notification system, drowsiness sign notification method, and drowsiness sign notification program A drowsiness sign notification system applied to a vehicle includes a driver monitor and a controller. The driver monitor detects a driver state being a state of a driver of the vehicle. The controller executes a drowsiness sign determination process that determines whether or not the driver shows a drowsiness sign based on the driver state. When it is determined that the driver shows the drowsiness sign, the controller executes a first drowsiness sign notification process that gives a first drowsiness sign notice to the driver through display or vibration without using audio. When it is determined again that the driver shows the drowsiness sign after the first drowsiness sign notification process, the controller executes a second drowsiness sign notification process that gives a second drowsiness sign notice to the driver through audio.
US11636747B2	Systems and methods to provide a portable alarm Systems and methods to provide a portable alarm, are disclosed herein. The system may include a top component that includes a connector, a first securing protrusion, and a second securing protrusion that extend out a bottom side of the top component; and a base component that includes a narrow cavity, a first notch, a second notch, and a battery-powered circuit board, the first securing protrusion, the second securing protrusion, and the connector engaging with or otherwise connecting with the first notch, the second notch, and the narrow cavity, respectively, to provide secure contact between the top component and the base component, the narrow cavity is linked to the battery-powered circuit board so that responsive to the connector being disengaged from the narrow cavity, an alarm is activated and responsive to the connector being engaged with the narrow cavity, the alarm is deactivated.
US11636746B2	Device and method for simulating shadows and/or noises of a person A method and a device for simulating shadows of a person moving in a building, comprising basic lighting and intended to reproduce a particularly realistic simulation of a moving person in a simple manner. This is achieved by superimposing the at least two sequentially switched lamps on the basic lighting.
US11636737B2	Systems and methods for facilitating betting in a game Systems and methods are provided for high frequency wagering in a game with incremental play events, comprising: receiving a real-time stream of game data for a live game; analyzing the game data to detect a betting event associated with a play event about to take place in the live game; transmitting, to a participant device, a plurality of options associated with an outcome of the play event; receiving, from the participant device, an option indication selected from the plurality of options and option metadata corresponding to the option indication, wherein the option metadata comprises a timestamp of when the option indication was transmitted by the participant device; and accepting the option indication based on a comparison of the timestamp and a betting window configured to close before the outcome of the play event is determined, wherein the betting event is detected and the option indication is received without interrupting the live game.
US11636732B2	Location-based mobile gaming system and method Embodiments disclosed herein concern mobile gaming environments. Portable electronic devices can be supported by the mobile gaming environments. The locations of the portable electronic device can influence how the portable electronic devices operate or what services or features are available to the portable electronic device or their users. According to one embodiment, a mobile gaming system can concern gaming/betting opportunities that can be secured using a portable electronic device even when an individual is located in a location where betting or games of chance are not permitted. According to another embodiment, a mobile gaming system can concern an application program operating on a portable electronic device that supports multiple modes of operation depending upon whether the portable electronic device is in a location where betting or games of chance are permitted.
US11636725B2	Gaming machine having independent controls and displays for single and multi-player play A gaming machine and method comprising independent displays and controls to play a game individually or as a group game between players. The gaming machine comprises a controller that controls, in individual games or group games and irrespective of wagers applied, each reel of a first set of reels and a second set of reels spin to a respective stop position to thereby select, at a conclusion of spinning, symbols that fill a first set of columns of symbol display positions and a second set of columns of symbol display positions, and evaluates the symbols displayed in the first set of columns of symbol display positions based on a pay table and wagers.
US11636722B2	Storage enclosures In one example, a physical storage enclosure can include a storage area to enclose a device, a locking mechanism to prevent removal of the device from the storage area, a logical configuration system coupled to the device within the storage area, wherein the logical configuration system includes instructions to identify the device within the storage area and alter instructions associated with the device within the storage area, a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism, and a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system.
US11636715B2	Using dynamic triggers in dangerous situations to view sensor data for autonomous vehicle passengers A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system for receiving sensor data from one or more sensors disposed on an autonomous vehicle, determining whether a potentially dangerous event is detected in the environment around the autonomous vehicle, and providing automatically at least a portion of the sensor data to a user associated with the autonomous vehicle. The sensor data may comprise measurements associated with an environment around the autonomous vehicle. The determination of the potentially dangerous event may be based on the sensor data. The portion of the sensor data may be provided automatically in response to determining that the potentially dangerous event is detected.
US11636711B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium An example embodiment includes: an extraction unit that extracts a determination object image including a side part of an outer circumference of an iris from an image including an eye; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a colored contact lens is worn based on the determination object image.
US11636709B2	Optical data exchange while preserving social distancing For scanning optical patterns, such as two-dimensional QR codes, with a mobile device at increased distances, a first image is acquired. A region of interest likely containing the optical pattern in the first image is identified. The mobile device then zooms in on the region of interest and a second image is acquired. The optical pattern is then decoded using the second image.
US11636705B2	Method and apparatus for preprocessing fingerprint image Provided in a fingerprint image preprocessing method including receiving an input fingerprint image, performing a short-time Fourier transform (STFT) on the input fingerprint image to obtain a transformed fingerprint image, comparing the input fingerprint image and the transformed fingerprint image, and generating a combined image by combining the input fingerprint image and the transformed fingerprint image based on a result of the comparing.
US11636696B2	Identifying regions of interest from whole slide images The present application relates generally to identifying regions of interest in images, including but not limited to whole slide image region of interest identification, prioritization, de-duplication, and normalization via interpretable rules, nuclear region counting, point set registration, and histogram specification color normalization. This disclosure describes systems and methods for analyzing and extracting regions of interest from images, for example biomedical images depicting a tissue sample from biopsy or ectomy. Techniques directed to quality control estimation, granular classification, and coarse classification of regions of biomedical images are described herein. Using the described techniques, patches of images corresponding to regions of interest can be extracted and analyzed individually or in parallel to determine pixels correspond to features of interest and pixels that do not. Patches that do not include features of interest, or include disqualifying features, can be disqualified from further analysis. Relevant patches can analyzed and stored with various feature parameters.
US11636670B2	Method for recognizing object in image An apparatus for recognizing an object in an image includes a preprocessing module configured to receive an image including an object and to output a preprocessed image by performing image enhancement processing on the received image to improve a recognition rate of the object included in the received image; and an object recognition module configured to recognize the object included in the image by inputting the preprocessed image to an input layer of an artificial neural network for object recognition.
US11636668B2	Bilateral convolution layer network for processing point clouds A method includes filtering a point cloud transformation of a 3D object to generate a 3D lattice and processing the 3D lattice through a series of bilateral convolution networks (BCL), each BCL in the series having a lower lattice feature scale than a preceding BCL in the series. The output of each BCL in the series is concatenated to generate an intermediate 3D lattice. Further filtering of the intermediate 3D lattice generates a first prediction of features of the 3D object.
US11636663B2	Localizing relevant objects in multi-object images Solutions for localizing relevant objects in multi-object images include receiving a multi-object image; detecting a plurality of detected objects within the multi-object image; generating a primary heatmap for the multi-object image, the primary heatmap having at least one region of interest; determining a relevant detected object corresponding to a region of interest in the primary heatmap; determining an irrelevant detected object not corresponding to a region of interest in the primary heatmap; and indicating the relevant detected object as an output result but not indicating the irrelevant detected object as an output result. Some examples identify a plurality of objects that are visually similar to the relevant object and displaying the visually similar objects to a user, for example as recommendations of alternative catalog items on an e-commerce website. Some examples are able to identify a plurality of relevant objects and display multiple sets of visually similar objects.
US11636660B2	Object creation with physical manipulation Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
US11636657B2	3D captions with semantic graphical elements Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application, a video feed from a camera of a user device that depicts a face; receiving a request to add a 3D caption to the video feed; identifying a graphical element that is associated with context of the 3D caption; and displaying the 3D caption and the identified graphical element in the video feed at a position in 3D space of the video feed proximate to the face depicted in the video feed.
US11636651B2	Method and system for generating a multidimensional surface model of a geometric structure A method of constructing a bounding box comprises: acquiring a set of sensed data points; adding, for each sensed data point, at least one calculated data point; and defining a bounding box containing the sensed and calculated data points. A method of identifying voxels in a voxel grid corresponding to a plurality of data points comprises: calculating, for each data point, a distance between it and each voxel; creating a subset of voxels comprising voxels having a distance from one data point that is less than a predetermined distance; creating another subset comprising those voxels that neighbor a voxel in the first subset; computing, for each voxel in the second subset, a distance between it and each voxel in the first subset; and identifying each voxel in the first subset that is a distance away from each voxel in the second subset that exceeds a predetermined distance.
US11636649B2	Geospatial modeling system providing 3D geospatial model update based upon predictively registered image and related methods A geospatial modeling system may include a memory and a processor cooperating therewith to generate a three-dimensional (3D) geospatial model including geospatial voxels based upon a plurality of geospatial images, obtain a newly collected geospatial image, and determine a reference geospatial image from the 3D geospatial model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and based upon the newly collected geospatial image. The processor may further align the newly collected geospatial image and the reference geospatial image to generate a predictively registered image, and update the 3D geospatial model based upon the predictively registered image.
US11636636B2	Data reduction for generating heat maps Techniques of collecting and displaying data include mapping user interaction data having multiple components (or, dimensions) to a plurality of buckets representing a set of values of each of the components. When a user causes a computer to generate user interaction data by interacting with an object on an electronic display, the computer performs a mapping of the many components of the user interaction data to a plurality of buckets. Each bucket represents a set of values of the user interaction data. The number of buckets is far smaller than the number of possible data points. Accordingly, rather than individual, multidimensional data points being transmitted to another computer that compiles the user interaction data into heat maps, a relatively small number of bucket identifiers are transmitted. In this way, the analysis of the user interaction data requires minimal resources and can take place in real time.
US11636634B2	Systems and methods for positron emission tomography image reconstruction Methods and systems for PET image reconstruction are provided. A method may include obtaining an image sequence associated with a subject. The image sequence may include one or more images generated via scanning the subject at one or more consecutive time periods. The method may also include obtaining a target machine learning model. The method may further include generating at least one target image using the target machine learning model based on the image sequence. The at least one target image may present a dynamic parameter associated with the subject. The target machine learning model may provide a mapping between the image sequence and the at least one target image.
US11636632B2	Automated icon accessibility assessment algorithm and tool Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing tools to validate color contrast are provided. To do so, three discrete color check processes are performed to ensure a user is able to identify when an icon is at risk of being inaccessible by some users. A border score considers each pixel at the edge of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. An area score considers each discrete pixel of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. A grid score considers a subdivision of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. Using each of these three independent process, a summative score is provided. The summative score categories the icon into a risk level. Depending on the risk level, the icon may need to be refined to ensure it becomes more accessible.
US11636631B2	Systems and methods for displaying vehicle information for on-demand services The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying vehicle information for an on-demand service. The method may include sending a request for on-demand service to a server. The method may further include obtaining information of a vehicle related to the request for on-demand service. The information of the vehicle may include color information of the vehicle. The method may further include generating, by a processor, a user interface based on the information of the vehicle. The user interface may include at least one user interface element corresponding to the color information of the vehicle.
US11636629B2	Method and apparatus for rendering object using edge computing service Example embodiments provide a method, performed by an edge data network, of rendering an object, and a method of displaying an object rendered on a device. The edge data network may generate a second metadata set corresponding to a predicted position and direction of a device based on a first metadata set, and render a first object corresponding to the second metadata set. Furthermore, the edge data network may receive, from the device, a third metadata set corresponding to the current position and direction of the device, obtain a rendered object corresponding to the current position and direction of the device based on the second metadata set and the third metadata set, and transmit the obtained rendered object to the device.
US11636615B2	Depth acquisition device and depth acquisition method A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.
US11636613B2	Computer application method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional face model, computer device, and storage medium A computer application method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) face model is provided, performed by a face model generation model running on a computer device, the method including: obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) face image as input to the face model generation model; extracting global features and local features of the 2D face image; obtaining a 3D face model parameter based on the global features and the local features; and outputting a 3D face model corresponding to the 2D face image based on the 3D face model parameter.
US11636611B2	Systems and methods for image fusion The present disclosure provides a system and method for image generation. The method may include obtaining a first image of a first modality representing a first region of a subject. The method may further include determining a second image of a second modality representing a second region of the subject based on the first image. The second region may include at least part of the first region of the subject. A slice direction of the first image may be the same as a slice direction of the second image. The method may further include generating a fused image by fusing the first image and the second image.
US11636592B2	Medical object detection and identification via machine learning An approach for improving object detection performance by using bilateral organ information disclosed. The approach comprises introducing a penalty term to an object localization model. The penalty term encourages the model to identify same physical regions (actual same physical location in the patient's body) in multiple images, which create an image of the same organ. The approach includes a sub-component of the model that can output an entity embedding, in additional to the conventional classification and localization prediction. During optimization process, similar entity embedding for the same logical entity are encouraged, and similar entity embedding for different logical entities are discouraged.
US11636579B2	Information processing method, information processing apparatus and computer-readable recording medium An information processing method includes obtaining information on a deformation factor of a surface of a target substrate; obtaining a surface image of the target substrate; calculating a correction coefficient for correcting an image change due to deformation of the surface, based on the information on the deformation factor of the surface; and generating a corrected image of the target substrate by correcting the surface image of the target substrate using the correction coefficient.
US11636571B1	Adaptive dewarping of wide angle video frames A video system processes video frames from a wide angle camera to dewarp the video frames in a manner that preserves conformity of an object of interest. A crop region of a video frame corresponding to the object of interest is determined. An input parameter to a dewarping function is generated based on the detected crop region. The dewarping function is applied to the crop region using the input parameter to generate a dewarped video frame and the dewarped video frame is outputted. The input parameter may be generated in a manner that causes the dewarped video frame to have higher conformity and lower distortion in the region around the object of interest than in a region distant from the object of interest.
US11636570B2	Generating digital images utilizing high-resolution sparse attention and semantic layout manipulation neural networks This disclosure describes one or more implementations of a digital image semantic layout manipulation system that generates refined digital images resembling the style of one or more input images while following the structure of an edited semantic layout. For example, in various implementations, the digital image semantic layout manipulation system builds and utilizes a sparse attention warped image neural network to generate high-resolution warped images and a digital image layout neural network to enhance and refine the high-resolution warped digital image into a realistic and accurate refined digital image.
US11636562B2	Systems and methods for processing recorded data for storage using computer-aided dispatch information Computer-implemented methods and systems for processing recorded data for storage is provided. An auditable device, such as a digital video camera, stores a set of recorded data. The auditable device also stores auditable event entries that represent auditable events detected by the auditable device. One type of auditable event is the receipt of information from a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that indicates an event. The auditable device marks at least one subset of the set of recorded data based on the auditable event entries, and uploads the marked at least one subset of the set of recorded data to an evidence management system.
US11636558B2	Energy management system and energy management method for water supply Cooperation in supply and demand balance of renewable energy in a region is implemented by operation of infrastructures of an infrastructure service such as water supply. In an energy management system including: a processor; and a storage device, the processor predicts an electric power supply amount utilizing renewable energy in a predetermined region, predicts an electric power demand amount in the region, predicts a demand amount of an infrastructure service different from an electric power service in the region, predicts an electric power demand amount corresponding to the infrastructure service on the basis of the predicted demand amount of the infrastructure service in the region, and determines use time of electric power corresponding to the infrastructure service such that the electric power demand amount in the region approaches the electric power supply amount.
US11636551B2	Systems and methods for analyzing property related information A property analyzer device may include (1) a receiver configured to receive property identification information from a mobile device, the received property identification information including a picture of the property and/or a property location; (2) a retriever configured to retrieve property-related information from multiple property sources (such as public record databases, websites, or an internal company database) based upon the received property identification information; (3) a processor configured to consolidate the retrieved property-related information into a consolidated property-related image of the property; and (4) a transmitter configured to transmit the consolidated property-related image to the mobile device for review by a user. The mobile device may display the consolidated images that may include several images of the property taken over time (such as showing repairs or improvements made), home insurance quotes, home loan quotes, and other types of property-related or community information that home buyers or owners would find useful.
US11636537B2	System and methods of providing point-of-need financing A method of providing a loan credit to a customer before the customer requests the loan comprises obtaining, by a server, personal information for a customer by a credit broker application executing on the server, executing, on the server, a plurality of lender approval models using the personal information for the customer as input to each lender approval model, where each lender approval model is stored on the computer system in a byte code format as part of a private blockchain system, generating, by the server, a plurality of loan, evaluating, by a credit broker application executing on the server, the plurality of loan approvals based on a credit broker rule set, selecting, by the credit broker application, one of the loan approvals by the credit broker application, and presenting information to the customer comprising the terms of the selected loan approval by the credit broker application.
US11636536B2	Systems and methods for automating pricing desk operation According to an aspect, a system for automating pricing desk operations is described. The system includes an input module configured to receive a proposed offer in relation to a financial product and associated context information; a machine learning module trained to classify offers according to positive or negative client; a processing module configured to optimize the proposed and an output module configured to transmit the optimized offer for communication to the client. According to additional aspects, a corresponding computer-implemented method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and systems and methods for training a machine learning module are also described.
US11636525B2	Single-select predictive platform model A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: determining a set of items to recommend to a user based on a probability exceeding a predetermined threshold that the user will re-order each item of the set of items at a present time, wherein the probability is determined based at least in part on previous transactions of the user and other users within a first period of time, and wherein the set of items includes at least a predetermined number of items; sending instructions to display the set of items to the user on a user interface, wherein at least a portion of the set of items is shown as selected on the user interface, and the user interface further comprises a single-click option to add to a cart all selected items of the set of items; receiving a selection of the single-click option to add to the cart the all selected items of the set of items; and after receiving the single-click option, adding the all selected items of the set of items to the cart. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11636517B2	Communication device interface for merchant check-in and shopping notifications There are provided systems and methods for a communication device interface for merchant check-in and shopping notifications. A user may enter shopping preferences to a module of a communication device in order to receive notifications and alerts when items matching the shopping preferences are available with one or more merchants. A service provider may receive the shopping preferences with user attributes, such as a user location and/or account balance. The attributes may be determined using applications and/or modules of the communication device or through a check-in by the user at a location. The service provider may determine shopping notifications having purchase offers for the items from available merchants. The purchase offers may include offers to sell the items and discounts for the items. The shopping notifications may be displayed to the user using a user device interface, such as cells within an application or mobile device home screen.
US11636516B2	System and method for targeting individuals with advertisement spots during national broadcast and cable television The present invention relates to methods and systems for targeting and retargeting individuals with advertisement spots during television broadcasting. The method and system enable an advertiser for identifying and categorizing a set of viewers or individuals for retargeting advertisement based on parameters such as, but not limited to, interests or preferences of the individuals, past purchases and interactions of the individuals with the advertiser. The method and system further enable the advertiser to segregate the plurality of individuals into subgroups on the basis of information such as, but not limited to, demography, psychographic and behavioral characteristics of the plurality of individuals. The method and system then enable the advertiser to define one or more advertisement spots and corresponding advertisements to be delivered to different sub groups of individuals based on the categorization. Thereafter, the method and system retarget individuals by sending individualized messages in the one or more advertisement spots.
US11636511B2	Estimated quality scores in digital content distribution systems A method, product and system are provided for determining estimated quality scores in digital content distribution systems. The method comprises, based on monitoring of engagements and conversions, determining a segment-specific estimated quality score of a given traffic; determining an observation-based pair-specific quality score for the given traffic and for a specific campaign; and determining, based on the segment-specific estimated quality score and based on the observation-based pair-specific quality score, a pair-specific estimated quality score of the specific campaign for the given traffic segment indicating an estimated quality score of the specific campaign when presented in the given traffic segment.
US11636503B2	System and method for offering network slice as a service A method includes defining a first specification for a first network slice, determining a first equilibrium value for a first time period for the first network slice offering, receiving a first bid price for the first network slice for the first time period from a first customer, comparing the first equilibrium value to the first bid price; and providing services using the network slice to the customer during the time period in accordance with the first specification and the bid price if the bid price meets or exceeds the equilibrium value.
US11636496B2	Non-abstract devices, systems, and processes for the display and furnishing of tangible benefits A system and method for permitting an entity to more effectively make use of a variety of available demographic-based, geographic-based, psychographic-based, and preference-based targeted benefits from a plurality of goods, services, information, and value providers; wherein the benefits are offered specifically to those entities qualified and/or eligible and/or entitled to receive said benefits, is disclosed. An exemplary method includes: (1) making available a plurality of benefits; (2) examining this plurality of benefits to determine for which benefits entity is qualified or eligible to receive; and (3) providing notification of said “entity-is-qualified-for” benefits. The system includes a memory for storing entity/benefit-seeker information, benefit information with benefit provider information, and benefit correlation information. The system compares the entity information to the benefit information to determine those benefits, if any, to which an entity is qualified to receive.
US11636491B2	Hydrogen fueling station communication Fueling verification systems and methods for corroboration of vehicle fueling are described herein. The systems and methods provide for verifiable transmission of data collected from a remote source to assure data integrity and maintain proper fuel transmission as part of vehicle fueling. The systems and methods can include collecting a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source. A second fuel measure can be recorded into a blockchain. The second fuel measure for the fueling process can be received from a recipient source. Then, the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure can be correlated to determine a fueling offset. Then, the delivery source and/or the recipient source can be compensated based on the fueling offset.
US11636480B2	System, method, and computer program product for dynamic application selection A system, method, and computer program product for dynamic application selection for payment transactions determines identification data of an issuer institution associated with a portable financial device based at least partially on transaction data associated with at least one transaction at a merchant with the portable financial device. At least one electronic service application of a plurality of electronic service applications is determined based at least partially on the identification data of the issuer institution. Electronic service application data associated with the at least one electronic service application and stored in association with the issuer institution is accessed at a merchant system of the merchant. The at least one transaction is modified based at least partially on the electronic service application data associated with the at least one electronic service application. Authorization response message is received after communicating an authorization request message associated with the at least one modified transaction.
US11636475B1	Predicting and making payments via preferred payment methods Systems and methods for predicting and making payments via preferred payment methods include determining an amount that a payer owes a payee, predicting a preferred funds transfer method of the payee, providing a notification to a payee device associated with the payee, receiving a user input from the payee device indicating an agreement with the preferred funds transfer method, and initiating, in response to the user input, a funds transfer from a source account of the payer to the payee. Predicting a preferred funds transfer method of the payee can include performing data analytics on at least one data source associated with the payee, such as a smart digital wallet, a social network account, a smart appliance, a financial account, a financial transaction, a shopping list, and a geographic location, etc. In some embodiments, predicting a preferred funds transfer method of the payee includes rerouting the payment to downstream payees.
US11636473B2	Altering account numbers into invalid account numbers for secure transmission and storage A computer-implemented method includes: obtaining, by a computing device, an original Personal Account Number (PAN) to be transformed; transforming, by the computing device, the original PAN to form a transformed PAN; performing, by the computing device, a verification on the transformed PAN; determining, by the computing device, whether the transformed PAN passes verification; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, the transformed PAN based on determining that the transformed PAN does not pass verification, wherein the original PAN is later recovered from the transformed PAN to process a transaction.
US11636459B2	Methods and systems for autonomous dispensing of products Systems and methods for autonomously dispensing items. A dispensing system receives a first distributed ledger transaction that: i) identifies an item, ii) identifies a container associated with and containing the item, iii) includes a status indicator in a first state identifying the item as present in the container, and iv) includes an authorization code associated with a mobile device. The authorization code is received from the mobile device. The dispensing system creates a second distributed ledger transaction based on the first distributed ledger transaction that changes the status indicator to a second state identifying the item as authorized for dispensing. Responsive to the creation of the second distributed ledger transaction, access is autonomously provided to the item. The dispensing system creates a third distributed ledger transaction based on the second distributed ledger transaction that changes the status indicator to a third state identifying the item as dispensed.
US11636457B1	Efficient weight estimation and stabilization This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may be utilized by users to automatically identify items that the users place in their carts. In order to identify the items placed into or removed from the cart, the cart may analyze image data, as well as weight data indicating a current weight estimation of a basket of the cart. The cart may include a weight sensor that generates a signal comprising a series of weight measurements of the basket of the cart. The cart may use an algorithm that calculates different mean values of different window sizes of the weight measurements of this signal and, thereafter, may calculate an average of these mean values. This average may be stored as the current weight estimation of the basket.
US11636450B2	Blockchain system to which proof-of-transaction consensus algorithm is applied, and method therefor A blockchain system is disclosed. A blockchain system according to one embodiment includes a plurality of nodes for communicating with each other through a distribution network and communicating with a blockchain client device outside the blockchain system, wherein each of the plurality of nodes can be configured to process transactions occurring in the blockchain system, collect vote items included in the transactions and including an account address corresponding to any one of the plurality of nodes, and elect, as a block generator, at least one of the plurality of nodes on the basis of the collected vote items. Other various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11636445B2	Aircraft de-icing determination systems and methods A system and a method include at least one control unit that determines a de-icing time for an aircraft within a de-icing area of an airport, predicts a de-icing time for an aircraft within a de-icing area of an airport, schedules de-icing times for a plurality of aircraft within a de-icing area of an airport, and/or predicts demand for future de-icing operations of aircraft within a de-icing area of an airport.
US11636435B2	Optimizing benefits selection in view of both member population and organizational preferences The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing benefits plan options offered by an organization through balancing derived population preferences with organizational preferences by analyzing historical selections made by individuals. Census data dividing members of an organization into census divisions may be applied to machine learning algorithm(s) to derive estimated selection preferences of the members. Using selection preferences, costs of various product offering scenarios and overall member satisfaction estimates of the scenarios may be calculated. Product offering scenarios meeting member preference criteria and organizational budget criteria may be presented for review.
US11636423B2	Item transfer control systems In implementations of item transfer control systems, a computing device implements a transfer system to receive input data describing types of requested items and corresponding quantities of the types of requested items to receive at each of a plurality of destination sites and types of available items and corresponding quantities of the types of available items that are available at each of a plurality of source sites. The transfer system constructs a flow network having a source node for each of the plurality of the source sites and a destination node for each of the plurality of the destination sites. An integral approximate solution is generated that transfers the corresponding quantities of the types of requested items to each of the plurality of the destination sites using a maximum flow solver and the flow network. The transfer system causes transferences of the corresponding quantities of the types of requested items to each of the plurality of the destination sites based on the integral approximate solution.
US11636422B2	Data validation in a mobile communication network A virtualized network function included in a mobile communication network may be capable of performing validation of sensor data. The sensor data may be generated by one or more sensors monitoring a tangible asset that is being transported between geographical locations. The sensor data may be received by the virtualized network function from an Internet-enabled device in communication with the mobile communication network. In some cases, a contract management application included in the virtualized network function may validate the sensor data based on one or more compliance thresholds describing a shipment condition of the tangible asset. Based on determining whether the sensor data indicates a compliant shipment condition for the tangible asset, the contract management application may modify a contract associated with the tangible asset.
US11636413B2	Autonomic discrete business activity management method An autonomic method for the comprehensive profiling of near or real time representations of time sequenced, synchronized, characterized business activity by any entity within a group of commercially related subscribing business partners, for the purpose of creating a near or real time universal business activity mosaic. An autonomic method within a group of commercially interrelated businesses to utilize a universal business activity mosaic to render a virtual customer storefront, whereby a business may discretely witness in time and character the sale of its own assets and services either fully or partially comprising those sold to anybody of related intermediate or end customers for the purpose of purchasing, selling, financing, warehousing or physically transporting assets on demand.
US11636408B2	Techniques for manipulating and rearranging presentation of workforce data in accordance with different data-prediction scenarios available within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system, and an apparatus and hardware memory implementing the techniques A method includes receiving input identifying a dimensional framework and forecasting time period. The method also includes generating a workforce plan based on the dimensional framework and the forecasting time period. The method further includes receiving first data defining a first scenario of the workforce plan, where the first scenario is associated with at least a first turnover assumption, and determining a first set of forecasted headcount values corresponding to the first scenario. The method includes receiving second data defining a second scenario of the workforce plan, where the second scenario is associated with at least a second turnover assumption that differs from the first turnover assumption, and determining a second set of forecasted headcount values corresponding to the second scenario. The method includes generating graphical user interface (GUI) data that includes a comparison of the first set of forecasted headcount values and the second set of forecasted headcount values.
US11636402B2	Electronic reservation system An electronic reservation method includes detecting that a user has utilized a first computing device in a transaction in which the user acquires an item, or acquires a voucher for a particular activity. An electronic reservation is created by a reservation server for the user based on the detecting that reserves one of a plurality of reservable locations within a predefined geographic area for the user. The plurality of reservable locations are configured for use of the item or for an activity related to but different than the particular activity. A credential for the electronic reservation is transmitted to a mobile computing device of the user.
US11636398B2	Spatio-temporal consistency embeddings from multiple observed modalities Provided is a process that includes obtaining data indicative of state of a dynamic mechanical system and an environment of the dynamic mechanical system, the data comprising a plurality of channels of data from a plurality of different sensors including a plurality of cameras and other sensors indicative of state of actuators of the dynamic mechanical system; forming a training set from the obtained data by segmenting the data by time and grouping segments from the different channels by time to form units of training data that span different channels among the plurality of channels; training a metric learning model to encode inputs corresponding to the plurality of channels as vectors in an embedding space with self-supervised learning based on the training set; and using the trained metric learning model to control the dynamic mechanical system or another dynamic mechanical system.
US11636394B2	Differentiable user-item co-clustering The present concepts relate to a differentiable user-item co-clustering (“DUICC”) model for recommendation and co-clustering. Users' interaction with items (e.g., content) may be centered around information co-clusters—groups of items and users that exhibit common consumption behavior. The DUICC model may learn fine-grained co-cluster structures of items and users based on their interaction data. The DUICC model can then leverage the learned latent co-cluster structures to calculate preference stores of the items for a user. The top scoring items may be presented to the user as recommendations.
US11636389B2	System and method for improving machine learning models by detecting and removing inaccurate training data Methods, systems and computer program products are described to improve machine learning (ML) model-based classification of data items by identifying and removing inaccurate training data. Inaccurate training samples may be identified, for example, based on excessive variance in vector space between a training sample and a mean of category training samples, and based on a variance between an assigned category and a predicted category for a training sample. Suspect or erroneous samples may be selectively removed based on, for example, vector space variance and/or prediction confidence level. As a result, ML model accuracy may be improved by training on a more accurate revised training set. ML model accuracy may (e.g., also) be improved, for example, by identifying and removing suspect categories with excessive (e.g., weighted) vector space variance. Suspect categories may be retained or revised. Users may (e.g., also) specify a prediction confidence level and/or coverage (e.g., to control accuracy).
US11636387B2	System and method for improving machine learning models based on confusion error evaluation Embodiments described herein are directed to improving machine learning (ML) model-based techniques for automatically labeling data items based on identifying and resolving labels that are problematic. An ML model may be trained to predict labels for any given data item. The ML model may be validated to determine a confusion metric with respect to each distinct pair of labels predicted by the ML model. Each confusion metric indicates how a particular label is being mistaken for another particular label. The confusion metrics are analyzed to determine whether any of the ML model-generated labels are problematic (e.g., a label conflicts with another label, a label that is rarely predicted, a label that is incorrectly predicted, etc.). Steps for resolving the problematic labels are implemented, and the ML model is retrained based on the resolution steps. By doing so, the ML model generates a more accurate label for a data item.
US11636385B2	Training an object detector using raw and unlabeled videos and extracted speech An example system includes a processor to receive raw and unlabeled videos. The processor is to extract speech from the raw and unlabeled videos. The processor is to extract positive frames and negative frames from the raw and unlabeled videos based on the extracted speech for each object to be detected. The processor is to extract region proposals from the positive frames and negative frames. The processor is to extract features based on the extracted region proposals. The processor is to cluster the region proposals and assign a potential score to each cluster. The processor is to train a binary object detector to detect objects based on positive samples randomly selected based on the potential score.
US11636384B1	Spherical random features for polynomial kernels Implementations provide for use of spherical random features for polynomial kernels and large-scale learning. An example method includes receiving a polynomial kernel, approximating the polynomial kernel by generating a nonlinear randomized feature map, and storing the nonlinear feature map. Generating the nonlinear randomized feature map includes determining optimal coefficient values and standard deviation values for the polynomial kernel, determining an optimal probability distribution of vector values for the polynomial kernel based on a sum of Gaussian kernels that use the optimal coefficient values, selecting a sample of the vectors, and determining the nonlinear randomized feature map using the sampled vectors. Another example method includes normalizing a first feature vector for a data item, transforming the first feature vector into a second feature vector using a feature map that approximates a polynomial kernel with an explicit nonlinear feature map, and providing the second feature vector to a support vector machine.
US11636382B1	Robotic self programming visual inspection A robotic self-learning visual inspection method includes determining if a fixture on a component is known by searching a database of known fixtures. If the fixture is unknown, a robotic self-programming visually learning process is performed that includes determining one or more features of the fixture and providing information via a controller about the one or more features in the database such that the fixture becomes known. When the fixture is known, a robotic self-programming visual inspection process is performed that includes determining if the one or more features each pass an inspection based on predetermined criteria. A robotic self-programming visual inspection system includes a robot having one or more arms each adapted for attaching one or more instruments and tools. The instruments and tools are adapted for performing visual inspection processes.
US11636377B1	Artificial intelligence system incorporating automatic model updates based on change point detection using time series decomposing and clustering Computer systems and associated methods are disclosed to detect a future change point in time series data used as input to a machine learning model. A forecast for the time series data is generated. In some embodiments, a fitting model is generated from the time series data, and residuals of the fitting model are obtained for respective portions of the data both before and after a potential change point in the future. The change point is determined based on a ratio of residual metrics for the two portions. In some embodiments, data features are extracted from individual segments in the time series data, and the segments are clustered based on their data features. A change point is determined based on a dissimilarity in cluster assignments for segments before and after the point. In some embodiments, when a change point is predicted, an update of the machine learning model is triggered.
US11636373B2	Measurement based uncomputation for quantum circuit optimization Methods and apparatus for optimizing a quantum circuit. In one aspect, a method includes identifying one or more sequences of operations in the quantum circuit that un-compute respective qubits on which the quantum circuit operates; generating an adjusted quantum circuit, comprising, for each identified sequence of operations in the quantum circuit, replacing the sequence of operations with an X basis measurement and a classically-controlled phase correction operation, wherein a result of the X basis measurement acts as a control for the classically-controlled correction phase operation; and executing the adjusted quantum circuit.
US11636372B2	Phase-robust matched kernel acquisition for qubit state determination Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate determining a state of a qubit are described. 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 an output receiving component that can receive, in response to a request, output representative of a quantum state of a qubit of a quantum computing device, and a classifying component that classifies the quantum state of the qubit of the quantum computing device based on the output representative of the quantum state of the qubit. The system can further include a configuring component that can configure the classifying component based on a characteristic of the request.
US11636368B2	Probabilistic multigraph modeling for improving the quality of crowdsourced affective data A method of improving quality of crowdsourced affective data based on agreement relationship between a plurality of annotators include receiving, by a processor, a collection of stimuli previously given affective labels by the plurality of annotators, executing, by a processor, an algorithm operative to perform the steps including constructing an agreement multigraph as a probabilistic model including a pair-wise status of agreement between the affective labels given by different ones of the plurality of annotators, learning the probabilistic model computationally using the crowdsourced affective data, identifying a reliability of each of the plurality of annotators based on the learned model, and adjusting the crowdsourced affective data by calculating the affective labels of each stimuli based on the identified reliability of each of the plurality of annotators, thereby improving the quality of the crowdsourced affective data.
US11636361B2	Content recommendations based upon historical future data One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for content recommendations using historical future data are provided. A model serving delay time is computed as an average of training delays of events. A historical data time interval is determined based upon the model serving delay time. A model is trained for predicting user content preferences using historic user distribution data and historic content distribution data associated with the historic data time interval. The model is utilized to generate and provide content recommendations to users.
US11636358B2	Data analysis apparatus, data analysis method, and data analysis program A data analysis apparatus executes: a selection process selecting a first feature variable group that is a trivial feature variable group contributing to prediction and a second feature data group other than the first feature variable group from a set of feature variables; an operation process operating a first regularization coefficient related to a first weight parameter group corresponding to the first feature variable group in a manner that the loss function is larger, and operating a second regularization coefficient related to a second weight parameter group corresponding to the second feature variable group in a manner that the loss function is smaller, among a set of weight parameters configuring a prediction model, in a loss function related to a difference between a prediction result output in a case of inputting the set of feature variables to the prediction model and ground truth data corresponding to the feature variables.
US11636347B2	Action selection using interaction history graphs Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining a graph of nodes and edges that represents an interaction history of the agent with the environment; generating an encoded representation of the graph representing the interaction history of the agent with the environment; processing an input based on the encoded representation of the graph using an action selection neural network, in accordance with current values of action selection neural network parameters, to generate an action selection output; and selecting an action from a plurality of possible actions to be performed by the agent using the action selection output generated by the action selection neural network.
US11636336B2	Training device and training method for neural network model A training device and a training method for a neural network model. The training method includes: obtaining a data set; completing, according to the data set, a plurality of artificial intelligence (AI) model trainings to generate a plurality of models corresponding to the plurality of AI model trainings respectively; selecting, according to a first constraint, a first model set from the plurality of models; and selecting, according to a second constraint, the neural network model from the first model set.
US11636323B2	Neuromorphic operations using posits Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a neuron built with posits are described. An example system may include a memory device and the memory device may include a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of memory cells can store data including a bit string in an analog format. A neuromorphic operation can be performed on the data in the analog format. The example system may include an analog to digital converter coupled to the memory device. The analog to digital converter may convert the bit string in the analog format stored in at least one of the plurality of memory cells to a format that supports arithmetic operations to a particular level of precision.
US11636322B2	Precise data tuning method and apparatus for analog neural memory in an artificial neural network Numerous embodiments of a precision programming algorithm and apparatus are disclosed for precisely and quickly depositing the correct amount of charge on the floating gate of a non-volatile memory cell within a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network. Selected cells thereby can be programmed with extreme precision to hold one of N different values.
US11636318B2	Context-based search using spike waves in spiking neural networks Techniques and mechanisms for servicing a search query using a spiking neural network. In an embodiment, a spiking neural network receives an indication of a first context of the search query, wherein a set of nodes of the spiking neural network each correspond to a respective entry of a repository. One or more nodes of the set of nodes are each excited to provide a respective cyclical response based on the first context, wherein a first cyclical response is by a first node. Due at least in part to a coupling of the excited nodes, a perturbance signal, based on a second context of the search query, results in a change of the first resonance response relative to one or more other resonance responses. In another embodiment, data corresponding to the first node is selected, based on the change, as an at least partial result of the search query.
US11636314B2	Training neural networks using a clustering loss Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network. One of the methods includes obtaining a batch of training items and a ground truth assignment; processing the training items in the batch using the neural network to generate respective embeddings for each of the training items; and adjusting the current values of the network parameters by performing an iteration of a neural network training procedure to optimize an objective function that penalizes the neural network for generating embeddings that do not result in, for each possible clustering assignment other than the ground truth assignment, the oracle clustering score being higher than a clustering score for the possible clustering assignment by at least a structured margin between the possible clustering assignment and the ground truth assignment.
US11636311B2	Anomaly detection based on predicted textual characters Described herein is a technology that facilitates the production of and the use of automated datagens for event-based systems. A datagen (i.e., data-generator or data generation system) is a component, module, or subsystem of computer systems that searches, monitors, and analyzes machine data. Existing datagens are not capable of detecting an anomaly in machine data. An anomaly is a variance in the input data stream that exceeds some acceptable amount of deviation from the norm (i.e., standard, expectation, etc.). An embodiment of datagen, in accordance with the technology described herein, detects anomalies in the input machine data.
US11636306B2	Implementing traditional computer vision algorithms as neural networks Methods and systems for implementing a traditional computer vision algorithm as a neural network. The method includes: receiving a definition of the traditional computer vision algorithm that identifies a sequence of one or more traditional computer vision algorithm operations; mapping each of the one or more traditional computer vision algorithm operations to a set of one or more neural network primitives that is mathematically equivalent to that traditional computer vision algorithm operation; linking the one or more network primitives mapped to each traditional computer vision algorithm operation according to the sequence to form a neural network representing the traditional computer vision algorithm; and configuring hardware logic capable of implementing a neural network to implement the neural network that represents the traditional computer vision algorithm.
US11636305B2	Situation aware personal assistant Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for altering the behavior of an electronic personal assistant based on a situation associated with a mobile device. A situation is sensed with a plurality of sensors to generate sensor data. A situation score is calculated based on the sensor data. Behavior of an electronic personal assistant is altered based on the calculated situation score. In one aspect, the situation is a driving situation in which a driver drives a vehicle on a roadway. In such case, a driving situation score is calculated based on the sensor data, and behavior of the electronic personal assistant is altered based on the calculated driving situation score, such as suspending interactions by the electronic personal assistant with the driver to avoid the driver being distracted.
US11636299B2	Machine-readable tape Exemplary embodiments use a single, physical embodiment that compiles independent machine-readable codes together with little to no space in between codes. This physical embodiment is in two primary forms—adhesive tape or fabric strips with hook and loop backing. A code reader device, with software compatible with the machine-readable codes, can rapidly or simultaneously aggregate independent codes together on the physical embodiment in order to assign them to one or more digital addresses.
US11636292B2	Dynamic outlier bias reduction system and method In at least one embodiment, the present description is directed to a computer system, having at least components of a server, including a processor and a non-transient storage subsystem, storing a computer program including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least: electronically receive a model for one or more operating conditions, one or more threshold criteria, and facility operating data for each respective facility of a plurality of facilities; validate the one or more threshold criteria to be one or more acceptable bias criteria; iteratively perform one or more iterations of outlier bias reduction in the facility operating data based on the model; determine, based on non-biased facility operating data, a non-biased performance standard for the one or more operating conditions; and track, based on the non-biased performance standard and the facility operating data, operating performance of each respective facility of the plurality of facilities.
US11636282B2	Machine learned historically accurate temporal classification of objects A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) ingests content from a source(s) with an attribute(s) comprising a verified temporal context(s) of the source(s). The processor(s) cognitively analyzes the content, by applying an entity recognition algorithm(s) to identify and extract entities in the source(s). The processor(s) classifies each extracted entity into a given grouping from a plurality of groupings based on at least one attribute comprising the verified temporal context of the source from which the extracted entity was extracted. The processor(s) generates a corpus comprising the groupings; each grouping comprises extracted entities with verified temporal contexts consistent with a defined time period.
US11636274B2	Systems and methods to identify most suitable grammar suggestions among suggestions from a machine translation model A set of candidate edits for a word of a sentence is obtained. Each of the set of candidate edits includes an edit word. Two or more surrounding words that each have a dependency relationship with the edit word are identified in the sentence. At least one of the two or more surrounding words is identified irrespective of their proximity to the edit word. The dependency relationship between the edit word and each of the surrounding words and the set of candidate edits is provided as input to a grammar accuracy prediction model. One or more outputs of the grammar accuracy prediction model are obtained. The one or more outputs indicate grammatical accuracy of each candidate edit from the set in the sentence in view of the dependency relationship with surrounding words. The candidate edit with highest accuracy is selected from the candidate edit set for the sentence.
US11636270B2	Methods and systems for generating a semantic computation graph for understanding and grounding referring expressions Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for parsing a given input referring expression into a parse structure and generating a semantic computation graph to identify semantic relationships among and between objects. At a high level, when embodiments of the preset invention receive a referring expression, a parse tree is created and mapped into a hierarchical subject, predicate, object graph structure that labeled noun objects in the referring expression, the attributes of the labeled noun objects, and predicate relationships (e.g., verb actions or spatial propositions) between the labeled objects. Embodiments of the present invention then transform the subject, predicate, object graph structure into a semantic computation graph that may be recursively traversed and interpreted to determine how noun objects, their attributes and modifiers, and interrelationships are provided to downstream image editing, searching, or caption indexing tasks.
US11636261B2	Capturing and sending one-time passwords using augmented reality glasses A user may view a device with augmented reality glasses which may have a camera that views and collects data on the screen of the user device. When the user desires to access an account for which multifactor authentication is required, a one-time password may be sent to the user. The glasses may recognize the one-time password and determine if the one-time password originated from the user device. If the glasses verify that the one-time password originated from the user based on context of the user device display or the geographic locations of the devices, then the glasses will send the password to the service associated with the one-time password. The glasses may send the password back to the user device, send it to an intermediate server, or send it directly to the server associated with the service that provided the one-time password.
US11636254B2	Provenance aware editing for spreadsheets A system for provenance aware editing for propagating edits back to spreadsheets is provided. The system receives an indication of an operation to be performed at an output location. The operation indicates one or more input locations on a spreadsheet that each provides an input value. The input values are accessed and tagged with their corresponding input location on the spreadsheet. Based on the operation and the input value from each of the one or more input locations, the system derives and displays the result at the output location. A user edit to the result is received at the output location, which causes transmission of a propagation request to change the input value at one or more of the tagged input locations. Using where-provenance associated with the tagged input locations, the system propagates the user edit to one or more of the tagged input locations.
US11636248B2	Metal cut region location system An IC layout diagram generation system includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium including computer program code for one or more programs. The non-transitory, computer readable storage medium and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the system to align a border segment of a cell at a predetermined location relative to a plurality of second metal layer tracks, position the cell relative to a first metal layer cut region alignment pattern based on the plurality of second metal layer tracks, overlap the cell with a first metal layer cut region based on the first metal layer cut region alignment pattern, and generate an IC layout diagram of an IC device based on the cell and the first metal layer cut region.
US11636234B2	Generating 3D models representing buildings The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for generating a 3D model representing a building. The method comprises providing a 2D floor plan representing a layout of the building. The method also comprises determining a semantic segmentation of the 2D floor plan. The method also comprises determining the 3D model based on the semantic segmentation. Such a method provides an improved solution for processing a 2D floor plan.
US11636220B2	Data management systems and methods This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing access to data through enforcement of one or more associated rules. In various embodiments, a directory may be used to manage and/or otherwise record various relationships between objects, that may include governed objects such as data sets, and associated rules and rule sets. Access requests involving governed objects may be compared with relevant rules to determine whether the requested access should be allowed and what, if any, restrictions should be applied in connection with such access. Various embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may allow for a data governance model that is flexible, allows for use across multiple complex organizations, and is highly extensible.
US11636215B2	Security tool An apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor. The memory stores a plurality of conversion rules. The processor receives a first log from a server. The first log indicates that the server attempted to install a software patch. The processor converts, based on the plurality of conversion rules, the first log into a different format to produce a second log. The processor also determines, based on the second log, that the software patch install failed and determines a cause for the software patch install failure. The processor further determines a series of steps to remedy the cause and perform the series of steps to remedy the cause.
US11636208B2	Generating models for performing inline malware detection Generating models usable by data appliances to perform inline malware analysis is disclosed. A set of features, including a plurality of n-grams, extracted from a set of files is received. A reduced set of features is determined that includes at least some of the plurality of n-grams. The reduced set of features is used to generate a model usable by a data appliance to perform inline malware analysis.
US11636207B2	Data protection automatic optimization system and method A system includes a memory and at least one processor to disable automatic prioritization of at least one data protection operation in a computer network, begin the at least one data protection operation in the computer network, continually monitor the computer network and determine that a condition has occurred in the computer network, activate automatic prioritization of the at least one data protection operation in the computer network, and instruct backup server tooling software to direct backup data for the at least one data protection operation to move from a first target storage repository to a second target storage repository.
US11636202B2	Projected vector overflow penalty as mitigation for machine learning model string stuffing An artifact is received from which features are extracted and used to populate a vector. The features in the vector are then reduced using a feature reduction operation to result in a modified vector having a plurality of buckets. Features within the buckets of the modified vector above a pre-determined projected bucket clipping threshold are then identified. Using the identified features, and overflow vector is then generated. The modified vector is then input into a classification model to generate a score. This score is adjusted based on the overflow vector and can then be provided to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11636198B1	System and method for cybersecurity analyzer update and concurrent management system An electronic device for receiving and seamlessly providing cybersecurity analyzer updates and concurrent management systems for detecting cybersecurity threats including a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores an analyzer logic to generate a first analyzer configured to receive a suspicious object for threat evaluation, an inspection logic to manage a first queue of suspicious objects for threat evaluation to the first analyzer, and an update logic to receive updated cybersecurity analytics content data. The analyzer logic receives updated cybersecurity analytics content data and can generate a second analyzer that incorporates at least a portion of the parsed updated cybersecurity analytics content data. In response to the generation of the second analyzer, the inspection logic manages a second queue of subsequent suspicious objects and sends the subsequent suspicious objects to the second analyzer for threat evaluation, thereby minimizing downtime during the analyzer update process.
US11636195B2	Dynamic biometric identity verification system, method and device A dynamic biometric identity verification system for verifying an identity of a person. The system includes an identity verification device and a biometric data memory storing an identification pair including an identifier and biometric data of the person. The identification verification device using the biometric data to verify the identity of the person, effectuating a proof-of liveness test and requirement, by dynamically generating and/or selecting challenge questions and comparing answers to those questions with the stored biometric data.
US11636193B1	Intuition-based challenges A system can be configured to determine whether a user is a human or a computer based on whether the user is capable of intuitive-based decision making to identify requested features. The system can generate a challenge that includes a question emphasizing mental shortcuts and associations developed through social and cultural interactions. The challenge also includes one or more media objects that are distinguishable to a human user due to the mental shortcuts and associations that permit selection of the correct media object in light of the question. Intuitive connections between statements and media objects are often difficult to implement within computer programs and algorithms due to the two-stage challenge requiring both comprehension and recognition of important features.
US11636189B2	Audio authentication systems and methods for prescription processes Methods and systems may incorporate voice interaction and other audio interaction to facilitate access to prescription related information and processes. Particularly, voice/audio interactions may be utilized to achieve authentication to access prescription-related information and action capabilities. Additionally, voice/audio interactions may be utilized in performance of processes such as obtaining prescription refills and receiving reminders to consume prescription products.
US11636187B2	Systems and methods for continuous user authentication Disclosed herein are systems and methods for continuous user authentication during access of a digital service. In an exemplary aspect, a continuous authentication module may receive, at a computing device, initial authentication credentials of the user. The initial authentication credentials enable access to a service via the computing device. While the service is being accessed, the continuous authentication module may continuously monitor whether an unauthorized user has replaced the user in accessing the service by comparing usage attributes of the service with historic usage attributes associated with the user. In response to determining that the unauthorized user has replaced the user, the continuous authentication module may cease the access to the service via the computing device.
US11636185B2	AI governance using tamper proof model metrics One example of a method comprises identifying a model to be validated that is stored in a repository; automatically computing and recording one or more model metrics for the model to be validated in a tamper-proof manner; comparing the computed tamper-proof metrics with one or more encoded rules and policies to determine if the model to be validated complies with the one or more encoded rules and policies; and outputting a notification to a device indicating a validation status of the model to be validated based on the comparison of the computed tamper-proof metrics with the one or more encoded rules and policies.
US11636173B2	Method for candidate selection and accelerator for performing candidate selection An accelerator includes a key matrix register configured to store a key matrix, a query vector register configured to store a query vector; and a preprocessor configured to calculate similarities between the query vector and the key matrix.
US11636170B1	Normalizing uniform resource locators The subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods and systems for receiving, by a computing system, a request to normalize an input Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The computing system identifies a user account to which the request to normalize the input URL relates. The computing system determines a selected set of URL normalization rules that are identified as being activated for the user account from among a larger collection of URL normalization rules. The computing system normalizes the input URL using the selected set of URL normalization rules to generate a normalized URL. The computing system stores information that results from an analysis of the input URL in association with an indication of the normalized URL.
US11636168B2	System and method of administering and managing experiential learning opportunities A system, methods and software for administering and managing experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) are disclosed. The system generally includes a database server storing a relational database containing ELO placement data and records and having an interface configured to communicate with a university computer having a student information database thereon, website server, configured to host an ELO website through which users interact with the relational database, and a memory in the website server, storing a content management system (CMS) that comprises modules and a data pool stored in/on storage nodes on the website server. The modules include a forms module for users to enter ELO data and submit ELO requests, ELO proposals, waivers and agreements, and a timelog module to collect and store timelog data and manage the timelog approval process.
US11636167B2	Determining similarity between documents Method and system for processing digital works, the method comprising the steps of identifying terms within each digital work of a plurality of digital works, wherein the terms are words and/or phrases. Determining a number of times that the identified terms occur within each digital work of the plurality of digital works. Generating a fingerprint for each digital work of the plurality of digital works, the generated fingerprint based on the identified terms and the number of times that the identified terms occur within each digital work. Using a neural network to find an encoding function, g, that encodes a higher dimensionality space, x, of each fingerprint into a lower dimensionality space, y. Applying the encoding function to each fingerprint of the plurality of digital works to reduce their dimensionality. Determining a similarity between a first fingerprint and one or more dimensionality reduced fingerprints.
US11636166B1	Systems and methods for event tracking using time-windowed counters Some embodiments include tracking events and classifying assets within a computer system. A time series of occurrences of an event type associated with at least one asset is generated. A first signal value and a second signal value is determined based on the time series. The at least one asset can be classified based on comparison of the first signal value and the second signal value. The time series can be based on at least one time window including time intervals. Counters to determine a number of occurrences of an event type can be associated with the time intervals. Each of the counters can be incremented upon occurrence of the event type associated with the at least one asset during an associated time interval.
US11636156B2	Flexible baselines in a forecasting system In an embodiment, the a method is provided. The method includes receiving forecast data in a database with an associated window value. The method also includes accessing data based on associated window values. The method further includes comparing the data accessed based on associated window values to other data.
US11636152B2	Scalable range locks A computer comprising one or more processors and memory may implement multiple threads performing mutually exclusive lock acquisition operations on disjoint ranges of a shared resource each using atomic compare and swap (CAS) operations. A linked list of currently locked ranges is maintained and, upon entry to a lock acquisition operation, a thread waits for all locked ranges overlapping the desired range to be released then inserts a descriptor for the desired range into the linked list using a single CAS operation. To release a locked range, a thread executes a single fetch and add (FAA) operation. The operation may be extended to support simultaneous exclusive and non-exclusive access by allowing overlapping ranges to be locked for non-exclusive access and by performing an additional validation after locking to provide conflict resolution should a conflict be detected.
US11636147B2	Training neural networks to perform tag-based font recognition utilizing font classification The present disclosure relates to a tag-based font recognition system that utilizes a multi-learning framework to develop and improve tag-based font recognition using deep learning neural networks. In particular, the tag-based font recognition system jointly trains a font tag recognition neural network with an implicit font classification attention model to generate font tag probability vectors that are enhanced by implicit font classification information. Indeed, the font recognition system weights the hidden layers of the font tag recognition neural network with implicit font information to improve the accuracy and predictability of the font tag recognition neural network, which results in improved retrieval of fonts in response to a font tag query. Accordingly, using the enhanced tag probability vectors, the tag-based font recognition system can accurately identify and recommend one or more fonts in response to a font tag query.
US11636140B2	Resolving entities from multiple data sources for assistant systems In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a first record in a plurality of records, where the first record describes a first set of attributes of a first entity, determining the first record is linked to a globally unique entity identifier, identifying one or more second records linked to the unique entity identifier, where the one or more second records describe one or more second sets of attributes of the first entity, generating a fused record comprising descriptions of attributes of the first entity from the first set and second sets of attributes, where the fused record is generated by deduping the plurality of records to associated the first record and the one or more second record with the unique entity identifier and compiling the first set and one or more second sets of attributes, and sending, in response responsive to the request to access the first record, instructions for presenting the fused record.
US11636139B2	Centralized database system with geographically partitioned data A computer-implemented method for storing documents in a centralized database system based on geographical data localization includes receiving, by a database manager, a request to update a document according to a data localization criterion, the document stored in a local storage device of the centralized database system. The method further includes determining, by the database manager, a geographical location for a local copy of the document based on an attribute of the document matching the localization criterion. The method further includes creating, by the database manager, a remote copy of the document on a storage device that is physically located in the geographical location. The method further includes modifying, by the database manager, the local copy of the document to include a location information of the remote copy.
US11636136B2	Method and system for self-aggregation of personal data and control thereof A method includes receiving, by a logic layer processor, over a communication network, from a plurality of electronic resources, initial user personal identifiable information (PII) of a user of a plurality of users. The user PII includes a plurality of data elements. The plurality of data elements of the initial PII of the user are classified to populate a profile map data structure having a standardized predefined data schema of a plurality of vector elements so as to form a user-specific profile map data structure of the user. Additional user personal identifiable information (PII) of the user is iteratively received from the plurality of electronic resources. The additional user PII of the user is iteratively classified to update the user-specific profile map data structure of the user. A plurality of user-specific data management software functions is enabled based on the user-specific profile map data structure.
US11636129B2	Active data executable In example embodiments, computing systems may be configured to create, transmit, receive, store, and execute an active data executable comprising (i) a representation of given data content that is combined with (ii) an executable kernel that, when executed, causes the given data content to be extracted in a user-specified data format and provided to a user-specified destination location for storage.
US11636122B2	Method and apparatus for data mining from core traces According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for data mining from core traces in a processing system for wireless baseband design that includes detecting a core trace in the processing system where the core trace is a sequence of instructions executed in the processing system. Instruction addresses in the core trace are mapped to a plurality of application or operating system functions. The mapped functions are sorted into a hierarchical format. A gene function is identified in the hierarchical format where the gene function is a fundamental function executed by the processing system. Attributes for the gene function are derived from the hierarchical format. The attributes are stored into a gene function library database.
US11636110B1	Metadata search via N-Gram index As described herein, a N-Gram index may be created and the search may be conducted using the index, which will lead to faster search results. The N-Gram index may also include partial N-Gram components to capture more relevant data. Moreover, as described herein, the search may also take into account recent log data that has not yet been indexed. Techniques for building an index store using log data and efficiently searching the index store and log data to process search requests are described herein.
US11636094B2	Chaincode recommendation based on existing chaincode An example operation may include one or more of storing existing chaincode relationships of a group of blockchain peers within a blockchain network, identifying a new chaincode to implement for one or more blockchain peers among the group of blockchain peers of the blockchain network based on the existing chaincode relationships among the group of blockchain peers, and transmitting a message to the one or more blockchain peers with a suggestion to implement the new chaincode.
US11636090B2	Method and system for graph-based problem diagnosis and root cause analysis for IT operation A computer-implemented method, system, and non-transitory machine readable medium for a graph-based analysis for an Information Technology (IT) operations includes generating a temporal graph by extracting one or more of operation objects, relations and attributes from operation data of workloads distributed across a plurality of levels of the IT operation within a predetermined time window. Anomalies are detected from the extracted operation data and annotating corresponding objects in the graph. A directional impact between corresponding objects on the temporal graph is determined, and the temporal graph is refined based on the determined directional impact. Accessible paths in the temporal graph indicating error propagation are searched, and potential causes for the detected anomalies in the temporal graph are identified. A list of the potential causes of the anomalies is generated, and a root cause ranked for each of the corresponding objects in the temporal graph.
US11636081B2	Dynamic index management for computing storage resources Methods that provide dynamic index management for a set of computing storage resources are disclosed herein. One method includes collecting, by a processor, a set of current performance data for a set of storage resources storing data and implementing a set of indexes for the data stored on the set of storage resources based on an optimized performance predicted for the set of storage resources based on the collected set of current performance data and a set of predicted performance data that identifies the set of indexes. Also disclosed herein are apparatus, systems, and computer program products that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods for providing dynamic index management for a set of computing storage resources.
US11636076B2	Method and system for managing recent data in a mobile device linked to an on-demand service Systems and methods for managing recent data items in a database. A method typically includes determining whether a data object managed by an on demand service is designated as able to be accessed by a user at a mobile device and storing locally at a mobile device a plurality of most recently used items viewed for a data object designated as able to be accessed by a user at a mobile device. The method also typically includes determining a single most recently used set from among the stored plurality of most recently used items viewed for at least one data object designated as able to be accessed by a user at a mobile device.
US11636075B2	System and method for providing direct access to a sharded database In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for providing direct access to a sharded database. A shard director provides access by software client applications to database shards. A connection pool (e.g., a Universal Connection Pool, UCP) and database driver (e.g., a Java Database Connectivity, JDBC, component) can be configured to allow a client application to provide a shard key, either during connection checkout or at a later time; recognize shard keys specified by the client application; and enable connection by the client application to a particular shard or chunk. The approach enables efficient re-use of connection resources, and faster access to appropriate shards.
US11636065B2	Incremental data processing Event logs in a video advertisement insertion network are processed to remove duplicate entries. One or more ad servers are continuously generating new event entries and writing them to a database. The entries are randomized such that generated time contiguous entries are distributed over multiple storage locations, thereby facilitating resource scaling and a uniform use of storage and computing resources. The distributed entries are read from the storage locations using sequential reads of chunks of the entries and processed to remove duplicate entries.
US11636055B2	Method and apparatus for performing access management of memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of flexible delay time control A method for performing access management of a memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of flexible delay time control and associated apparatus are provided. The method may include: utilizing at least one upper layer controller of a transmission interface circuit within the memory controller to dynamically set a delay parameter regarding transmission from the memory device to a host device, for preventing sleeping in delay time(s) corresponding to the delay parameter; utilizing a physical layer (PHY) circuit of the transmission interface circuit to transmit first data from the memory device to the host device, wherein a first delay time starts from a first time point at which transmitting the first data from the memory device to the host device is completed; and utilizing the PHY circuit to start transmitting second data from the memory device to the host device in the first delay time without restarting from sleeping.
US11636048B2	Handling guard tag loss An apparatus comprising memory access circuitry to perform a tag-guarded memory access in response to a received target address and methods of operation of the same are disclosed. In the tag-guarded memory access a guard-tag retrieval operation seeks to retrieve a guard tag stored in association with a block of one or more memory locations comprising an addressed location identified by the received target address, and a guard-tag check operation compares an address tag associated with the received target address with the guard tag retrieved by the guard-tag retrieval operation. When the guard-tag retrieval operation is unsuccessful in retrieving the guard tag, a substitute guard tag value is stored as the guard tag in association with the block of one or more memory locations comprising the addressed location identified by the target address.
US11636046B1	Latency free data encryption and decryption between processor and memory An embodiment is directed to a hardware circuit for encrypting and/or decrypting data transmitted between a processor and a memory. The circuit is situated between the processor and memory. The circuit includes a first interface communicatively coupled to the processor via a set of buses. The circuit also includes a second interface communicatively coupled to the memory. The circuit further includes hardware logic capable of executing an encryption operation on data transmitted between the processor and memory, without adding latency to data transmission speed between the processor and the memory. The hardware logic is configured to encrypt data received at the first interface from the processor, and transmit the encrypted data to the memory via the second interface. The hardware logic is also configured to decrypt data received at the second interface from the memory, and transmit the decrypted data to the processor via the first interface.
US11636039B2	Mapping for multi-state programming of memory devices Storage device programming methods, systems and devices are described. A method may generate a mapping of data based on a set of data, the mapping of data including a first mapped data and a second mapped data. The method may include performing a first programming operation to write, in a first mode, the first mapped data to the memory device. The method may include storing the second mapped data to a cache. The method may include generating a second set of data, based on an inverse mapping of the mapping of data including the second mapped data from the cache and the first mapped data from the memory device, for writing, in a second mode, to the memory device, wherein the second set of data includes the set of data, and the first mode and the second mode correspond to different modes of writing to the memory device.
US11636033B2	System and method of direct write and mapping of data in a non-volatile memory having multiple sub-drives A system and method is disclosed for managing data in a non-volatile memory. The system may include a non-volatile memory having multiple non-volatile memory sub-drives. A controller of the memory system is configured to route incoming host data to a desired sub-drive, keep data within the same sub-drive as its source during a garbage collection operation, and re-map data between sub-drives, separate from any garbage collection operation, when a sub-drive overflows its designated amount logical address space. The method may include initial data sorting of host writes into sub-drives based on any number of hot/cold sorting functions. In one implementation, the initial host write data sorting may be based on a host list of recently written blocks for each sub-drive and a second write to a logical address encompassed by the list may trigger routing the host write to a hotter sub-drive than the current sub-drive.
US11636032B2	Memory system, data storage device, user device and data management method thereof A data management method of a data storage device having a data management unit different from a data management unit of a user device receives information regarding a storage area of a file to be deleted, from the user device, selects a storage area which matches with the data management unit of the data storage device, from among the storage area of the deleted file, and performs an erasing operation on the selected storage area which matches with the data management unit.
US11636030B2	Data processing method for improving access performance of memory device and data storage device utilizing the same A data storage device includes a memory device including multiple memory blocks corresponding to multiple sub-regions and a memory controller. The memory controller updates content of a read count table in response to a read command with a transfer length greater than 1 for designating more than one logical address to be read. The read count table includes multiple fields recording a read count associated with one sub-region and content of the read count table is updated by increasing the read count(s) associated with the sub-region(s) that logical addresses designated in the read command belong to. The memory controller selects at least one sub-region according to the content of the read count table and performs a data rearrangement procedure to move data of the logical addresses belonging to the selected at least one sub-region to a first memory space of the memory device having continuous physical addresses.
US11636029B2	Testing as a service Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and user interfaces that automate the workflow testing process. Users can configure, automate and execute repeating workflow tests associated with software updates or upgrades. In doing so, issues with the updates or upgrades are proactively prevented. To do so, a selection of one or more business processes is initially received. The one or more business processes are combined into a client workflow. Test data and assertion types are received for each business process of the one or more business processes. A script and metadata containing the client workflow name and the one or more business process names utilized to create the client workflow is stored and the client workflow can be executed in a target environment. Any errors in the client workflow are detected and a notification is provided to a user for follow-up and resolution.
US11636026B2	Computer program for performance testing of models According to an embodiment of the present disclosure for solving the aforementioned problem, disclosed is a computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium executable by one or more processors, in which when the computer program is executed by one or more processors of a computer device, the computer program allows the one or more processors to perform the following operations for data processing, and the operations may include: an operation of generating a plurality of transformed data based on each of a plurality of data included in a data set; an operation of generating a test data set based on the plurality of data and the plurality of transformed data; and an operation of testing the performance of the model by calculating the test data set by using the model.
US11636021B2	Preserving system integrity using file manifests A system is described for preserving integrity of computing devices. A manifest that uniquely identifies files on a computing device is periodically captured from the computing device. The manifest is compared against a reference manifest, which represents an ideal or clean state of the device. If the manifest comparison indicates that there have been changes to the contents of the computing device, the system can determine whether the changes constitute a compromise to the endpoint's integrity. If it is determined that a change constitutes a compromise to the endpoint's integrity, the system can perform certain remedial actions, such as sending a message to an administrator or enforcing a base layer onto the device so that the content of the device is replaced with a clean image.
US11636016B2	Cloud simulation and validation system Cloud simulation or validation system allows for the simulation of a future node that may be deployed on a piece of hardware. The system may attempt to simulate the operating system for node-A on top of the hardware for node-A, including basic network connectivity. When a host is booted up with the simulated configuration, validation scripts may be run to verify that the site is correctly prepped for cloud deployment. With its pre-staged RAM-based OS temporarily loaded into the host's RAM memory, any set of OS-based scripts, tools or binaries, may be executed for simulation and validation based upon the intended role of the host onto which the cloud simulation or validation system configuration is loaded.
US11636011B2	Methods and systems for protecting multitenant databases in networked storage systems Methods and systems for restoring a tenant database of a multitenant database system with multiple tenant databases is provided. In response to a request to restore a first tenant database, a system verifies that the first tenant database is present in the multitenant system database system with a same identifier when a backup of the first tenant database was taken during a backup operation and when the restore request was received. A restore method is selected based on a storage type used for storing the first tenant database. The selected restore method is executed for restoring the first tenant database utilizing an internal file associated with the first tenant database, while processing requests for other tenant databases.
US11636010B2	Enhancing file indexing of block-level backup copies of virtual machines and/or file systems by populating and tracking a cache storage area and a backup index An illustrative approach accelerates file indexing operations for block-level backup copies in a data storage management system. A cache storage area is maintained for locally storing and serving key data blocks, thus relying less on retrieving data on demand from the backup copy. File indexing operations are used for populating the cache storage area for speedier retrieval during subsequent live browsing of the same backup copy, and vice versa. The key data blocks cached while file indexing and/or live browsing an earlier backup copy help to pre-fetch corresponding data blocks of later backup copies, thus producing a beneficial learning cycle. The approach is especially beneficial for cloud and tape backup media, and is available for a variety of data sources and backup copies, including block-level backup copies of virtual machines (VMs) and block-level backup copies of file systems, including UNIX-based and Windows-based operating systems and corresponding file systems.
US11635991B2	Secure storage query and donation According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer implemented method includes receiving a query for an amount of storage in memory of a computer system to be donated to a secure interface control of the computer system. The secure interface control can determine the amount of storage to be donated based on a plurality of secure entities supported by the secure interface control as a plurality of predetermined values. The secure interface control can return a response to the query indicative of the amount of storage as a response to the query. A donation of storage to secure for use by the secure interface control can be received based on the response to the query.
US11635988B1	Optimal number of threads determination system A computing device determines an optimal number of threads for a computer task. Execution of a computing task is controlled in a computing environment based on each task configuration included in a plurality of task configurations to determine an execution runtime value for each task configuration. An optimal number of threads value is determined for each set of task configurations having common values for a task parameter value, a dataset indicator, and a hardware indicator. The optimal number of threads value is an extremum value of an execution parameter value as a function of a number of threads value. A dataset parameter value is determined for a dataset. A hardware parameter value is determined as a characteristic of each distinct executing computing device in the computing environment. The optimal number of threads value for each set of task configurations is stored in a performance dataset in association with the common values.
US11635984B2	System for live migration of virtual machines with assigned peripheral devices Hardware transactions or other techniques, such as custom PCIe handling devices, are used to atomically move pages from one hoses memory to another hoses memory. The hosts are connected by one or two non-transparent bridges (NTBs), which make each host's memory and devices available to the other, while allowing each host to reboot independently.
US11635979B2	Modifying a state of a virtual machine In a computer-implemented method for modifying a state of a virtual machine, information between two states of a virtual machine is compared, wherein the two states include a current state of the virtual machine and previous state of the virtual machine. The previous state of the virtual machine is included within a snapshot of the virtual machine at the previous state. Information that is different between the two states is identified. The information that is different between the two states is presented, wherein the information that is different is selectable for copying between the two states.
US11635964B2	Dynamic event securitization and neural network analysis system Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic event securitization and neural network analysis system. A dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may securitize event data prior to authorizing execution of the event. A neural network event analysis computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may utilize a plurality of event analysis modules, a neural network, and a decision engine to analyze the risk level values of data sharing events. The dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform may interface with the neural network event analysis computing platform by generating data securitization flags that may be utilized by the neural network event analysis computing platform to modify event analysis results generated by the event analysis modules.
US11635963B2	Address manipulation using indices and tags Techniques are disclosed for address manipulation using indices and tags. A first index is generated from bits of a processor program counter, where the first index is used to access a branch predictor bimodal table. A first branch prediction is provided from the bimodal table, based on the first index. The first branch prediction is matched against N tables, where the tables contain prior branch histories, and where: the branch history in table T(N) is of greater length than the branch history of table T(N-1), and the branch history in table T(N-1) is of greater length than the branch history of table T(N-2). A processor address is manipulated using a greatest length of hits of branch prediction matches from the N tables, based on one or more hits occurring. The branch predictor address is manipulated using the first branch prediction from the bimodal table, based on zero hits occurring.
US11635959B2	Execution control of a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.
US11635958B1	Multi-port register file for partial-sum accumulation Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-port register file, including: a plurality of single-bit data registers for receiving and storing input data; a read path coupled to an output of each of the plurality of data registers; a plurality of AND gates, wherein an output of each of the plurality of data registers is coupled to an input of a respective AND gate of the plurality of AND gates; an input gating signal coupled to another input of each of the plurality of AND gates; a plurality of multi-bit registers, wherein an output of each of the plurality of AND gates is coupled to each of the plurality of multi-bit registers; and a write disable circuit coupled to the input gating signal for disabling a write signal applied to each of the plurality of multi-bit registers.
US11635952B2	Secure update propagation with digital signatures Certain examples described herein relate to secure update propagation. The examples present systems and methods to transmit data in the form of updates over a network and to ensure the authenticity of the updates. The examples use a set-homomorphic digital signature scheme to sign updates such that a combined digital signature may be used to verify a batch of updates in place of a set of individual digital signatures. The combined digital signature may be generated by aggregating individual digital signatures.
US11635949B2	Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to identify code semantics Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify code semantics. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to perform at least one of first, second, or third operations to instantiate validated repository parse circuitry to identify embedding values corresponding to validated code, syntax analysis circuitry to identify syntax information based on statistical recurrence metrics of the embedding values, bidirectional model circuitry to train a forward semantic model and a backward semantic model based on (a) semantic information corresponding to the syntax information and (b) divisional segmentation information corresponding to the syntax information, and target repository mining circuitry to generate target code model input fragments including learned syntactic information, learned semantic information, and learned divisional segmentation information, the target code model input fragments to facilitate inference with the forward semantic model and the backward semantic model.
US11635948B2	Systems and methods for mapping software applications interdependencies Systems and methods method for mapping between function calls and entities of the computer program. The method includes executing a computer program in a first computing environment; determining a first entity of the computer program to track; assigning an identifier to the first entity; determining the first entity has been accessed by at least one function call; and mapping the at least one function call with the identifier of the first entity; generating a cluster including the at least one function, wherein the cluster may be executed independently from the rest of the computer program.
US11635947B2	Instruction translation support method and information processing apparatus A process includes receiving a table data set that represents mappings between a plurality of operand patterns indicating types of operands possibly included in a first instruction used in a first assembly language and a plurality of second instructions used in a second assembly language or a machine language corresponding to the second assembly language. The table data set maps two or more of the second instructions to each of the operand patterns. The process also includes generating, based on the table data set, a translation program used to translate first code written in the first assembly language into second code written in the second assembly language or the machine language. The translation program defines a process of determining an operand pattern of an instruction included in the first code and outputting two or more instructions of the second code according to the determined operand pattern.
US11635944B2	Methods and systems for programmatic creation of an interactive demonstration presentation for an envisioned software product A demonstration serving system and associated methods are provided for creating an interactive demonstration presentation for an envisioned software product. The interactive demonstration presentation for the envisioned software product is a digital artifact that is presented during a presentation to present and demonstrate features of the envisioned software product and how the envisioned software product is to function and operate in response to user interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI) such that the interactive demonstration presentation mimics features, look, and feel of the envisioned software product once it is fully developed without creating custom-made Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) of a real software product.
US11635943B2	Systems and methods for generating gaussian random numbers with hardware acceleration Described herein are hardware acceleration of random number generation for machine learning and deep learning applications. An apparatus (700) includes a uniform random number generator (URNG) circuit (710) to generate uniform random numbers and an adder circuit (750) that is coupled to the URNG circuit (710). The adder circuit hardware (750) accelerates generation of Gaussian random numbers for machine learning.
US11635941B2	Controller of array including neuromorphic element, method of arithmetically operating discretization step size, and program A controller is a controller of an array including a neuromorphic element that multiplies a weight based on a value of a variable characteristic by a signal, and includes a control unit that controls the characteristic of the neuromorphic element by using a discretization step size obtained so that a predetermined condition for reducing an error or a predetermined condition for improving accuracy is satisfied on the basis of a case where a true value of the weight obtained with a higher accuracy than a resolution of the characteristic of the neuromorphic element is used and a case where a discretization step size which is set for the characteristic of the neuromorphic element is used.
US11635936B2	Audio techniques for music content generation Techniques are disclosed relating to implementing audio techniques for real-time audio generation. For example, a music generator system may generate new music content from playback music content based on different parameter representations of an audio signal. In some cases, an audio signal can be represented by both a graph of the signal (e.g., an audio signal graph) relative to time and a graph of the signal relative to beats (e.g., a signal graph). The signal graph is invariant to tempo, which allows for tempo invariant modification of audio parameters of the music content in addition to tempo variant modifications based on the audio signal graph.
US11635933B2	Cross-device information display method and device, and storage medium A cross-device information display method and device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes that a mobile terminal sends, real-time target information of the mobile terminal to a target device to allow the target device to display the target information in response to determining that the target device is a trusted device of the mobile terminal.
US11635925B2	Communication device A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; after the specific signal has been received from the first external device, cause an output unit of the communication device to output specific information obtained by using a public key; after the specific information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from the first external device; in a case where the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
US11635915B2	Managing memory reliability in memory systems Methods, devices, systems, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for managing memory reliability in memory systems are provided. In one aspect, a memory system includes a memory device having a plurality of blocks and a memory controller coupled to the memory device. The memory controller is configured to send a read command to the memory device, and the read command includes address information of at least one block in the memory device. The memory device is configured to: determine whether the read command comprises an indication for enabling adjusted read level determination, in response to determining that the read command comprises the indication for enabling the ARL determination, determine at least one adjusted read voltage for the at least one block, and execute a read operation based on the at least one adjusted read voltage according to the read command.
US11635914B2	Locating data within tape systems using sub dataset headers Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method of writing a dataset to a tape, the dataset comprising a plurality of sub datasets, each sub dataset including a plurality of headers and a plurality of records. The method includes storing, in each header of each sub dataset, at least a portion of a record range indicator indicating a range of records included in the dataset.
US11635910B2	Memory device interface and method Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including memory devices and systems. In an example, a memory module can include a first stack of at least eight memory die including four pairs of memory die, each pair of the four pairs of memory die associated with an individual memory rank of four memory ranks of the memory module, a memory controller configured to receive memory access commands and to access memory locations of the first stack, and a substrate configured to route connections between external terminations of the memory module and the memory controller.
US11635909B2	Disk array device, control method for disk array device, and control program for disk array device A control method includes: converting a first write command received from a host to a second write command for each SSD belonging to an active pool, holding, with respect to the SSD, an end address of data written in the immediately prior second write command, and holding a discontinuity count, which is the number of times the end address and the write address for the newest second write command are discontinuous; and when the discontinuity count for a first SSD among the SSDs belonging to the active pool exceeds an upper limit value, copying a plurality of data, for all of the data held by the first SSD, to a region to which the write address is continuous in a second SSD that belongs to a standby pool and is initialized, deleting the first SSD from the active pool, and adding the second SSD to the active pool.
US11635904B2	Matrix storage method, matrix access method, apparatus and electronic device The present disclosure relates to technical field of data access, and discloses a matrix storage method, a matrix access method, an apparatus and an electronic device in the technical field of data access. The matrix storage method includes: dividing a matrix into a plurality of data blocks with a preset segmentation granularity of N rows×M columns; the plurality of data blocks includes at least one first data block of N rows×M columns; if the column number of the matrix is not an integer multiple of M, the plurality of data blocks further includes at least one second data block of N rows×P columns, the second data block is aligned with an adjacent row of first data block; and storing the data in each of the first data blocks and the second data blocks continuously in an off-chip storage.
US11635900B2	Memory sub-system signature generation A method includes receiving signaling indicative of performance of a shutdown operation involving a memory device to a controller resident on the memory device; initiating a power off sequence in response to the received signaling, wherein the power off sequence includes execution of instructions corresponding to a plurality of routines; and writing data comprising respective shutdown signatures associated with execution of the plurality of routines to a media associated with the memory device upon completion of each of one or more of the plurality of routines, wherein the media is bit-addressable or byte-addressable.
US11635894B2	Clustered parity for NAND data placement schema Disclosed in some examples are improvements to data placement architectures in NAND that provide additional data protection through an improved NAND data placement schema that allows for recovery from certain failure scenarios. The present disclosure stripes data diagonally across page lines and planes to enhance the data protection. Parity bits are stored in SLC blocks for extra protection until the block is finished writing and then the parity bits may be deleted.
US11635888B2	Character recognition on a computing device In some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. In some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.
US11635882B2	Mobile terminal and control method therefor A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, a communication unit configured to externally transmit and receive a signal, an input unit configured to receive user input, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front face of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, and a controller. The controller outputs a message pop-up window and a button corresponding to a notification upon receiving the notification while a first application is being output on the display, receives a first signal for selecting the button, outputs a preview pop-up window for a second application corresponding to the notification while the first signal is maintained, and outputs the second application in a first region when a dragged distance according to the first signal exceeds a first threshold value.
US11635879B2	Systems and methods for content sharing through external systems Disclosed are mechanisms for sharing content through content consumption systems. A sharing module publishes content in a share and metadata associated therewith to a content consumption system external to a managed repository. The share represents a folder or directory in the managed repository. The publication can be made through application programming interface (API) calls handled by a first sharing module API, a repository API, a second sharing module API, and a content consumption system API. These APIs together provide a one-to-one mapping of communications protocols used by the managed repository and the external system. The share in the managed repository and the share published to the content consumption system are synced and any conflict between the two is detected and resolved. The shared content can be repatriated back to the managed repository and the shared version deleted from the content consumption system.
US11635878B2	Systems and methods for altering a graphical user interface Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving in-session user activity entered into on an initial graphical user interface (GUI) from a user electronic device of a user; pre-processing the in-session user activity to determine one or more intents of the in-session user activity; comparing the one or more intents of the in-session user activity with one or more complementary intents; and coordinating displaying a complimentary GUI on the user device of the user based on the one or more complementary intents. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11635876B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for moving a current focus using a touch-sensitive remote control An electronic device provides, to a display, data to present a user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects, and a current focus on a first user interface object. While the display is presenting the user interface, the electronic device receives an input that corresponds to a movement of a contact across on a touch-sensitive surface. The electronic device, in response to receiving the input and in accordance with a determination that a first axis is a dominant axis, moves the current focus along the first axis by a first amount and along the second axis by a second amount. The amount of movement of the current focus along the second axis is reduced to a first non-zero amount by a scaling factor that is based on one or more inputs received prior to receiving the input.
US11635874B2	Pen-specific user interface controls Methods for pen-specific user interface controls are performed by systems and devices. Users activate pen-specific menus at user devices by activating controls of a touch pen such as a tail button. A communication is received by a device, from a touch pen, that indicates an activation control of the touch pen has been physically activated. The user device selects a touch pen menu that includes selectable menu options for respective launching of separate pen applications from among available menus based at least on the received communication. The device determines menu presentation information specifying a location within a user interface (UI) from a state of the UI at a time associated with the communication. The touch pen menu is displayed via the UI according to the menu presentation information. A detection for selection of a selectable menu option causes the device to launch a pen application associated therewith.
US11635873B2	Information display method, graphical user interface, and terminal for displaying media interface information in a floating window An information display method includes displaying, by a terminal, at least one poster in a first display area of a screen, receiving, by the terminal, a first input used to select a poster from the at least one poster, and obtaining, by the terminal, story line introduction information associated with a target video, and displaying a first window in a suspended manner in the first display area, where the first window displays the story line introduction information associated with the target video, and the target video is a video represented by the poster selected through the first input.
US11635871B1	Command based personalized composite icons A method and system for causing a command-based personalized composite icon to be displayed in a communication stream are disclosed, the personalized composite icon including comprising a representation of a first user combined with a selected icon.
US11635866B2	Display devices A display device including an input sensor having sensing electrodes disposed in a sensing area and signal lines. Each of the signal lines is connected to a corresponding electrode of the sensing electrodes and disposed in the line area. One signal line of the signal lines includes a first portion having a constant width, a second portion disposed outside a corner area of the sensing area, extending from the first portion, and having a width gradually increasing in a direction that is away from the first portion, a third portion extending from the second portion and having a width gradually varying in a direction that is away from the second portion, and a fourth portion extending from the third portion and having a constant width.
US11635853B2	Touch sensing method with noise reduction A touch sensing method, apparatus for a touch panel, and electronic device are provided. The method includes: determining a first number of to-sense touch sensing circuits, and determining a second number of reference touch sensing circuits, each to-sense touch sensing circuit having a corresponding reference touch sensing circuit; causing each to-sense touch sensing circuit to receive a touch excitation signal TX1, and apply TX1 to a corresponding touch sensitive cell and receive a touch sensing signal therefrom, and output a first output signal; causing each reference touch sensing circuit to receive a touch reference signal DC/TX2, and apply DC/TX2 to a corresponding touch sensitive cell and receive a reference sensing signal therefrom, wherein DC/TX2 and TX1 are different signals; and obtaining, according to respective first and second output signals, a capacitance difference of capacitances sensed by each to-sense touch sensing circuit and its corresponding reference touch sensing circuit.
US11635849B1	Fingerprint signal processing system and fingerprint signal processing method A fingerprint signal processing system for a fingerprint sensor includes a calibration control circuit, a register circuit, a decode circuit and a normalization circuit. The calibration control circuit is configured to receive a background calibration control signal and an image signal from the fingerprint sensor, and convert the image signal into a plurality of digital signals according to a plurality of offsets. When the background calibration control signal is at a high level, the calibration control circuit is configured to read a plurality of calibration parameters from the register circuit.
US11635846B2	Display device A display device includes a display substrate having a non-display area at least partially surrounding a display area, and pixels in the display area, and a sensor substrate covering the pixels and a portion of the display substrate. The display device also includes first and second pads in the non-display area, a first sensor on the sensor substrate, a first sensor line connecting the first pad and the first sensor, and a second sensor line connecting the second pad and the first sensor. In addition, the display device includes a sensor transmitter to supply a sensing signal to the first pad during a first period, and a sensor receiver to receive a sampling signal from the second pad during a second period after the first period.
US11635840B2	Determining touch applied to an ultrasonic sensor In a method for determining touch applied to an electronic device, ultrasonic signals are emitted from an ultrasonic sensor. A plurality of reflected ultrasonic signals from a finger interacting with the ultrasonic sensor is captured. A first data based at least in part on a first reflected ultrasonic signal of the plurality of reflected ultrasonic signals is compared with a second data based at least in part on a second reflected ultrasonic signal of the plurality of reflected ultrasonic signals. A signal change due to a change in a feature of the finger during a touch interaction with the ultrasonic sensor is determined based on differences between the first data and the second data. A touch applied by the finger to the electronic device is determined based at least in part on the signal change due to the change in the feature of the finger.
US11635838B1	Touch display device A touch display device including a substrate, a touch structure, a plurality of light emitting elements and a reflection layer is provided by the present invention. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The touch structure includes a plurality of first touch electrodes disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The light emitting elements are disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and one of the light emitting elements includes a light emitting surface and a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface. The reflection layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The light emitting elements are disposed between the reflection layer and the substrate, and the light emitting surface of one of the light emitting elements is disposed between the bottom surface and the reflection layer.
US11635832B2	Method of driving touch panel and touch with display driver system using the same The disclosure provides a method of driving a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of display pixels. Each of the plurality of display pixels includes a light emission element and a driving transistor. Each of the touch sensing electrodes is coupled to the light emission element of at least one of the plurality of display pixels. The method includes transmitting a first driving signal to at least one of the touch sensing electrodes served as an electrode of the corresponding light emission element during a touch sensing period, wherein the touch sensing electrode is coupled to a first power receiving terminal of the corresponding display pixel; and transmitting a first power supply voltage to the first power receiving terminal during a display period.
US11635822B2	Display device, display method, and recording medium having display program recorded therein A display device includes an input operation detector that detects an input operation including a gesture operation, a display processor that displays an input operation icon in a first display form when a first gesture operation is detected and displays the input operation icon in a second display form when a second gesture operation is detected, a reception processor that receives a movement operation when the first gesture operation is detected and receives a selection operation when the second gesture operation is detected, and a change processor that, when a third gesture operation is detected, gradually or continuously changes a display form of the input operation icon between the first display form and the second display form.
US11635821B2	Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a camera; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and at least one processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: detect at least one object included in an image captured by the camera; identify information on an engagement of each of the at least one object with the electronic apparatus; obtain gesture information of each of the at least one object; obtain a target object from among the at least one object based on an operation status of the electronic apparatus, the information on the engagement of each of the at least one object, and the obtained gesture information of each of the at least one object; identify a function corresponding to gesture information of the target object; and execute the identified function.
US11635820B1	Systems and methods for haptic equalization The disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining, by at least one physical processor of a haptic device, driving signal data. The haptic device comprises a first haptic actuator exhibiting a first frequency response characteristic, and a second haptic actuator exhibiting a second frequency response characteristic different from the first frequency response characteristic. The processor may also generate first and second driving signals by applying first and second pre-processing functions to the driving signal data, respectively. The second pre-processing function is different from the first pre-processing function and the second driving signal is different from the first driving signal. The processor may also drive the first and second haptic actuators by supplying the first and second driving signals to the first and second haptic actuators, respectively. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11635819B2	Haptic feedback device and method for providing haptic sensation based on video A haptic feedback device for providing haptic sensation comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The haptic feedback device detects a speed and a direction of travel associated with a plurality of moving objects in an upcoming scene of a video based on a look-ahead buffer of the video played on an external display device or the haptic feedback device. A haptic feedback is determined for the upcoming scene of the video based on the look-ahead buffer of the video and the detected speed and direction of travel associated with the plurality of moving objects. One or more movable haptic cues are generated on the haptic feedback interface using the plurality of haptic elements in synchronization with a current scene played on the external display device or the haptic feedback device, based on the determined haptic feedback.
US11635817B1	Stylus haptic component Examples are disclosed relating to providing haptic feedback in a stylus while the stylus crosses a gap between two displays. In one example, a method comprises detecting one or more haptic triggering criteria, and at least on condition of detecting the one or more haptic triggering criteria, actuating the haptic feedback component to produce haptic output. A width of the gap between the displays is determined, and a crossing time for a tip of the stylus to cross the gap is calculated using the width of the gap, a stylus velocity, and a stylus direction. At a first time after actuating the haptic feedback component, the method determines that the one or more haptic triggering criteria are not detected. At least on condition of determining that the one or more haptic triggering criteria are not detected, the method continues to actuate the haptic feedback component for the crossing time.
US11635814B2	Preventing access to potentially hazardous environments A method, computer system, and a computer program product for managing a plurality of electronic devices controlling access to one or more hazards in a physical environment. The present invention may include detecting a plurality of brain-wave patterns associated with a user. The present invention may then, in response to detecting motion of the user and the plurality of brain-wave patterns associated with the user matching a pattern, include operating at least one electronic device to disable access to a corresponding hazard. The present invention may further include operating the at least one electronic device to enable access to the corresponding hazard based on receiving input from the user to enable the at least one electronic device, wherein the input being received from the user is in response to prompting the user to correctly respond to a question previously answered by the user.
US11635801B2	Information output device This application relates to an information output apparatus. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a casing including an expression surface and an expression hole formed in the expression surface. The apparatus also includes a protrusion provided to reciprocate such that at least a part thereof protrudes out of the expression hole and information is expressed on the expression surface. The apparatus also includes a driving module located inside the casing and connected to the protrusion to move the protrusion.
US11635792B2	Detachable memory and electronic device having the detachable memory An electronic device having a detachable memory is provided with a docking connector, and includes a device body and a memory. The device body has an accommodating slot and a stopping portion provided corresponding to the accommodating slot, and the stopping portion and the accommodating slot jointly form a displacement space in between. The memory is provided with a connector and a protruding stopped portion. When the memory is accommodated in the accommodating slot, the stopped portion is moved along into the displacement space and is stopped by the stopping portion, and the connector is docked with the docking connector. Thus, the memory is provided with an anti-misplugging effect.
US11635788B2	Mobile terminal and host device thereof A mobile terminal and a host device thereof, the mobile terminal comprising a display device and a host device, the host device including a body and a support assembly, and the body defining an accommodating groove; wherein the support assembly includes a first support piece and second support piece are rotatably connected to the body, and the support assembly has a folded state and an unfolded state; when the support assembly is in the folded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are accommodated within the accommodating groove; when the support assembly in the unfolded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are rotated out of the accommodating groove; the first support piece and the second support piece define a clamping groove, and when the display device is clamped in the clamping groove, the display device stands vertically or slantwise on the body.
US11635782B2	Knob assembly for cook top A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft.
US11635778B2	Voltage regulator circuit A voltage regulator circuit is disclosed. The voltage regulator includes a feedback circuit configured to generate a feedback signal based on a voltage level present on a regulated power supply node. A comparison circuit is arranged to generate an error signal based on the feedback signal and a reference voltage level. A compensation circuit is configured to modify the error signal, based on a routing impedance coupled between the regulated supply voltage node and a load circuit, to generate a control circuit. An output circuit of the voltage regulator is configured to source current to the regulated power supply node based on the control signal.
US11635771B2	Centrally dispatched power supply using autonomous electric vehicle fleet A fleet management system dispatches autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) as on-demand power sources. The fleet management system receives a request for a power source including a location and data describing the amount of power requested. The fleet management system selects an AEV of the fleet to service the request based on the relative locations of the AEVs to the requested location, and based on the amount of power requested. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to drive to the location and supply power. The fleet management system instructs the selected AEV to disconnect and return to the charging station, and may instruct another AEV to continue fulfilling the request if additional power is needed.
US11635757B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling autonomous vehicles Methods and apparatus for making autonomous vehicle handover decisions are described. A handover decision involves deciding if an autonomous vehicle should be handed off from one worker to another worker. The methods allow for decisions to be made in real or near real time shortly before an autonomous vehicle changes location. Worker time, if a handover is not implemented, is considered including the amount of worker time involved with the worker moving with the autonomous vehicle to the new location as compared to a new worker meeting the autonomous vehicle at the new location or on the way to the new location. Handover decisions can consider worker distribution and/or order priority. Such factors can be used to weight one or more time based cost values with a cost value representation of the cost if a handover is not implemented vs implementing a handover being compared to make the handover decision.
US11635744B1	Robotic palletizer control system with graphical visual confirmation A control system and method for a robotic palletizer. The control system and method include or are implemented by a home screen displaying a plurality of application icons. The applications each provide a quick access to control features and methods. The control system includes methods and components for planning and/or monitoring a product pallet configuration by the palletizer. Animation and/or other virtual depiction of the palletization is displayed through a graphical user interface for the palletizer. The animation and/or other virtual depiction can illustrate the conveyor palletization before or during the palletization and/or provide an augmented confirmation overlaying a video feed of a palletization of a plurality of products.
US11635741B2	Extracting etherCAT datagrams from an etherCAT frame Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for extracting EtherCAT datagrams from an EtherCAT frame. One method includes receiving an EtherCAT frame. The method includes determining a first EtherCAT datagram in the EtherCAT frame for a first device and a second EtherCAT datagram in the EtherCAT frame for a second device. The method includes extracting the first EtherCAT datagram from the EtherCAT frame to result in an extracted first EtherCAT datagram and the second EtherCAT datagram from the EtherCAT frame to result in an extracted second EtherCAT datagram. The method includes transmitting the extracted first EtherCAT datagram directly to the first device. The method includes transmitting the extracted second EtherCAT datagram directly to the second device.
US11635737B1	Determining occupancy with user provided information Methods and systems are described for determining occupancy with user provided information. According to at least one embodiment, a method for determining occupancy with user provided information includes using at least one sensor to detect occupancy in a building over time, determining a predictive schedule based on the occupancy detected with the at least one sensor, and requesting information relevant to the predictive schedule from a user.
US11635722B2	Driving force transmitting device, sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A drive transmitting device includes a first gear; a second gear in engagement with the first gear; wherein a first tooth which is at least one of teeth of the first gear has a tooth surface contacting a tooth of the second gear, wherein the tooth surface has such a shape that a contact point of the first tooth of the first gear to the tooth of the second gear is in a region of a first gear side with respect to a line of action which is formed by movement of a contact point between a tooth of the second gear and a second tooth of the first gear immediately before the first tooth with respect to a rotational moving direction of the first gear.
US11635715B2	Planar heater, fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing planar heater A planar heater includes a base, a resister pattern, a conductor pattern, a power supply electrode, and a base pattern. The base includes a surface portion made of an insulative material. The resistor pattern is on the base. The conductor pattern is on the base and electrically coupled to the resistor pattern. The power supply electrode is electrically coupled to the conductor pattern. The base pattern is on the base and made of a material different from a material of the surface portion of the base to print visible identification information.
US11635694B2	Method for making a lithographic printing plate A method for making a negative-working lithographic printing plate includes subjecting an image-wise exposed, developed, and dried plate precursor to UV LED radiation.
US11635688B2	Photoimageable compositions and processes for fabrication of relief patterns on low surface energy substrates The present invention is directed to a permanent photoimageable compositions and the cured products thereof useful for making negative-tone, permanent photoresist relief patterns on low surface energy polymer substrates, comprising: (A) one or more alkali soluble, film forming resins or one or more film forming resins that become soluble in alkali solutions by action of an acid, (B) one or more cationic photoinitiators, (C) one or more film casting solvents, and (D) one or more fluorinated compounds. The present invention is also directed to methods of forming a permanent photoresist relief pattern on a low surface energy polymer substrate using the disclosed compositions.
US11635687B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition that generates an acid upon exposure and has solubility in a developing solution, which is changed by action of an acid, the resist composition containing a resin component having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a01-1) and a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a02-1). In General Formula (a01-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Yax01 represents a linking group; Ax represents a sulfonyl group or a sulfoxide group; Rax01 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group; s0 and v0 represent an integer of 0 to 6; and 1≤s0+v0≤6 and u0≤s0+v0. In General Formula (a02-1), Ra00 represents an acid-dissociable group represented by General Formula (a02-r2-1)
US11635682B2	Systems and methods for feedforward process control in the manufacture of semiconductor devices A method for process control in the manufacture of semiconductor devices including performing metrology on at least one Design of Experiment (DOE) semiconductor wafer included in a lot of semiconductor wafers, the lot forming part of a batch of semiconductor wafer lots, generating, based on the metrology, one or more correctables to a process used to manufacture the lot of semiconductor wafers and adjusting, based on the correctables, the process performed on at least one of; other semiconductor wafers included in the lot of semi-conductor wafers, and other lots of semiconductor wafers included in the batch.
US11635674B2	Light source unit, projection display device, and method for manufacturing light source unit The light source unit includes a base provided with an opening, a support member fixed to the base at the opening, and a light source assembly fixed to the support member at the opening. The light source assembly includes a light source emitting laser light, a lens disposed on an optical axis of the laser light, and a holding member holding the light source and the lens. The support member has a convex receiving surface extending along the spherical surface so as to surround the optical axis when viewed from a direction parallel to the optical axis. The light source assembly is fixed to the support member by coupling the holding member to the receiving surface at a contact portion with the receiving surface. The receiving surface has a portion located on a side away from the optical axis with respect to a coupling part with the holding member.
US11635669B1	Optical device based on tunable polarization volume hologram A device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The device also includes a birefringent medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Orientations of directors of optically anisotropic molecules included in the birefringent medium layer varying periodically with an in-plane pitch tunable by an external field to adjust a diffraction angle of a light beam diffracted by the birefringent medium layer.
US11635668B2	Dynamic privacy using a system integrated louver film structure A louver film display structure, including: a first and a second electrode; a plurality of louver structures extending between the first and the second electrodes light transmissive elements positioned between adjacent louver structures of the plurality of louver structures, wherein: when a first voltage level is applied to the first and the second electrodes, the louver structures provide a first viewing angle of each unit area of light of each light transmissive element based on a first state of the louver structures, and when a second voltage level is applied to the first and the second electrodes, the louver structures provide a second viewing angle of each unit area of light of each light transmissive element based on a second state of the louver structures, wherein the first voltage level is greater than the second voltage level and the second viewing angle is greater than the first viewing angle.
US11635667B2	Systems and methods for laser systems with variable beam parameter product utilizing thermo-optic effects In various embodiments, a beam-parameter adjustment system and focusing system alters a spatial power distribution of a radiation beam, via thermo-optic effects, before the beam is coupled into an optical fiber or delivered to a workpiece.
US11635660B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor This liquid crystal display device has a plurality of pixels. Each pixel in the plurality of pixels includes first to fourth alignment regions; these first to fourth alignment regions are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the pixels, and the difference between any two alignment orientations in the first to fourth alignment regions is approximately equal to an integer multiple of 90 degrees. Of the pre-tilt angles defined by a first alignment film and a second alignment film in each of the first to fourth alignment regions, one pre-tilt angle is less than 90 degrees and the other pre-tilt angle is substantially 90 degrees. The optical alignment film is formed using a polymer having an optical alignment group in the side chain, and the content of the optical alignment group in the side chain of the polymer is less than 1.1 mmol/g.
US11635659B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate with a first alignment film, a second substrate with a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate has first and second electrodes. An initial alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is parallel to a first direction or a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second electrode includes comblike electrodes extending parallel to the first direction and a connecting portion which connects the comblike electrodes. The connecting portion includes a projection which projects in a second direction more than an outermost comblike electrode.
US11635656B2	Backlight module and display apparatus The present disclosure discloses a backlight module and a display apparatus. A microprism film layer is further arranged on a light emitting side of a light guide plate, and the microprism film layer is located in a range of a preset distance by which the light guide plate extends from a side close to a light source to a side away from the light source; and the microprism film layer includes a plurality of first microprism structures, and the first microprism structures are configured to make an incident angle of light at a first interface when entering the first microprism structures greater than an emitting angle of the light at the first interface when exiting from the first microprism structures when the light in the light guide plate enters the first microprism structures from the light guide plate and then enters the light guide plate from the first microprism structures.
US11635655B2	Electronic device A display device is provided, including two substrates and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the substrates has two opposite surfaces and two opposite sides. The liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the two substrates. At least one of the two substrates has an inclined portion on at least one of the two opposite sides which is connected to one of the two opposite surfaces, and has an included angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees in association with the connected surface.
US11635643B2	Waveguide structure and method for forming the same An optical attenuating structure is provided. The optical attenuating structure includes a substrate, a waveguide, doping regions, an optical attenuating member, and a dielectric layer. The waveguide is extended over the substrate. The doping regions are disposed over the substrate, and include a first doping region, a second doping region opposite to the first doping region and separated from the first doping region by the waveguide, a first electrode extended over the substrate and in the first doping region, and a second electrode extended over the substrate and in the second doping region. The first optical attenuating member is coupled with the waveguide and disposed between the waveguide and the first electrode. The dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and covers the waveguide, the doping regions and the first optical attenuating member.
US11635640B2	Switching fibers for textiles A method of forming a color-changing fiber that can be incorporated into fabrics and other woven materials. The color changing fibers include an annular wall and a conductive wire axially extending through the annular wall, a core strand surrounded by the annular wall and extending axially through a central portion of the fiber, and an encapsulated electro-optic medium disposed on a surface of the core strand.
US11635628B2	Augmented reality display system and display method thereof An augmented reality display system including an input unit, an operation processing unit and an output unit is provided. The input unit is configured to obtain an environment information. The operation processing unit is configured to operate and process the environment information provided by the input unit to generate an output information. The output unit is configured to transmit the output information provided by the operation processing unit to a user. The output unit includes at least one display module. The at least one display module includes a transparent display, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power and a third lens having a positive refractive power arranged in sequence from a display side to an eye side. An augmented reality display method is also provided.
US11635626B2	Outcoupling grating for augmented reality system An eyepiece for use in front of an eye of a viewer includes a waveguide configured to propagate light therein, and a diffractive optical element optically coupled to the waveguide. The diffractive optical element includes a plurality of first ridges protruding from a surface of the waveguide. Each of the plurality of first ridges has a first height and a first width. The diffractive optical element further includes a plurality of second ridges. Each of the plurality of second ridges protrudes from a respective first ridge and has a second height greater than the first height and a second width less than the first width. The diffractive optical element is configured to diffract a portion of a light beam incident on the diffractive optical element toward the eye as a first order transmission.
US11635619B2	Backlit transparent display, transparent display system, and method A backlit transparent display and a transparent display system provide a displayed image while enabling a background scene to be visible through the display. The backlit transparent display includes a light guide, a plurality of scattering elements, and an array of light valves configured to modulate emitted light scattered from the light guide to provide modulated emitted light representing a displayed image. Transparency of the backlit transparent display is configured to enable the background scene to be visible through the backlit transparent display. The transparent display system includes the array of light valves and a transparent backlight. The transparent display system is configured to provide the displayed image as superimposed on the background scene visible through the transparent display system.
US11635618B2	Optical element, display system, and mobile object A display system includes an optical element through which light diverges and an imaging optical system configured to form an image by projecting diverging light diverging through the optical element. In the display system, the image formed by the imaging optical system is visually recognized by a viewer, and a condition in an equation tan 0≥(T×B)/(S×O) is satisfied, where θ denotes a divergence angle of the optical element, T denotes distance between the image forming optical system and the formed image, B denotes a range of an eye box that is an area through which the formed image can visually be recognized, S denotes distance between the formed image and a viewpoint of the viewer of the formed image, and O denotes distance between the optical element and the image forming optical system. In the above equation, each distance indicates length of an optical path that passes through a center of an image formed by the light when an object is observed from a reference eyepoint.
US11635595B2	Optical image capturing lens system This disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface, a negative second lens element, a positive third lens element having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a positive fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is positioned on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. When particular relations are satisfied, the angle at which light projects onto the image plane can be efficiently controlled for increasing the relative illumination and preventing the occurrence of vignetting.
US11635580B2	Adapter structure An adapter structure for fixing a portion of a telecommunications cable to a telecommunications device and directing fibers within the cable into the device includes a crimp body and an outer mounting body. The crimp body defines a first side and a second side separated by a center portion and also includes two flexible legs extending from the first side and an integral crimp portion extending from the second side that has outer surface texturing. The outer mounting body includes a through-hole, where the two flexible legs of the crimp body fit into one end of the through-hole. It also includes tabs on opposing sides of the outer mounting body for slidable insertion into slots defined by the telecommunications device to prevent movement of the outer mounting body in a front to back direction, relative to the device.
US11635573B2	Adapter holder assembly An adapter holder assembly supports one or more optical adapters. The adapter holder includes first and second holding members spaced from each other. Inner sides of the holding members define one or more mounting channels each having a corresponding latching arm. The optical adapters mount to the holder assembly by sliding over the latching arms towards stop surfaces defined by the holding members. In certain implementations, the optical adapter is releasable by applying sufficient force to the optical adapter along a slide axis away from the respective stop surface.
US11635572B2	Apparatus and method for etching optical fiber device for removing cladding light The present invention relates to an optical fiber device for removing cladding light, an apparatus and a method for etching the same. The optical fiber device comprises: a first optical fiber section through an Nth optical fiber section arranged in sequence along a light travelling direction; and a first tapered coupling section coupling a Kth optical fiber section and a (K+1)th optical fiber section, where the Kth optical fiber section is any one of the first optical fiber section through the Nth optical fiber section and the (K+1)th optical fiber section is any one of the first optical fiber section through the Nth optical fiber section adjacent to the Kth optical fiber section, wherein the Kth optical fiber section comprises: at least one first subsection and at least one second subsection alternately arranged along the light travelling direction, each of the at least one first subsection having a diameter D2K−1 and a length L2K−1; and each of the at least one second subsection having a diameter D2K and a length L2K; and a second tapered coupling section coupling the first subsection and the second subsection adjacent to the first subsection, wherein the diameter D2K−1 and the length L2K−1 of the first subsection and the diameter D2K and the length L2K of the second subsection of the Kth optical fiber section and a diameter D2K+1 and a length L2K+1 of the first subsection and a diameter D2K+2 and a length L2K+2 of the second subsection of the (K+1)th optical section satisfy D2K−1>D2K, D2K+1>D2K+2, L2K−1>L2K+1, L2K>L2K+2 and D2K−1=D2K+1, and satisfy D2K>D2K+2 for odd K and D2K
US11635559B2	Optical film, circularly polarizing plate, and display device An optical film suppresses at any azimuthal angle where the optical film is combined with a polarizer and applied as a circularly polarizing plate to a display device; a circularly polarizing plate; and a display device. The optical film includes a first, a second, and a third optically anisotropic layer in this order, in which the first layer is formed by fixing a vertically aligned disk-like liquid crystal compound or formed by fixing a horizontally aligned rod-like liquid crystal compound, the second layer is formed by fixing a rod-like liquid crystal compound twist-aligned along a helical axis extending in a thickness direction, the third layer is formed by fixing a vertically aligned rod-like liquid crystal compound, and at least one of the first, second, or third layers is formed of a liquid crystal compound containing a reverse wavelength dispersion liquid crystal compound.
US11635546B2	Optically transmissive devices and fabrication An optical device as described herein includes a host substrate fabricated from a dielectric material transparent in the Infrared range. Additionally, the optical device as discussed herein includes multiple elements disposed on the host substrate. The multiple elements are spaced apart from each other on the host substrate in accordance with a desired pattern. Each of the multiple elements disposed in the host substrate is fabricated from a second material having a refractive index of greater than 4.5. Such an optical device provides an improvement over conventional optical devices that operate in the Infrared range.
US11635533B2	Radiological cassette with shock absorbers A three-dimensional part intended to cooperate with: a single-piece base comprising a first main face, a second main face, the base being delimited by four lateral faces, the base being able to support a digital detector on the first main face and an electronic circuit board, a mechanical protection housing, the base, the digital detector and the electronic circuit board being intended to be arranged in the mechanical protection housing, the housing comprising four lateral faces, a top face and a bottom face; the three-dimensional part being comprising a bottom part linked to the base and at least partially enclosing a lateral face of the base; a top part extending from the first main face of the base to the top face of the housing.
US11635530B2	X-ray sensing device An X-ray sensing device includes a photosensitive element, lead-containing glass, and an X-ray conversion structure. The photosensitive element is configured to sense light having a first wavelength. The lead-containing glass overlaps the photosensitive element. The X-ray conversion structure is disposed on the lead-containing glass. The lead-containing glass is located between the photosensitive element and the X-ray conversion structure. The X-ray conversion structure is configured to at least partially convert X-rays into light having the first wavelength.
US11635528B2	GPS receiver module A navigation satellite receiver system is disclosed. The system includes a host receiver. The host receiver includes a user interface, a module connector, and a controller coupled to the user interface and the module connector. The system further includes a receiver module operably coupled to the receiver module. The receiver module includes an antenna configured to receive one or more satellite navigation signal. The receiver module further includes an interface receiver card operably coupled to the module antenna. The interface receiver card is configured to process the one or more navigation signals. The receiver module further includes a host connector communicatively coupled to the interface receiver card and is configured to couple to the module connector. The module includes a housing configured to receive and protect the interface receiver card, the antenna, and the host connector.
US11635521B2	Method and device for optical distance measurement A method for optical distance measurement involves transmitting measuring pulses by means of a transmission matrix having a plurality of transmission elements, reflecting transmitted measuring pulses to at least one object, and receiving reflected measuring pulses by a reception matrix. The reception matrix includes a plurality of reception elements each having a plurality of reception sub-elements. The method involves monitoring reception rates of reception sub-elements of the reception matrix for determining a misalignment between the transmission matrix and reception matrix, wherein the transmission matrix and reception matrix define a visual field, and wherein the method is used for the navigation of a vehicle. Monitoring takes place while a vehicle is traveling, wherein the method does not involve the conscious introduction of measuring objects into the visual field for determining a misalignment.
US11635520B2	Measuring device and measuring method The present invention provides a measuring apparatus and a measuring method in which a relative moving velocity of a target to be measured or a separation displacement of the target to be measured can be accurately measured even in a case where the target to be measured is moved. In a measuring apparatus, a relative moving velocity of a target to be measured and a separation displacement of the target to be measured can be measured in consideration of the influence of Doppler shift that occurs due to the movement of the target to be measured in an in-plane direction, and thus, even in a case where the target to be measured is moved in the in-plane direction, the relative moving velocity of the target to be measured and the separation displacement of the target to be measured can be accurately measured.
US11635518B2	Measurement apparatus and measurement method using a laser and beat signals A measurement apparatus, including: a laser apparatus that outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes; a branching part that branches the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light; a beat signal generation part that generates a plurality of beat signals by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured; a conversion part that converts the plurality of beat signals into digital signals by sampling the beat signals at a frequency greater than or equal to four times a resonator frequency of the laser resonator; and a calculation part that calculates a distance from the measurement apparatus to the object to be measured on the basis of the digital signals is provided.
US11635510B1	Sparse phase unwrapping Sparse phase unwrapping is disclosed. A first image and a second image are received. The first image and the second image are coregistered. The first image and the second image comprise respective phase data. An unwrapped interferogram is generated, including by solving an optimization problem using a nonconvex penalty function, where minimizing the penalty function produces sparse minimizers.
US11635509B2	Manipulation of 3-D RF imagery and on-wall marking of detected structure A radio frequency (RF) imaging device comprising a display receives a three-dimensional (3D) image that is a superposition of two or more images having different image types, which may include at least a 3D RF image of a space disposed behind a surface. A plurality of input control devices receive a user input for manipulating the display of the 3D image. Alternatively or additionally, the radio frequency (RF) imaging device may receive a three-dimensional (3D) image that is a weighted combination of a plurality of images, which may include a 3D RF image of a space disposed behind a surface, an infrared (IR) image of the surface, and a visible light image of the surface. A user input may specify changes to the weighted combination. In another embodiment, the RF imaging device may include an output device that produces a physical output indicating a detected type of material of an object in the space.
US11635504B2	Ultrasonic sensor An ultrasonic sensor includes: a first electrode that is provided in an ultrasonic microphone including a vibration element having a function of performing conversion between mechanical vibration and an electrical signal; a second electrode that is provided at a position different from the first electrode in an in-plane direction intersecting a directional axis of the ultrasonic microphone; and a detection section that is provided to detect the presence or absence of attached matter attached to the ultrasonic sensor on the basis of a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11635500B2	Lidar phase noise cancellation system A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a LIDAR measurement unit, a reference measurement unit, and a phase cancellation unit. The LIDAR measurement unit estimates a time for which a laser beam travels. The reference measurement unit determines a phase of a laser source. The phase cancellation unit identifies phase noise and cancels the phase noise from the laser beam, at least partially based on the phase of the laser source and the time for which the laser beam travels. The denoised signal is used to determine the range between a laser source and a target.
US11635496B2	Data reduction for optical detection In an optical detection system, features of interest can be identified from ADC circuitry data prior to inter-circuit communication with downstream object or target processing circuitry. In this manner, a volume of data being transferred to such downstream processing circuitry can be reduced as compared to other approaches, simplifying the receive signal processing chain and providing power savings. First-tier signal processing circuitry to identify features of interest can be located on or within a commonly-shared integrated circuit package with ADC circuitry, and downstream processing circuitry for object processing or range estimation can be fed with a data link meeting less stringent requirements than a link between the ADC circuitry and first-tier signal processing circuitry.
US11635495B1	Hyper temporal lidar with controllable tilt amplitude for a variable amplitude scan mirror A lidar system comprises a lidar transmitter and a control circuit. The lidar transmitter fires laser pulse shots into a field of view and comprises a variable amplitude scan mirror for directing the laser pulse shots at targeted range points in the field of view (FOV). The control circuit (1) controls changes in a tilt amplitude of the variable amplitude scan mirror and (2) schedules the laser pulse shots according to a plurality of criteria, including criteria that take into account a settle time arising from controlled changes in the tilt amplitude. These controlled changes can include (1) a first tilt amplitude corresponding to a wide FOV coverage zone within the FOV and (2) a second tilt amplitude corresponding to a narrow FOV coverage zone within the FOV, wherein the second tilt amplitude is less than the first tilt amplitude.
US11635489B2	Phase calibration of a radar system with crosstalk cancellation A method for the use in a radar system is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the method includes providing a local oscillator signal to an RF output channel of a radar system. The RF output channel is configured to generate, in an enabled state, an RF output signal based on the local oscillator signal. The method further includes determining a first measurement signal based on the local oscillator signal and a first representation of the RF output signal, while the RF output channel is disabled, and thus the first measurement signal represents crosstalk. Further, the method includes determining a second measurement signal based on the local oscillator signal and a second representation of the RF output signal while the RF output channel is enabled. A phase value associated with the RF output channel is determined based on the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal.
US11635481B2	Stellar atmospheric refraction measurement correction method based on collinearity of refraction surfaces A stellar atmospheric refraction measurement correction method based on collinearity of refraction surfaces, comprising: performing star identification on the basis of observed star vectors in a star sensor and the reference star catalog, to obtain matching relationships between observed stars and reference stars; converting reference star vectors corresponding to the observed stars to a geographic coordinate system before entering the atmosphere to obtain zenith distances and azimuth angles of incident stellar; on the basis of a principle of collinearity of refraction surfaces, performing optimal solving according to imaging coordinates of observation stars, to obtain the optimal position coordinates of the zenith direction on an imaging surface of the star sensor; according to the optimal zenith direction, performing atmospheric refraction correction on all the recognized observed stars by means of the trigonometric cosine formula to obtain corrected star coordinates; and performing optimal solving to obtain the attitude of the star sensor in the geographic coordinate system.
US11635473B2	Secondary battery for testing internal short, method and apparatus for testing internal short of secondary battery using the same Provided is a secondary battery for testing an internal short, and a method and apparatus for testing an internal short of a secondary battery using the same. The secondary battery for testing an internal short according to the present disclosure includes a positive electrode side metal terminal having one end disposed between a positive electrode plate and a separator of the secondary battery, and a negative electrode side metal terminal having one end disposed between a negative electrode plate and the separator of the secondary battery, and is used to cause an internal short by contact between the other end of the positive electrode side metal terminal and the other end of the negative electrode side metal terminal.
US11635463B1	System and methods for IJTAG reduced access time in a hierarchical design A system includes a test access port (TAP) configured to provide internal joint test action group (IJTAG) access to one or more test data registry (TDR). The system further includes a plurality of hierarchical electronic components, wherein each hierarchical electronic component includes a de-asserted segment inserted bit (D-SIB) register, an asserted segment inserted bit (A-SIB) register, and a TDR associated with the D-SIB register. Each D-SIB register is configured to prevent access to its associated TDR when a reset signal is asserted and each A-SIB register is configured to provide access to its subsequent A-SIB register or D-SIB register coupled thereto when the reset signal is asserted.
US11635460B2	Memory temperature controlling method and memory temperature controlling system A memory temperature controlling method and a memory temperature controlling system are provided. The method includes: performing, by a testing equipment, test modes on a memory storage device, and obtaining a first internal temperature of a memory control circuit unit, a second internal temperature of each memory package and a surface temperature of each memory package to establish a linear relationship expression of the first internal temperature, the second internal temperature and the surface temperature; using, by the memory storage device, the linear relationship expression to calculate a predicted surface temperature of a rewritable non-volatile memory based on a first current internal temperature of the memory control circuit unit and a second current internal temperature of each memory package; adjusting, by the memory storage device, an operating frequency for accessing the rewritable non-volatile memory based on the predicted surface temperature.
US11635457B2	Apparatus and method for performing time domain reflectormetry A time domain reflectometry measurement apparatus and method is provided. Measurement data of a time domain reflectometry measurement are analyzed with respect to previously acquired empirical measurement data of error-free or faulty devices with known failures. In this way, failures can be identified in the device under test without the need of opening the device.
US11635454B2	Model structure selection apparatus, method, disaggregation system and program Provided an apparatus that receives time series data from a data storage unit storing time series of sample data or feature values calculated from the sample data, computes a measure indicating change and repetition characteristics of the time series data, based on sample value distribution thereof, selects a state model structure to be used for model learning and estimation, from state models including a fully connected state model and a one way direction state model, based on the measure and stores the selected state model in a model storage unit.
US11635445B2	Device and method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of heavy metals utilizing rotary disc system The present invention relates to a device and a method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of heavy metals and more particularly provides a device and a method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of heavy metals utilizing a rotary disc system.
US11635437B2	Method for verifying the primary structure of protein Disclosed herein is a method for verifying the primary structure of a protein through comparative analyses between ion clusters observed in mass spectra and a series of simulated ion clusters deduced from its putative chemical formula. The method comprises the steps of: preparing a protein sample for mass spectrometric analyses; collecting mass spectra of the protein sample; obtaining master ion cluster from a plurality of ion clusters in the mass spectra; producing a series of simulated ion clusters according to the chemical formula of the protein; finding the best fit for the master ion cluster among the series of simulated ion clusters; and verifying if said best-fit simulated ion cluster corresponds to the chemical formula of the protein.
US11635422B2	Method and system to extend the conditions of application of an inversion of the Hodgkin-Huxley gating model A method for time constant estimation includes generating a bound for a R=1/g of the inverse solution; for any R picked within the bound for R, extracting the voltage dependence of the time constant; and extracting the roots of a tree like structure. A method to quantify a time constant of each gate of a Hodgkin Huxley formalism with activating and inactivating gates with currents recorded with a T-step and G-step protocols, and methods to quantify a time constant of each gate of a Hodgkin Huxley formalism with activating and inactivating gates are also described.
US11635420B2	Signal-based medium analysis A solution for evaluating a medium using electrical signals is described. A plurality of electrical signals having different frequencies are transmitted through the medium and signal data corresponding to the electrical signals after having traveled through the medium is acquired. A complex impedance and a complex permittivity and/or complex conductivity can be calculated for the medium. A set of characteristics of the medium can be computed using mixing models and/or known information of the medium. A level of one or more attributes of the medium can be determined from the characteristics using nonparametric Bayesian inference. One particular application is directed to determining a nitrate level of soil.
US11635415B2	Ion generation using modified wetted porous materials The invention generally relates to ion generation using modified wetted porous materials. In certain aspects, the invention generally relates to systems and methods for ion generation using a wetted porous substrate that substantially prevents diffusion of sample into the substrate. In other aspects, the invention generally relate to ion generation using a wetted porous material and a drying agent. In other aspects, the invention generally relates to ion generation using a modified wetted porous substrate in which at least a portion of the porous substrate includes a material that modifies an interaction between a sample and the substrate.
US11635412B2	Pressure decoupling fluid drive unit from flow path for pressure adjustment of sample accommodation volume An apparatus for separating a fluidic sample includes a fluid drive arrangement including fluid drive units for driving a mobile phase along a flow path to a sample separation unit, a sample accommodation volume for accommodating the fluidic sample and selectively fluidically coupleable with or decoupleable from the flow path, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control pressure decoupling of at least part of at least one of the fluid drive units from the flow path, and enable the partially pressure-decoupled fluid drive unit(s) to pressurize the sample accommodation volume before fluidically coupling the sample accommodation volume with the flow path and/or to de-pressurize the sample accommodation volume after fluidically coupling the sample accommodation volume with the flow path for preparing a subsequent intake of fluidic sample in the sample accommodation volume.
US11635407B2	Pressure driven fluidic injection for chemical separations Methods, systems and devices that allow independently applied pressures to a BGE reservoir and a sample reservoir for pressure-driven injection that can inject a discrete sample plug into a separation channel that does not require voltage applied to the sample reservoir and can allow for in-channel focusing methods to be used. The methods, systems and devices are particularly suitable for use with a mass spectrometer.
US11635393B2	Method, system and apparatus for non-destructive testing (NDT) of electrical power line systems A system for non-destructive testing of an overhead energized electrical component. The system has a base, an X-ray source, an X-ray digital imager, and an imager controller. The system also has a removable electrically conductive flexible shield which is adapted to be operatively coupled to, and to encapsulate, at least the base, the X-ray source, the X-ray digital imager and the imager controller so as to form a shrouded system. In a use position, when the shrouded system is positioned adjacent the energized electrical component so as to non-destructively test the energized electrical component, the shield protects at least the base, the X-ray source, the X-ray digital imager and the imager controller from electric fields around the energized electrical component while allowing signal communication between at least the X-ray source and the energized electrical component.
US11635388B2	Modified metal nanoparticle and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing modified metal nanoparticles includes steps as follows. Metal nanoparticles are provided, wherein each of the metal nanoparticles is a gold nanoparticle or a silver nanoparticle. An ascorbic acid solution is provided, wherein the ascorbic acid solution includes ascorbic acid molecules and/or ascorbic acid ions. A surface modification step is conducted, wherein the metal nanoparticles and the ascorbic acid solution are mixed, such that surfaces of the metal nanoparticles are modified by the ascorbic acid molecules and/or ascorbic acid ions to obtain the modified metal nanoparticles.
US11635384B2	Methods and apparatuses for label-free particle analysis An apparatus to provide a label-free or native particle analysis comprises a light generating system producing first light pulses at a first wavelength and second light pulses at a second wavelength; and a flow cell coupled to the light generating system to convey particles for analysis. The light generating system is configured to chirp at least one of the first light pulses and the second light pulses to analyze the particles.
US11635382B2	Blood analyzer, blood analyzing method, and program A blood analyzer according to one or more embodiments may include: a specimen preparation part that prepares a measurement specimen by mixing a reagent into a blood preparation; a measurement part that measures the measurement specimen; a measurement mode selection unit that receives an input of a type of blood preparation as a measurement target selected from a plurality of types of blood preparations; and a controller. The controller may cause the specimen preparation part to prepare the measurement specimen depending on the selected type of blood preparation.
US11635373B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and monitoring system It is desirable to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a monitoring system capable of monitoring a condition of a measured surface highly accurately and using the monitoring result effectively. To attain the aforementioned object, according to a mode of the present invention, an information processing apparatus includes an obtaining module and a generating module. The obtaining module obtains measuring data about a measured surface. The generating module generates covering material information about a covering material that covers the measured surface based on a feature of the obtained measuring data.
US11635371B2	Apparatus and method for measuring phase of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask and method of fabricating EUV mask including the method An apparatus and a method for correctly measuring a phase of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask and a method of fabricating an EUV mask including the method are described. The apparatus for measuring the phase of the EUV mask includes an EUV light source configured to generate and output EUV light, at least one mirror configured to reflect the EUV light as reflected EUV light incident on an EUV mask to be measured, a mask stage on which the EUV mask is arranged, a detector configured to receive the EUV light reflected from the EUV mask, to obtain a two-dimensional (2D) image, and to measure reflectivity and diffraction efficiency of the EUV mask, and a processor configured to determine a phase of the EUV mask by using the reflectivity and diffraction efficiency of the EUV mask.
US11635364B2	Observation device Provided is an observation device including: a stereo image-acquisition optical system that acquires images of cells floating in a culture fluid inside a culture vessel; and an analyzer that calculates a cell density of the cells on the basis of the images acquired by the stereo image-acquisition optical system, wherein the analyzer identifies a three-dimensional position of each of the cells included in the images and calculates the cell density on the basis of the number of cells present within a predetermined three-dimensional region.
US11635348B2	System and method for detecting damage to bearing of engine using knocking sensor A method for detecting damage to a bearing of an engine using a knocking sensor includes a data storing step, which stores a vibration signal output from the knocking sensor in a data storing unit, a by-frequency amplitude calculating step, which performs Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for the vibration signal and calculates an amplitude for each frequency, a detection frequency integrating step, which obtains a detection frequency integration value by adding all amplitudes of detection frequencies, a noise determining step, which determines whether the vibration signal is the vibration signal irrelevant to damage to the bearing by determining whether exclusion frequencies correspond to a preset condition, a counter increasing step, which increases a damage counter, when the detection frequency integration value is greater than a preset damage threshold, and a damage confirming step, which confirms damage to the bearing, when the damage counter equals or exceeds a preset confirmation counter.
US11635346B1	Bearing element inspection system and method A first nest structure and a second nest structure are brought into alignment. When the alignment of the first nest structure and second nest structure is obtained, the operation of at least one vacuum pump is controlled such that a bearing element is released from the first nest structure and secured in the second nest structure. Movement of the bearing element from the first nest structure to the second nest structure occurs without slippage resulting in preservation of a common frame of reference used when the bearing element is in the first nest structure and the second nest structure.
US11635341B2	Internal failure detection of an external failure detection system for industrial plants An internal failure detection method of an external failure detection system for industrial equipment, the external failure detection system including an array of transducers, the method including: (a) receiving a plurality of signals, each signal being measured by a corresponding transducer of the transducers array; (b) for each pair of transducers among a number of pairs of transducers, calculating at least one value of a correlation parameter between the pair of signals received at step (a) at the pair of transducers, by correlating at least part of the signals or of invertible transforms thereof; (c) for at least one transducer among the number of pairs of transducers, estimating from the values of the correlation parameters calculated at step (b) if the transducer is working properly.
US11635332B2	Analyte monitoring system and methods for managing power and noise Disclosed herein are methods and systems for conserving energy of a power source of an analyte monitoring device, including entering a power saving mode based on at least one of a temperature level of a power source, a level of power of a power source, or an amount of power needed by at least one component. Also disclosed herein are methods and systems for reducing noise during data transmissions to and from the analyte monitoring device.
US11635329B2	Transmission type color calibration chart and calibration slide glass A transmission type color calibration chart includes a transparent substrate and a color bar group formed on the transparent substrate, wherein the color bar group is constituted by color bars of a plurality of colors containing at least a first color and a second color arranged in a pattern in no particular order, coordinate points of the first color are within a region encompassed by the four points (0.351, 0.649), (0.547, 0.453), (0.380, 0.506) and (0.433, 0.464) on an xy chromaticity diagram, coordinate points of the second color are within a region encompassed by the four points (0.125, 0.489), (0.112, 0.229), (0.270, 0.407) and (0.224, 0.242) on an xy chromaticity diagram, and the transmission spectrum of the first color's color bar and the transmission spectrum of the second color's color bar have peak tops that are respectively separated.
US11635317B2	Ultrasound flow measurement device with signal quality monitoring An ultrasound flow measurement device has a vessel through which a fluid to be measured flows. An ultrasound measurement configuration with an ultrasound transducer is provided for measuring a propagation time of an ultrasound signal containing a plurality of periods along a measurement section that runs partly in a direction of flow. A controller determines a fluid flow on a basis of a propagation time measurement. The controller contains a memory, a first evaluator for determining a period duration of at least one of the periods of an ultrasound signal received after passing through the measurement section, a second evaluator for determining a spread value of a predetermined number of last received ultrasound signals, a comparator for comparing the spread value with a threshold value, and an actioning device for initiating a control action, assigned to the threshold value that has been exceeded, for the ultrasound flow measurement device.
US11635313B2	System and method for simultaneously multiple sensor calibration and transformation matrix computation The present teaching relates to apparatus, method, medium, and implementations for simultaneously calibrating multiple sensors of different types. Multiple sensors of different types are first activated to initiate simultaneous calibration thereof based on a 3D construct including a plurality of fiducial marks. Sensors of different types including visual and depth based sensors operate in their respective coordinate systems. Each of the sensors is calibrated by acquiring sensor information of the 3D construct, detecting a feature point on each of the plurality of fiducial markers based on the sensor information, estimating a set of 3D coordinates, with respect to its coordinate system, corresponding to the detected feature points, based on which calibration parameters are generated. Sets of 3D coordinates derived in different coordinate systems are then used to compute at least one transformation matrix for corresponding at least one pair of the plurality of sensors.
US11635303B2	Application and system providing indoor searching of a venue In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. The application can provide an inside view of the venue, which is accessible by other applications and programs on the user's device. Thus, whether intended or not, search results that are identified by the map application as having an inside view of the venue are also presented on a graphical user interface along with typical search results from the other applications.
US11635287B2	Magnet-based rotary angle sensor system A magnet-based rotary angle sensor system for detecting a shaft rotation. The magnet-based rotary angle sensor system includes a rotatable excitation unit which is mounted to a shaft for rotation therewith, and a static sensor unit. The rotatable excitation unit includes at least one excitation magnet. The static sensor unit detects an excitation-magnetic field generated by the at least one excitation magnet. The static sensor unit includes a first Wiegand sensor module and a second Wiegand sensor module which are arranged in a cross-shaped manner and axially spaced from each other.
US11635283B2	Blasting system and operating method thereof Provided is a method of operating a blasting system. A blasting device is synchronized with a detonator. A unit group including a plurality of the detonators is set. A first detonator is set from among the plurality of detonators of the unit group. A wireless network based on the first detonator is set. The blasting device performs communications with the plurality of detonators of the unit group via the first detonator.
US11635279B2	High-definition electrical stimulation for enhanced spatial awareness and target alignment in weapon aiming applications Aiming assistance is provided for assisting a user in aiming a ranged weapon at a target. The aiming assistance includes receiving telemetry information from one or more sensors, and determining an aim error based on the telemetry information. The aim error indicates of an error between a trajectory of the ranged weapon and an on target trajectory from the ranged weapon to the target. A somatosensation is provided to the user which is indicative of the aim error. This is done by operating haptic devices of a garment worn on an arm or wrist of the user to apply haptic sensation to skin of the arm or wrist. The haptic devices may be electrodes and the applied haptic sensation comprises transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation (TENS), or the haptic devices may be vibrators.
US11635267B1	Speed loader for firearms magazine An apparatus for loading cartridges into a firearms magazine includes a loader body comprising a retainer configured for holding a firearms magazine, and cooperating spring-loaded plungers coupled thereto. A first spring-loaded plunger coupled to the loader body is oriented for pushing one or more cartridges into the firearms magazine so as to depress a magazine spring thereof. A second plunger coupled to the loader body is oriented for inserting cartridges into the firearms magazine without further depressing the magazine spring while the first spring-loaded plunger is depressing the magazine spring. A mechanism automatically resets the first spring-loaded plunger after the second plunger completes insertion of each cartridge into the magazine. All of the foregoing moving parts may be manually or motor driven and fed with cartridges via a hopper.
US11635265B2	Hinged waterbox cover A bolted hinge assembly is provided for a waterbox cover (a “waterbox hinge assembly”). The waterbox hinge assembly generally does not require welding on the waterbox cover or the heat exchanger in an HVAC system (“HVAC unit” hereinafter). Further, the waterbox hinge assembly may be installable to the HVAC unit without removing the heat exchange fluids (e.g., water, refrigerant, etc.) from the HVAC unit. In some cases, the waterbox hinge assembly can be installed on an HVAC unit without removing any bolts from the waterbox cover. Once installed, the waterbox hinge assembly can be left in place so that it can be reused anytime the HVAC unit is serviced.
US11635259B2	Machine for cleaning furnace regeneration chambers for the production of glassware A machine for cleaning regeneration chambers of furnaces, the regeneration chambers having stacks of hollow refractory elements delimiting vertical passages, which define chimneys includes a self-propelled support structure to be introduced into a compartment, below the regeneration chamber to be cleaned, which communicates with the regeneration chamber. The machine further includes at least one lance, applied to the self-propelled support structure and configured to send within the vertical passages a stream of cleaning material powder and compressed air generated by a compressor positioned outside of the regeneration chamber to be cleaned, and at least one suction mouth, applied to said support structure and configured to suck cleaning material dust and aspirable materials from the ground, which were removed during the cleaning operation. At least one video camera is mounted on the support structure and at least one monitor controls from outside, through the video camera, operation of the machine.
US11635258B2	Exhaust hood overflow system An overflow system for a doorway exhaust hood on a metal melt furnace having an eductor gas circulator. The system includes a manifold with an inlet near the hood's lower lip, and a conduit between the manifold and eductor. A blower draws gas into the manifold and urges that gas through the conduit, into the eductor, and into the furnace. Sensors detect when the door is open and the volatiles level under the hood. An electronic controller instructs the blower to draw exhaust gases through the manifold when the door is open and the volatiles level exceeds a predetermined level.
US11635254B2	Utilization of nitrogen-enriched streams produced in air separation units comprising split-core main heat exchangers An air separation apparatus and process, which produces gaseous oxygen and/or nitrogen products at an elevated pressure through internal compression of respective liquid products, are disclosed. Split-core main heat exchangers are employed to warm up product streams generated in an air rectification unit against 1) a main feed air stream in the low-pressure heat exchanger and 2) at least one boosted pressure air stream in the high-pressure exchanger. Because the boosted pressure air stream is at a higher pressure and temperature than the main feed air stream, after separate heat exchange in the split main heat exchangers, the subsidiary waste nitrogen stream exiting the high-pressure heat exchanger is also warmer than the subsidiary waste nitrogen stream exiting the low-pressure heat exchanger. The warmer waste nitrogen stream is fed into the air purification unit for regeneration purposes and the cooler waste nitrogen stream is introduced into the nitrogen water tower to perform cooling duty. The two subsidiary waste nitrogen streams are also connected on the warm side of the main heat exchangers to allow flexible distribution of the flow.
US11635253B2	Gas separation system with auto-refrigeration and selective recycle for carbon dioxide capture and compression A system and method for capturing and separating carbon dioxide from mixed gas streams. The gas stream is processed in a structure including a compression module comprising a plurality of compressors, intercoolers and inter-stage condensate separators. The flow path from the compression module includes a plurality of flow separators, gas stream splitters, heat exchangers and at least a first mixer and a first expander. The gas stream is sequentially compressed and cooled to form process condensate and separate it from the compressed gas stream. The gas stream is further dried and cooled to liquefy carbon dioxide and separate it from the non-condensable portion. Selective expansion of liquid carbon dioxide streams provides cooling for the system, and further energy efficiency is achieved by selective recycling of portions of gas streams, allowing for compact equipment and economical operation, while providing for high purity product streams of carbon dioxide.
US11635251B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator may include a rack gear assembly provided on a lower surface of a drawer. The rack gear assembly may have a first rack member and a second rack member that are pushed out by being moved forward sequentially so that a pushing-out distance of the drawer is maximized and the drawer is fully closed even when opposite sides thereof are pushed in a storage chamber without being in parallel.
US11635250B2	Valve system for a refrigerator appliance A refrigerator appliance includes a water system. The water system has a fluid circuit and valve assembly. The valve assembly is configured to control flow through the fluid circuit. The valve assembly has a valve, at least one actuator disposed on the valve, and a framework configured to secure the at least one actuator to the valve. The framework has first and second upright members, a crossmember, and an electrical connector. The first and second upright members secured to the valve on opposing sides of the at least one actuator. The crossmember is secured to opposing ends of the first and second upright members relative to the valve such that the valve, first upright member, second upright member, and crossmember form a closed loop around the at least one actuator. The electrical connector is electrically connected to the at least one actuator and is secured to the crossmember.
US11635245B2	Pair installation type refrigerator A pair installation type of refrigerator system provides a plurality of refrigerators installed in parallel. A first refrigerator includes a first discharge portion formed on a side wall of the first cabinet to communicate with a first machine room, and a flow guide detachably coupled to the side wall of the first cabinet to cover the first discharge portion. A second refrigerator includes a second door that is opened such that an opening direction is symmetrical to that of the first door in a state in which the second refrigerator is disposed adjacent to the first refrigerator, and a decor member disposed in a space between the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator to shield a front side in a state in which the second refrigerator is disposed adjacent to the first refrigerator. The decor member fixes the first cabinet and a second cabinet.
US11635244B2	Cryocooler controller systems and methods Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to control operation of a cryocooler/refrigeration system to provide cryogenic and/or general cooling of a device or sensor system. A cryocooler controller includes a motor driver controller configured to generate motor driver control signals based on operational parameters corresponding to operation of a cryocooler controlled by the controller, and a motor driver configured to generate corresponding drive signals to drive a motor of the cryocooler. The motor driver includes a first stage with a first pair of switches coupled serially between an input of the motor driver and a ground of the motor driver, a second pair of switches coupled serially between an output of the first stage and the ground of the motor driver, and an inductor coupled between the first and second pairs of switches, where operation of each switch is independently controlled by the motor driver control signals.
US11635237B1	Thermal management systems and methods for cooling a heat load with a refrigerant fluid managed with a closed-circuit cooling system A thermal management system includes an open-circuit refrigeration system including a cooling system configured to supply a cooling medium. The open-circuit refrigeration system includes a receiver having a receiver outlet, the receiver configurable to store a refrigerant fluid, the receiver configured to receive the cooling medium from the cooling system, an evaporator coupled to the receiver outlet, the evaporator configurable to receive liquid refrigerant fluid from the receiver outlet and to extract heat from a heat load when the heat load contacts or is proximate to the evaporator a control device configurable to control a temperature of the heat load and an exhaust line, with the receiver, the evaporator, and the exhaust line coupled to form an open-circuit refrigerant fluid flow path.
US11635223B2	Recovery mode algorithm for two stage HVAC equipment A system includes two stage HVAC equipment and processing circuitry configured to receive a call for conditioning and, in response to the call for conditioning, execute a recovery mode algorithm. The recovery mode algorithm is configured to determine an elapsed time between the call for conditioning and an ending of a recent cycle and compare the elapsed time to a threshold time period. The recovery mode algorithm is also configured to, in response to the elapsed time being below the threshold time period, determine a first stage up time based on a first function corresponding to the elapsed time being below the threshold time period. The recovery mode algorithm is also configured to, in response to the elapsed time meeting or exceeding the threshold time period, determine a second stage up time based on a second function corresponding to the elapsed time meeting or exceeding the threshold time period.
US11635218B2	HVAC controller having multiplexed input signal detection and method of operation thereof A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) controller, a method of detecting multiplexed input signals and an HVAC system employing the controller or the method. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a signal conditioner configured to convert received alternating current (AC) input signals into corresponding square wave signals of a digital logic voltage, (2) a multiplexer coupled to the signal conditioner and configured to select one of the square wave signals and (3) a sample analyzer coupled to the multiplexer and configured to evaluate multiple samples of the selected one of the square wave signals to derive a binary state.
US11635208B2	Co-axial dual swirler nozzle Provided is a combustion nozzle including a center cylinder having a cylinder shape, a middle cylinder coaxially disposed with the center cylinder and surrounding the center cylinder, an outer cylinder coaxially disposed with the middle cylinder and surrounding the middle cylinder, and a perforated plate disposed inside the center cylinder to create turbulent flow therethrough. In addition, the combustion nozzle further includes inner vanes disposed between the center cylinder and the middle cylinder and outer vanes disposed between the middle cylinder and the outer cylinder.
US11635207B2	Electric ignition for flashpoint tester A device for igniting a sample arranged in a container for a flashpoint determination test and/or a combustion point determination test. The device has an electric igniter, which has an ignition tip having a partially or completely encapsulated electric wire; and a traversing device, which is configured for traversing the ignition tip of the electric igniter to a defined position within the container.
US11635203B2	Premixing device and combustion apparatus including the same A premixing flow path forming member of a premixing device includes a member whose attachment mode can be changed, and flow path resistance of a fuel gas flow path can be changed when the attachment mode of the member is changed.
US11635193B1	Reconfigurable track light adapters, kits and methods The present disclosure provides implementations of a track lighting adapter to couple a luminaire to a lighting track. The track lighting adapter includes a luminaire adapter to couple to the luminaire, and a track adapter to couple to the lighting track. The track adapter is selectively removable from the luminaire adapter.
US11635184B2	Blind boss ball socket assembly A ball socket assembly is provided that includes a ball socket having a socket base with a plurality of socket legs extending therefrom, the socket legs include ball stud interface surfaces forming a ball cavity for receiving and selectively engaging a ball head of a ball stud, a plurality of slots extending between the plurality of socket legs, a lower abutment wall having a bend line and situated in the socket base, and a flexible securing substrate positioned under the lower abutment wall, the socket assembly further including a mating boss substrate having a first boss inner passage with a first passage inside diameter, a second boss inner passage having a second passage inside diameter, wherein the first passage inside diameter is greater than the second passage inside diameter, a boss transition wall between the first boss inner passage and the second boss inner passage, and a boss bottom.
US11635180B2	Low glare wall wash light fixture A wall wash recessed light fixture has an enclosure, an aperture, an LED module, a tubular reflector, a lens, a trim element and a diffuser. The lens is disposed at an opening of the tubular reflector, has a concave surface facing the LED module and a convex surface facing the aperture, and has a principal axis aligned at an oblique angle Θ1 relative to an optical axis of the LED module. An internal kicker reflector is offset from the optical axis of the LED module toward a second end of the light fixture, and is substantially parallel to a height axis (Z) and lateral axis (X) and faces a center axis of the aperture and. The trim element is disposed below the collimator assembly and at least partially in the opening of the ceiling. A first diffuser covers a first trim opening and is aligned at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis (X).
US11635176B2	Nano-scale light-emitting diode (LED) electrode assembly emitting polarized light, method of manufacturing the same, and polarized LED lamp having the same The present invention relates to a nano-scale light emitting diode (LED) electrode assembly emitting polarized light, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polarized LED lamp having the same, and more particularly, to a nano-scale LED electrode assembly in which partially polarized light close to light that is linearly polarized having one direction is emitted as an emitted light when applying a driving voltage to the nano-scale LED electrode assembly and also nano-scale LED devices are connected to a nano-scale electrode without defects such as an electrical short circuit while maximizing a light extraction efficiency, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polarized LED lamp having the same.
US11635175B1	LED lamp with soft rubber stem The present invention relates to the technical field of LEDs, and discloses an LED lamp with a soft rubber stem, comprising a lamp holder, a lamp housing and a lamp socket, a metal wire, an LED lamp bar, a resistor as well as a first lead and a second lead, wherein the lamp stem and the lamp holder are electrically connected in the lamp housing; the soft lamp socket, in which an accommodating hole for accommodating the resistor is disposed, is made of high-temperature-resistant rubber; one end of the LED lamp bar is electrically connected to the upper end of the metal wire, and the other end is electrically connected to the second lead. The lamp adopts the soft lamp socket and has better sealing performance, so that stream and the like are prevented from entering the lamp housing to affect the performance of the lamp.
US11635172B2	Light bulb with crystal modifier A light bulb assembly that includes a crystal modifier, a housing, a mechanical attachment, a light source, electrical components, and a threaded insert is disclosed herein. The crystal modifier is secured to the housing using a mechanical attachment such as a clamp, clip, spring, shim, thread, or ring. The light source and electrical components are provided in the housing, where the light source is positioned to project light into the crystal modifier. The threaded insert is attached to the housing opposite the crystal modifier and is configured to provide the electrical components and light source with a connection to a power source when the threaded insert is in electrical contact with the power source.
US11635171B2	Fluid cryogen injector mounting apparatus and mounting method An apparatus for mounting a fluid cryogen injection nozzle to the exterior surface of a side wall of a cryogenic process vessel for permitting injection of a fluid cryogen into the interior of the cryogenic process vessel, the mounting apparatus including a base member and a rotatable insert member engaged with the base member, the rotatable insert member including a template for creating an opening in the side wall of the process vessel that is configured to accept the cryogen injection nozzle, and for attaching mechanical fasteners to the side wall of the process vessel in a defined pattern, such as a concentric pattern about the opening in the side wall of the cryogenic process vessel. A related mounting method is also provided.
US11635170B2	Method, system, and device for storage and delivery of process gas from a substrate Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices incorporating use of materials to store, ship, and deliver process gases to micro-electronics fabrication processes and other critical process applications.
US11635161B2	Medium connector A medium connector including a passage configured to allow for the flow of medium, and a multi-portion engagement surface positioned about the passage. The multi-portion engagement surface includes a first surface portion, and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is configured to provide an interference fit with a corresponding sealing surface of a mating connector. The second surface portion is configured to provide a clearance fit with the corresponding sealing surface of the mating connector. The ratio of the first surface portion and the second surface portion is selected to regulate an engagement force between the medium connector and the mating connector.
US11635153B2	Safety device for a gas-conducting device The invention relates to a safety device (2) for interrupting a gas flow within a gas-conducting device (1). An inertia body (32) moves from a resting position in the case of an acceleration above a specifiable acceleration threshold value acting on it. Due to the movement, the inertia mechanism (3) activates a reaction mechanism (4), which interrupts the gas flow within the gas-conducting device (1). In this process, the safety device (2) is free of gas flowing through it.
US11635146B2	Circumferential sealing assembly with duct-fed hydrodynamic grooves A circumferential sealing assembly for use between a lower-pressure side with a lubricant oil therein and a higher-pressure side with a hot gas therein is presented. The assembly includes a sealing ring interposed between either a rotatable runner and a housing or a sleeve and a housing within a turbine engine. Ducts communicate the hot gas into grooves to form a thin film between the ring and the runner or the ring and the sleeve. First embodiments include grooves on the runner, ducts through the runner, and both grooves and ducts rotating with the runner. Second embodiments include grooves on the ring, ducts through the runner, and ducts rotating with the runner. Third embodiments include grooves on the ring and ducts through the ring adjacent to a runner. Fourth embodiments include grooves on the runner, ducts through the ring, and grooves rotating with the runner. Fifth embodiments include grooves on the sleeve, ducts through the sleeve, and both grooves and ducts rotating with the sleeve. Sixth embodiments include grooves on the ring, ducts through the sleeve, and ducts rotating with the sleeve. Seventh embodiments include grooves on the ring and ducts through the ring adjacent to a sleeve. Eighth embodiments include grooves on the sleeve, ducts through the ring, and grooves rotating with the sleeve.
US11635145B1	Hydraulic components and methods of manufacturing A spiral wound header ring is provided. The spiral wound header ring comprises at least one outer fabric layer and at least one spiral of inner fabric and rubber. The spiral wound header ring further may have a sealing surface that extends from a rearward facing surface to the forward facing annular, radially extending, surface.
US11635144B2	Multi-layered metal sheet A multi-layered metal sheet is disclosed formed of a laminate of a plurality of metal sheets fixed to each other by a clinch formed in a concave shape from one main surface toward another main surface, the clinch has an schematic pillar shape, the clinch being defined by an open top, a pair of cut surfaces which are respectively formed from the open top toward a bottom, a pair of inclined surfaces respectively inclined from the open top toward the bottom, transitional surfaces which connect the cut surfaces and the inclined surfaces to each other, and the bottom having overlapping parts which extend over the main surface of the multi-layered metal sheet on a lower side immediately below the cut surfaces, and lengthwise end portions of a cut formed in each of upper edge portions of the cut surfaces are disposed on upper edge portions of the transitional surfaces.
US11635142B2	Dual barrier seal An annular dual barrier seal includes a pair of axially extending inner seal lips and a pair of axially extending outer seal lips, the pair of inner seal lips are connected to the pair of outer seal lips by a radially outwardly extending web portion. The pair of inner seal lips extend axially by a first dimension and the pair of outer seal lips extend axially by a second dimension which is greater than the first dimension. The pair of inner seal lips have a sealing surface that is one of partially toroidal and partially elliptical and that engage the radially inwardly facing first sealing surface and the pair of outer seal lips have a sealing surface that is one of partially toroidal, partially elliptical and conical.
US11635140B2	Shift device A shift device includes: a shift switching member including valley portions provided so as to correspond to shift positions; a positioning member causing the shift position to be established while being fitted in any of the valley portions of the shift switching member; a motor driving the shift switching member and including a rotor and a stator; a driving force transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force from the motor to the shift switching member; and a rotor rotation angle sensor and an output shaft rotation angle sensor detecting rotation angles of the rotor and the shift switching member. The shift device corrects a deviation from a center of a preset backlash when a backlash width included in the driving force transmission mechanism detected based on output values of the output shaft rotation angle sensor and the rotor rotation angle sensor is a value or more during a shift switching operation.
US11635139B2	Plunger lock mechanism such as for restricting shifter motion A plunger lock mechanism including a housing containing a rotationally supported lever shaped component, the component including at least one notch or recess configured within an arcuate surface. An electric motor is configured to rotate a cam extending within the housing, the cam actuating at least one plunger having an extending portion aligning with a selected notch. Upon rotation of the cam by the motor, the plunger is caused to displace between either of engaged and disengaged positions with the component such that, when disengaged, permitting rotation of the component.
US11635138B2	Fault detection for a torque converter A monitoring device and a method for operating an idling automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having a torque converter which includes at least one pump wheel and a turbine wheel that are designed to transmit torque hydrodynamically from one to the other. The method includes at least the following steps of: determining a rotational speed of the turbine wheel; determining a load on the motor of the motor vehicle; and recognizing whether there is a blockage in the drive-train of the motor vehicle or whether the torque converter is running dry, as a function of the turbine rotational speed and the motor load detected.
US11635128B2	Torque converter with rivet connected stacked plates for a lock-up clutch A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller; a turbine; a stator; and a lock-up clutch including a piston plate, a first plate, a second plate axially disposed between the cover and the first plate, and a rivet non-rotatably connecting the first plate to the second plate, the rivet being a component distinct from the first plate and the second plate. The cover and the piston plate define at least a portion of a first pressure chamber. The first plate and the second plate define at least a portion of a second pressure chamber. The first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber are arranged to receive and expel a fluid to axially displace the piston plate to open and close the lock-up clutch.
US11635127B2	Spindle gear In a spindle gear mechanism (1) having a spindle component (2) with a spindle thread (21) which has a pitch which alters over a longitudinal axis of the spindle component (2), and having a threaded component (3) which engages in the spindle thread (21), wherein the two components (2; 3) can be displaced relative to one another in relation to the longitudinal axis (1) of the spindle component (2), provision is made, for the purpose of straightforward production capability and suitability for a large number of applications, for the threaded component (3) to have at least one freely movable threaded element (4) which engages in the spindle thread (21) and, during operation, adapts automatically to the pitch of the spindle thread (21).
US11635126B2	Angular transmission device The present invention concerns an angular transmission device comprising: An input shaft and an output shaft, An assembly arranged for coupling the input shaft with the output shaft so that the output shaft can be rotationally driven by the input shaft, the assembly comprising a rotary actuator and a linear mobile, the rotary actuator being coupled with the input shaft and moves the mobile in a translation motion relative to the actuator, the mobile being coupled with the output shaft so that the rotation of the input shaft drives the rotation of the output shaft; the assembly further comprises a flexible blade fixed to said mobile and looped around the output shaft, so that when the actuator moves the mobile, the flexible blade drives the rotation of the output shaft. The invention also comprises a method using said device.
US11635122B2	Intake device for a damper having a side collector A damper with inner and outer tubes and a piston disposed within the inner tube to define first and second working chambers. A fluid transport chamber is positioned between the inner and outer tubes. A collector chamber is positioned outside the outer tube. An intake valve assembly, abutting one end of the inner tube, is positioned inside the outer tube to define a first intermediate chamber that is arranged in fluid communication with the collector chamber. The intake valve assembly includes a central passage that is arranged in fluid communication with the second working chamber and one or more intake valves that control fluid flow through the intake valve assembly between the first intermediate chamber and the central passage and between the first intermediate chamber and the fluid transport chamber.
US11635116B2	Brake disk and method of making same A brake disk or drum has at least one working surface which opposes a braking member such as a brake pad or shoe. A plurality of spaced, raised island formations are provided across the working surface, with channels extending between the island formations. Each raised island formation has an outer surface which contacts a brake pad or brake shoe during braking.
US11635110B2	Composite flexible coupling A flexible coupling for transmitting torque between parts of a transmission shaft system comprises a tubular section of continuous-fibre-reinforced composite material which has been modified to form a living hinge section with reduced bending stiffness to allow flexion of the tubular section. The tubular section may be modified through the provision of a pattern of formations within the living hinge section. The formations may be in the form of apertures and/or recesses in the continuous-fibre-reinforced composite material to create a plurality of living hinges in the material between, in particular slots and/or grooves.
US11635107B1	Multi-link spherical joint with collocated centers of rotation A joint includes a shell that is hollow and at least partially spherical. The shell includes a plurality of shell rail sections including a first shell rail section. The first shell rail section includes a portion of an outer surface of the shell, a portion of an inner surface of the shell, and an opening edge section that defines a shell opening. The joint also includes a plurality of rotatable members including a first rotatable member. The first rotatable member includes an outer cup positioned at least partially outside of the shell and having an outer track surface, and an inner cup positioned at least partially inside of the shell and having an inner track surface. The first shell rail section is positioned at least partially between the outer and inner track surfaces.
US11635104B2	Fastener for heavy transmission parts A fastener for a transmission part includes a main body. The main body has at least one external screw thread and at least one through-hole. The fastener further includes a first pin displaceable in a first region of the through-hole and a second pin having an external screw thread. A second region of the through-hole has at least one internal screw thread configured to be screwed to the external screw thread of the second pin. The second pin has a through-hole. The first pin has an internal screw thread aligned with the through-hole of the second pin.
US11635101B2	Component, method for producing a component, kit and method for connecting components A component comprising a first outer region (11), at least one intermediate region (13) and a second outer region (12). The outer regions (11, 12) have a higher density and/or a higher elastic modulus than the at least one intermediate region (13). A polymer composition (21) can, preferably, be injected into the component (1) such that a mechanical connection (41) is fixed or can be fixed in the polymer composition (21). A method, a kit and the use thereof are also disclosed.
US11635099B1	Retaining apparatus A retaining apparatus includes a short fold, a long fold, a tube connecting the short and long folds and forming a channel, and at least one enhanced engaging mechanism. The channel is approximately three hundred sixty degrees. The retaining apparatus is made of stainless steel. Each enhanced engaging mechanism includes a first bulge in the short fold, a first recess in the short fold, a second bulge in the long fold and a second recess in the long fold. The bulges and recesses correspond to each other. Each mechanism can be a female or male enhanced engaging mechanism. The first recess receives a portion of the second bulge, or the second recess receives a portion of the first bulge. The short and long folds are approximately parallel to each other. The height of the tube is bigger than the sum of the thicknesses of the short and long folds.
US11635097B1	Actuator with end stop valve Actuator systems and methods of operation are disclosed. The systems include a hydraulic actuator having a primary piston having a piston head arranged within a housing defining retract and extend chambers on opposite sides of the piston head. A control element is configured to control a supply of pressure to each of the retract and extend chambers. An actuator valve is coupled to the housing and includes a secondary piston that is biased into the retract chamber in an open flow state and when the primary piston is in a fully retracted state the piston head urges the secondary piston into a closed flow state. The actuator valve defines a flow chamber where, in an open flow state, fluid can be passed through the flow chamber and in a closed flow state the fluid is prevented from passing through the flow chamber.
US11635095B2	Hydraulic system and a method for controlling a hydraulic system of a working machine A hydraulic system for a working machine includes a first electric machine connected to a first hydraulic machine; a second electric machine connected to a second hydraulic machine, an output side of the second hydraulic machine being connected to an input side of the first hydraulic machine; at least one hydraulic consumer hydraulically coupled to an output side of the first hydraulic machine via a supply line and configured to be powered by the first hydraulic machine; and a valve arrangement arranged between the hydraulic consumer and the first and second hydraulic machines, wherein the valve arrangement is configured to control a return flow of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic consumer to either the input side of the first hydraulic machine or an input side of the second hydraulic machine based on a requested output pressure from the first hydraulic machine.
US11635094B2	High Strain Peano hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) transducers High strain hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic transducers having increased maximum theoretical and practical strains are disclosed. In particular, the actuators include electrode configurations having a zipping front created by the attraction of the electrodes that is configured orthogonally to a strain axis along which the actuators. This configuration produces increased strains. In turn, various form factors for the actuator configuration are presented including an artificial circular muscle and a strain amplifying pulley system. Other actuator configurations are contemplated that include independent and opposed electrode pairs to create cyclic activation, hybrid electrode configurations, and use of strain limiting layers for controlled deflection of the actuator.
US11635089B2	Propeller fan, outdoor unit, and refrigeration cycle apparatus A propeller fan includes: a rotation-axis part that serves as a center of rotation; and a plurality of blades provided on an outer circumferential side of the rotation-axis part, the plurality of blades being joined to adjoining blades at leading edges and trailing edges thereof. A first rib projecting towards the center of rotation of the rotation-axis part to surround the rotation-axis part, and second ribs projecting towards the center of rotation to extend from the rotation-axis part toward the first rib are provided on pressure surfaces of the plurality of blades. Among ends of the second ribs in the direction of the center of rotation, the ends distant from the pressure surfaces project away from the pressure surfaces farther than an end of the first rib distant from the pressure surfaces, among the ends of the first rib in the direction of the center of rotation.
US11635088B1	Cooling fan A cooling fan creating a more stable airflow for heat-removing purposes, with reduced noise of operation, comprises a rotor hub and preferably an odd number of blades mounted on periphery of the rotor hub in unequal intervals. Adjacent blades are configured with different shapes, reducing the noise generated during operation without affecting the cooling effect.
US11635087B1	Airflow-doubling vane structure An airflow-doubling vane structure includes an axle, an inner vane unit, and an outer vane unit. The inner vane unit includes a plurality of vanes provided around a center defined by the axle and can be rotated along with the axle. The vanes of the inner vane unit are centrifugal vanes. The outer vane unit includes a plurality of vanes provided around the center defined by the axle and around the inner vane unit and can be rotated along with the axle. The vanes of the outer vane unit are axial-flow vanes and extend a certain radial distance from the vanes of the inner vane unit.
US11635084B1	Fan logic evaluation device and method thereof for improving the logic evaluation of a fan A fan logic evaluation device and method thereof for improving the logic evaluation of a fan. Specifically, a fan logic evaluation device is provided by first installing a fan, which corresponds to a set of parameters, in a wind tunnel device. A computer then performs a logic evaluation to convert the set of parameters into an evaluated pressure-flow curve and a measured pressure-flow curve by measuring the fan's operating conditions with the wind tunnel device. The computer further performs a logic modification to correct the logic evaluation to obtain a logic evaluation modification. The logic evaluation is then replaced by the logic evaluation modification. Finally, the above process is repeated with the same fan or a different fan.
US11635076B2	Variable displacement vane pump with improved pressure control and range An arrangement of a variable capacity vane pump for an automobile is provided that includes a pump housing having an outlet and inlet. A pump control ring is provided having a cavity. The control ring is positioned within the housing to move about a pivot. A vane pump rotor is positioned within the cavity of the pump control ring. A position of the pump control ring determines an offset between a center of the pump control ring cavity and an axis of rotation of the vane pump rotor. Vanes are provided that are driven by the rotor and which engage an interior surface of the pump control ring. The vanes and the engaged surface defining working fluid chambers. A first control chamber is provided. The first control chamber is exposed to a first side of the pivot between the pump housing and the outer surface of the pump control ring. The first control chamber is operable to receive pressurized fluid to create a force to move the pump control ring to reduce a volumetric capacity of the pump. A second control chamber, positioned between the pump inlet and outlet is provided that provides a hydraulic force to increase the volumetric capacity of the pump.
US11635075B1	Gerotor pump with bearing Method and apparatus for improving the performance, response, and durability of an electro-hydraulic active suspension system. The noise caused by hydraulic flow ripple is reduced and system response is improved.
US11635071B2	Co-axial inverted piston linear actuator pumping system A pumping system for fracking fluid is designed to provide nearly constant flow rate. The pumping system includes a set of linear actuator pumping units, each driven by at least one electric motor. Each pumping unit includes a hollow threaded shaft driven by the linear actuator, two hollow cylinders fixed to an interior of the hollow shaft, and hollow pistons in each of the hollow cylinders. The hollow cylinders and hollow pistons form two pumping chambers. A first pumping chamber expels fluid when the linear actuator is moving in a first direction and a second pumping chamber that expels fluid when the linear actuator is moving in an opposite direction. The speeds of the actuators are coordinated such that a total flow rate of the pumping system is substantially constant.
US11635069B2	Hermetic compressor with discharge valve plate edges and discharge valve stopper aligned along a curved virtual line A hermetic compressor equipped with a valve assembly may include a valve plate having one suction port and a plurality of discharge ports; a suction valve provided at a first surface of the valve plate; a discharge valve provided at a second surface of the valve plate and having one fixing portion and a plurality of opening and closing portions that extends from the one fixing portion to respectively open and close the plurality of discharge ports; and a valve stopper that is fixed to the valve plate and limits a degree of opening of the opening and closing portions of the discharge valve. Accordingly, the opening and closing portions of the discharge valve may be reduced in size to thereby reduce inertia of the discharge valve. Thus, response of the discharge valve may be increased while simplifying a structure and assembly of the discharge valve.
US11635068B2	Modular power end A power end assembly includes a crankshaft section, a crosshead section, and a connector section coupled together by one, two, or more sets of stay rods. The power end may include one or more support plates that are coupled to the crankshaft section and/or crosshead section. The crosshead section includes a plurality of individual crosshead frames. The connector section may include a plurality of individual connector plates or may be a unitary connector plate. The power end is configured to be coupled to a fluid end assembly by coupling the fluid end assembly to the connector plates.
US11635062B2	Wind turbine and method to determine modal characteristics of the wind turbine in a continuous manner An automated method to determine modal characteristics of a wind turbine tower at an offshore location in a continuous manner includes reading one or more sensor data signals, prefiltering the one or more sensor data signals to divide the signals into a plurality of time segments, obtaining a frequency domain representation of each of the plurality of time segments by computing a Power Spectral Density (PSD) of each of the time segments to identify one or more frequency peaks in each of the time segments, assigning a probability to each of the frequency peaks in the PSD of each of the time segments, combining all assigned probabilities and determining the likelihood of the one or more frequency peaks. Also disclosed is an offshore wind turbine tower having a turbine control system utilizing the automated method to determine modal characteristics of the wind turbine.
US11635057B2	Inertial hydrodynamic pump and wave engine A buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that can float on a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. The pump incorporates an open-bottomed tube with a constriction. The tube partially encloses a substantial volume of water with which the tube's constriction interacts, creating and/or amplifying oscillations therein in response to wave action. Wave-driven oscillations result in periodic upward ejections of portions of the water inside the tube that can be collected in a reservoir that is at least partially positioned above the mean water level of the body of water, or pressurized by compressed air or gas, or both. Water within such a reservoir may return to the body of water via a turbine, thereby generating electrical power (making the device a wave engine), or else the device's pumping action can be used for other purposes such as water circulation, propulsion, or cloud seeding.
US11635054B1	Vertical water pumping system A water pumping system used for lifting liquids in vertical or near vertical conduits or pipes to a higher elevation at a reduced energy cost. Also, the water pumping system can be used to circulate water between upper and lower elevations to generate hydropower energy at a lower energy cost. The water pumping system includes a water pump, air blowers, an air supply chamber, a lift conduit, a return conduit, a flotation device separation chamber, a plurality of floatation devices, one or more flotation device pushers, a dehydration unit, and two water storage tanks. The lift conduit and return conduit creating a continuous loop in which the flotation devices can circulate and act as a piston in the lifting conduit to elevate the water to higher elevations with reduced energy. The floatation devices include spacer rings and spacer rods. The floatation devices are inserted inside the lift conduit and the return conduit.
US11635050B2	Intake manifold and outboard motor An intake manifold which can ensure a pressure resistance strength, a mechanical strength, and the like and also reduce a passage resistance and an outboard motor which can be made smaller and thinner in a width direction. A resinous intake manifold made of a resin and configured to be applied to an engine of an outboard motor includes: a surge tank which forms a flat contour and includes an intake inlet; and a plurality of branch pipes which defines intake passages communicating with an internal space of the surge tank, wherein a contour wall of the surge tank includes a plurality of ridge portions which protrudes toward the internal space and is oriented toward the intake passage side.
US11635045B2	Injector element for rocket engine An injector element for a liquid propellant rocket engine includes an oxidizer conduit, a central cavity that is fluidly coupled with the oxidizer conduit downstream of the oxidizer conduit, a first annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with an ignition fluid supply downstream of the ignition fluid supply, and a second annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with a fuel supply downstream of the fuel supply. The second annulus is fluidly coupled between the first annulus and the central cavity.
US11635040B1	Engine controlling method and engine system A method of controlling an engine is provided, which includes setting, by a controller, a target torque of the engine in a specific cycle in the future by a given delay time from the present time based on a present accelerator opening. The method includes selecting beforehand, by the controller, combustion in the specific cycle according to the target torque, from flame propagation combustion and compressed self-ignition combustion. The method includes outputting, by the controller, a control signal to a property adjusting device before the specific cycle so that a property inside the cylinder in the specific cycle becomes a property corresponding to the selected combustion. The method includes estimating, by the controller, the property at a timing when an intake valve is closed in the specific cycle. The method includes outputting, by the controller, a control signal corresponding to the estimated property to a spark plug or an injector.
US11635021B2	Compression in a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprises an engine core comprising a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, wherein a compressor exit temperature is defined as an average temperature of airflow at the exit from the compressor; and a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, each fan blade having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein a fan rotor entry temperature is defined as an average temperature of airflow across the leading edge of each fan blade at cruise conditions and a fan tip rotor exit temperature is defined as an average temperature of airflow across a radially outer portion of each fan blade at the trailing edge at cruise conditions. A core to fan tip temperature rise ratio is in the range from 2.845 to 3.8.
US11635019B2	Connecting rod for changing a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine A connecting rod for changing a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod head, a connecting rod pin, and an interlock. The connecting rod pin is supported by an eccentric of the connecting rod at a variable distance within the connecting rod head. The connecting rod head or the connecting rod pin includes a fluid chamber and the eccentric has a projection extending into the fluid chamber. In the alternative, the eccentric delimits a fluid chamber and the connecting rod head or the eccentric has a projection extending into in the fluid chamber. A fluid pressure in the fluid chamber exerts a force on the projection to change the position of the eccentric. In a locking position, the interlock inhibits rotation of the eccentric relative to the connecting rod head and the interlock is configured to be releasable.
US11635007B2	Muffler One aspect of the present disclosure provides a muffler including an exhaust pipe and a space forming member. The exhaust pipe has a cylindrical shape having a flow passage inside through which exhaust gas passes. The space forming member forms closed spaces between itself and the exhaust pipe, the closed spaces being branched from the flow passage and adjacent to the flow passage. Each of the closed spaces and the flow passage communicate with one another via a single communication hole.
US11635003B2	Diversion systems for low emission start converter An emission reduction system for a combined cycle power plant including a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) can comprise a stationary emission converter in fluid communication with and disposed upstream of the HRSG, and a diversion system operably coupled to an exhaust passage of the gas turbine, the exhaust passage defining an exhaust path for exhaust gas of the gas turbine through the heat recovery steam generator, the diversion system operable to define a primary exhaust path excluding the stationary emission converter and a start-up exhaust path including the stationary emission converter.
US11635002B2	Steam turbine, center guide pin, and method for manufacturing steam turbine A steam turbine includes a rotor, a casing, a partition plate, and a center guide pin. The center guide pin has a positioning portion. In a state of being attached to a pin attachment portion formed in one of the casing and the partition plate, the positioning portion is disposed in a groove portion formed in the other of the casing and the partition plate. The positioning portion includes a plurality of abutment portions capable of abutting on an inner side surface of the groove portion, around a pin axis. The plurality of abutment portions is formed to have different horizontal distances from the pin axis.
US11635001B2	Emergency ventilation device for a turbine of a turbine engine, triggered by the melting of a locking means An aircraft turbomachine module comprising a ventilation device configured to have a cooling air flow circulate in the turbomachine module, the ventilation device comprising an air outlet, blocking means fixed to the air outlet and mobile between a blocking position of the air outlet and an opening position of the air outlet, and locking means configured to maintain the blocking means in one of the blocking position and the opening position when the temperature within the module is less than a predetermined threshold value, the blocking means being configured to adopt the other of the blocking position and the opening position when the temperature within the module is greater than said predetermined threshold value.
US11634999B2	Probe placement optimization in gas turbine engines A method of optimizing probe placement in a turbomachine is disclosed which includes determining wavenumber (Wn) of N dominant wavelets generated by upstream and downstream stators and blade row interactions formed around an annulus, establishing a design matrix A utilized in developing flow properties around the annulus having a dimension of m×(2N+1), iteratively modifying probe positions placed around the annulus and determining a condition number of the design matrix A for each set of probe positions until a predetermined threshold is achieved for the condition number representing optimal probe position, wherein the condition number is defined as norm A·norm A+, wherein A+ represents inverse of A for a square matrix and a Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse of A for a rectangular matrix.
US11634993B2	Gas turbine engine with improved VIGV shielding A gas turbine engine includes: a fan rotating about an engine main axis; a core duct; an engine core; an Engine Section Stator (ESS) including a plurality of ESS vanes and arranged in the core duct downstream of the fan; and a plurality of variable inlet guide vanes (VIGV) adapted to rotate about a pivot axis and arranged in the core duct downstream of the ESS. The VIGV vanes are arranged angularly rotated with respect to the ESS vanes such that the VIGVs are shielded by the ESS, thereby protecting the VIGVs from icing and from ice shedding from the ESS vanes.
US11634983B2	Wireless telemetry using tool body deflection for opening a toe sleeve Systems and methods for wireless telemetry in oil and gas wells use fluid pressure differentials to send signals from surface equipment to a downhole tool. More specifically, the methods and systems selectively apply fluid pressure to a tubing string and measure the resulting mechanical strain, or deformation, on a tubular of the downhole tool. The deformation may be an elastic deformation or it may be a plastic deformation with yielding of the tubular. One or more of such strains or deformations may be used to encode a digital signal that can command an action on the tool. The strain or deformation may be measured by a low-cost strain gauge.
US11634979B2	Determining one or more parameters of a well completion design based on drilling data corresponding to variables of mechanical specific energy Methods for determining parameter/s of a well completion design (WCD) for at least a portion of a drilled well based on drilling data corresponding to variables of mechanical specific energy (MSE) are provided. In some cases, MSE values may be acquired and the WCD parameter/s may be based on the MSE values. The MSE values may be obtained from a provider or may be acquired by calculating the MSE values via the drilling data. In some cases, the data may be amended prior to determining the WCD parameter/s to substantially neutralize distortions of the data. In some cases, the methods may include creating a geomechanical model of the drilled well from acquired MSE values, optionally amending the geomechanical model and determining the WCD parameter/s from the geomechanical model. Storage mediums having program instructions which are executable by a processor for performing any steps of the methods are also provided.
US11634973B2	Dynamic strain detection for cable orientation during perforation operations A method of perforating a wellbore is provided. The method includes generating a shockwave that propagates throughout said wellbore by firing a perforation device at a perforating direction, and measuring the shockwave at a fiber optic cable in the wellbore using the fiber optic cable. The method further includes determining an orientation of the fiber optic cable relative to the perforating direction based on the shockwave and the perforating direction, and changing the perforating direction based on the orientation of said the optic cable for a subsequent perforation of the wellbore to minimize damage to the fiber optic cable during the subsequent perforation. The fiber optic cable is an existing cable that has been deployed before the method starts.
US11634971B1	System and method for controlling a chemical dosage A wellhead system includes a wellhead, a fluid line extending from the wellhead, a branch line fluidly connected to the fluid line at an inlet and at an outlet, an ejector device arranged on the branch line, a tank fluidly connected by a tank fluid line to the ejector device, and a pressure control valve arranged on the branch line upstream of the ejector device. The ejector device is configured to produce a mixture that includes the fluid from the wellhead flowing in the branch fluid line with a chemical flowing the tank fluid line. The ejector device is also configured to discharge the mixture downstream of the ejector device. The pressure control valve is configured to control the flow of a fluid entering the ejector device.
US11634968B2	Outflow control device, systems and methods A well tool assembly can include a well screen configured to filter fluid flow between an interior and an exterior of a tubular string, and an outflow control section that permits the fluid flow in an outward direction and prevents the fluid flow in an inward direction, the outflow control section including at least two outflow control valves arranged in series. A method can include installing a well tool assembly including a well screen, flowing a fluid from an exterior to an interior of a tubular string through the well screen and an inflow control valve of the well tool assembly, and flowing another fluid from the interior to the exterior of the tubular string through the well screen and at least one outflow control valve of the well tool assembly.
US11634933B2	Door handle lock and locking method A door handle lock and a locking method are provided. The door handle lock comprises a first lock body, a second lock body, and a locking part, and the locking part is engaged with a movable part to lock the first lock body, thus being difficult to unlock. The door handle lock is mounted within a rotation range of the door handle, and the rotation of the door handle is limited by the first lock body. Such a setting effectively prevents a child from unlocking without permission and then opening the door to escape, thus improving the security.
US11634930B2	Electric strike installation tool and method A lock jamb punching tool includes a face member having a die aperture, a rabbet member protruding normal to the face member, a jamb area between the rabbet member and the face member, and a punch in the jamb area, the punch being slidable into the die aperture along a punch path, and an actuator to move the punch along the punch path.
US11634926B2	Fence bracket A connector attached to the end face of a supported member where fasteners are driven through the connector into the end face of the supported member, and then the supported member with the attached connector is positioned to interface on the supporting member with jutting peripheral attachment areas of the connector exposed and available for receiving fasteners that will attach the connector and the fence stringer to the supporting member.
US11634924B2	Shading system and method of use A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
US11634922B2	Lane rope float Provided is a lane rope float that is less likely to cause injuries even when a hand, a foot, or the like of a swimmer collides with the lane rope float. A lane rope float that is attached to a rope via a cylindrical portion to define lanes of a pool and is made of a synthetic resin material, the lane rope float including: a plurality of blades protruding in parallel with the rope around the cylindrical portion; and an outer peripheral wall connected to side end portions of the blades and covering the blades, wherein a groove portion is formed between the side end portion of each of the blades and the outer peripheral wall, wherein a connection end portion of the side end portion of the blade and the outer peripheral wall are connected, and wherein the outer peripheral wall is elastically deformable toward the blades so as to crush the groove portion.
US11634921B1	Swimming pool water valve with a support element A swimming pool water valve with a support element, comprising a water valve main body and a support element, wherein the support element and the water valve main body are integrally formed or assembled on the water valve main body, the support element supports the water valve main body, the water valve main body comprises a water inlet, a water outlet and a switch valve, wherein the water inlet is connected with the swimming pool, and the switch valve controls the connection and the separation of the water inlet and the water outlet. The swimming pool water valve is supported by the support element, so as to realize the function of protecting the drainage outlet and the water intake of the swimming pool from being torn and damaged easily and avoiding water leakage, thereby achieving the effect of long-term stable and safe use of the product.
US11634920B2	Natural stone swimming pool The present invention relates to a pool for receiving one or more people for carrying out sports or relaxation activities, also referred to as a swimming pool, comprising at least one baseplate and a boundary wall, wherein the baseplate and the boundary wall enclose an internal volume, and the baseplate and the boundary wall are each constructed from one or more monolithic natural stones, and said monolithic natural stones are interconnected to one another, within the baseplate, the boundary wall and at the connecting surfaces between baseplate and boundary wall, in an integrally bonded and watertight manner. The invention furthermore relates to the use of such a pool as a swimming pool, and to a method for producing such a pool.
US11634918B1	Catch mat A catch mat for protecting a floor and a wall during construction activities includes two or more cushioning pads each having a top surface, a bottom surface, and four peripheral edges. Each cushioning pad has a first part of a two-part fastener strip fixed along the top surface proximate one of the peripheral edges. A flexible second part of the two-part fastener strip is adapted to engage the first part of the two-part fastener strip of adjacent and abutting cushioning pads to fasten them mutually yet pivotally together. Each cushioning pad further includes at least one resilient masking strip projecting away from one of the peripheral edges of the cushioning pad at the top surface thereof. In use, the cushioning pads, fastened together, are placed on the floor against the wall with the masking strip bent upward against the wall to protect the floor and wall from falling debris.
US11634910B2	Sump drain apparatus, system, and method of construction The present disclosure provides a sump drain apparatus comprising a drain inlet and a ramp coupled to the drain inlet comprising an incline plane configured to divert drainage water toward the drain bowl, wherein at least a portion of the ramp is configured to be positioned on top of a roof deck.
US11634898B2	Sink with accessory rails A sink includes a base that has a drain. A front wall extends upward from the base. A rear wall extends upward from the base. A first side wall and a second side wall extend upward from the base. The first side wall includes a first height from the base being greater than a second height of the second side wall from the base by approximately 1 cm (0.39 inches).
US11634897B2	Integrated airgap retrofit body A retrofit body for a faucet that provides an airgap vent is disclosed. The retrofit body may work with any faucet where the faucet body projects through a countertop. The airgap vent is in fluid communication with a drainpipe and a wastewater stream from an appliance.
US11634896B2	Overhead shower connector structure An overhead shower connector structure includes an overhead shower connector, a connecting rod assembly, and a bracket. The bracket is connected with the overhead shower connector through the connecting rod assembly. The overhead shower connector is configured to connect with the overhead shower. The bracket is configured to hold a hand shower. After installing the overhead shower connector, the bracket can be installed together, and there is no need to install the bracket separately. There is no need to fix the bracket to the wall, so that the overhead shower connector structure can facilitate the installation of the bracket and improve the installation efficiency. The overall structure of is simple.
US11634889B2	Control device and control method A control device that controls a work vehicle including work equipment includes: a route acquisition unit that acquires a traveling route of a transport vehicle; an area setting unit that sets a limit area for limiting entry of the work equipment along the traveling route; and a signal output unit that outputs a signal for controlling the work vehicle or the transport vehicle on the basis of a relationship between the limit area and the work equipment.
US11634888B2	Online machine learning for determining soil parameters When an EMV performs an action comprising moving a tool of the EMV through soil or other material, the EMV can measure a current speed of the tool through the material and a current kinematic pressure exerted on the tool by the material. Using the measured current speed and kinematic pressure, the EMV system can use a machine learned model to determine one or more soil parameters of the material. The EMV can then make decisions based on the soil parameters, such as by selecting a tool speed for the EMV based on the determined soil parameters.
US11634881B2	Bridge foundation scouring monitoring sensor and monitoring data analysis method thereof The disclosure provides a bridge foundation scouring monitoring sensor and a monitoring data analysis method thereof. The disclosed sensor comprises a cover plate, a bottom fixing unit and several standard scouring depth monitoring units fixedly disposed between the cover plate and the bottom fixing unit. Each standard scouring depth monitoring unit comprises an optical fiber vibration string (OFVS) and a supporting frame; the two ends of the OFVS are fixedly connected with the supporting frame; a plurality of polyhedral mass blocks are evenly distributed on the OFBS from top to bottom; and a fiber Bragg grating sensor is disposed at the upper portion of OFBS. The variation of scour depth of bridge foundation induces the change of vibration frequency of the OFVS, which is measured by the fiber Bragg grating sensor. The method of calculating the scour depth from the measured vibration frequency of the OFVS is disclosed.
US11634878B2	Systems for offshore environmental maintenance Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting and collecting fluids released into a body of water are disclosed. Particularly, detection and collection of a fluid released during a petroleum exploration or production operation are disclosed. A released fluid may be detected using sensors on a submersible vehicle (SV) or a plurality of SVs operating in concert. A detected released fluid is collected in storage tanks onboard of the one or more SVs or in an external tank coupled to the one or more SVs.
US11634877B2	Method for removal of temporary support system for road bridge pre-fabricated small box girder-type concealed bent cap, and equipment therefor A method for removal of a temporary support system for a road bridge pre-fabricated small box girder-type concealed bent cap, and equipment therefor. The removal method comprises the following steps: removing cantilever beams; removing lateral pier support systems and loading same onto a truck; removing outer-side main beam sections connected to lateral pier support systems and loading same onto a truck; removing, horizontally displacing, and lowering a main beam middle section connected to the main pier support system; hoisting, lowering, and laying flat a main truss system, and loading same onto a truck; and removing a main pier vertical support system and a pad beam.
US11634870B2	Layered tissue comprising non-wood fibers The present invention provides multi-layered tissue webs, and tissue products comprising the same, the multi-layered webs comprising wood fibers and non-wood cellulosic fibers where the non-wood cellulosic fibers are selectively deposited in one or more outer layers of the multi-layered web. Surprisingly disposing non-wood cellulosic fibers in the outer layers, even in relatively modest amounts, alters the machine and/or cross-machine direction properties of the resulting web, such that MD:CD tensile ratio may be reduced.
US11634868B2	Papermaking fabrics having machine and cross-machine direction elements and paper products made therewith The present invention discloses tissue products, specifically rolled paper towel products, such as one, two or three ply tissue products having a basis weight greater than about 35 gsm and a GMT greater than about 1,500 g/3″. The products have a three-dimensional surface, typically the air contacting surface, comprising substantially continuous machine direction (MD) oriented elements, discrete cross-machine direction (CD) oriented elements and discrete MD oriented valleys having valley sidewalls formed by the MD oriented elements and valley endwalls formed by the CD oriented elements. The discrete valleys generally have a length greater than about 10.0 mm. The CD oriented elements comprise a relatively small percentage of the tissue surface area, such as less than about 15 percent, yet the tissue products display good anti-nesting properties when spirally wound into rolls, such as a Roll Structure greater than about 1.75.
US11634867B2	Method for producing paper A method for producing a paper, which includes applying at least one of ionizing radiation and plasma to at least one of a paper base and a compound (A) selected from: a compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and containing no fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and a compound containing no fluorine atom in a molecular structure in which radicals are generated by irradiation of an electron beam to the compound, to introduce a layer formed from the compound (A) on a surface of the paper base.
US11634860B2	Articles and methods for dispensing metal ions into laundry systems Articles and methods for treating textiles and other materials with an antimicrobial compound during laundry and/or drying cycles. The articles include a porous substrate and a core composition that is releasably associated with the substrate and that includes a metal ion having antimicrobial activity. Methods include the use of the articles in laundry and/or drying cycles to provide antimicrobial treatment of the textiles and materials.
US11634858B2	Method for fiber modification A method for fiber modification provided in the present disclosure comprises the following steps: reacting fibers with a hypochlorous acid oxidant for development of antioxidant fibers, separating the antioxidant fibers from the hypochlorous acid oxidant and drying the antioxidant fibers to develop modified fibers which feature better oxidation resistance.
US11634857B2	Laundry treating appliance having sensors, and methods of operation A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior. A drum is rotatable within the cabinet interior, and at least partially defines a treating chamber. The treating chamber has a treating chamber air inlet and a treating chamber air outlet. A drying air circuit is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber air inlet and to the treating chamber air outlet. The laundry treating appliance can include first and second air temperature sensors, at least a first humidity sensor, and a controller operably coupled with the sensors.
US11634851B2	Washing machine A washing machine includes a tub containing water, a drum disposed rotatably in the tub, the drum receiving laundry and a detergent supply device supplying detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply device comprises a plurality of cartridges respectively containing detergent, a pump sucking detergent contained in the plurality of cartridges and a passage switching valve selectively allowing the pump to be fluidly communicated with one of the plurality of cartridges.
US11634850B2	Washing machine and washing drum thereof Provided are a locking mechanism and a washing machine. The washing machine includes a washing drum, the washing drum includes a container body having a via hole. The locking mechanism includes a locking shell connected to the container body and internally provided with an accommodating cavity communicated with the via hole; and a locking member inserted into the accommodating cavity.
US11634846B2	Sewing machine A sewing machine determines a pattern from multiple patterns, as a first pattern. The sewing machine generates a projection image including a first image representing a sewing image of the first pattern in a sewing expected size thereof. The sewing machine projects the generated projection image onto a projection area. The sewing machine sews the first pattern on a workpiece in the sewing expected size based on pattern data for the first pattern.
US11634842B2	Stretchable wire member An object is to solve problems associated with a stretchable wire member that includes, for example, a garment with stretchable wires formed thereon, that is, to solve the problems of wrinkles and undulations that often occur after the garment is stretched. A stretchable wire member includes a fabric; a base layer disposed on a surface of the fabric; a conductive layer disposed in part of the fabric, the conductive layer being on a surface of the base layer; and a protective layer covering the conductive layer. In the stretchable wire member, an elastic modulus E′3 of a multilayer body portion including the fabric, the base layer, and the protective layer ranges from 1 MPa to 6 MPa.
US11634841B2	Low permeability and high strength woven fabric and methods of making the same A method for producing a woven fabric comprises weaving fibers in a warp direction and a weft direction to form a fabric having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the warp fibers and weft fibers each comprises one or more filaments of a synthetic polymer having substantially uniform cross-sectional composition. At least a portion of the filaments in the fibers on the top and/or bottom surface of the fabric are then fused together in the presence of a heat transfer liquid or vapor added during the fusing step or added in a prior step of the fabric production process and retained by the filaments. The fusing step produces a treated fabric having a tensile strength in both the warp and weft directions of 1000 N or greater and having, in the absence of any coating, a static air permeability (SAP) of 3 l/dm2/min or lower.
US11634839B2	Hydrophobic nano-silica mixed thermoplastic polyurethane coated yarn A thermoplastic polyurethane coated yarn having excellent adhesive strength in which hydrophobic nano-silica is mixed. The nano-silica is contained in the range of 0.2-5 parts per hundred resin (phr) and the nano-silica having a primary particle size of in a range of 1-100 nm. The thermoplastic polyurethane coating yarn mixed with the hydrophobic nano-silica of the present invention is uniformly coated with a thermoplastic polyurethane resin containing nano-silica containing a hydrophobic functional group on the surface of the core yarn, whereby the core yarn is biased to one side. Since no coating or uncoating occurs, the product quality and productivity are excellent, in addition to excellent durability and wear resistance of the thermoplastic polyurethane, mechanical strength and chemical resistance are improved.
US11634816B2	Method, system, and device for storage and delivery of process gas from a substrate Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices incorporating use of materials to store, ship, and deliver process gases to micro-electronics fabrication processes and other critical process applications.
US11634812B2	Solid source sublimator Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical sublimator vessels and corresponding deposition modules. The solid source chemical sublimator can include a housing configured to hold solid chemical reactant therein. A lid may be disposed on a proximal portion of the housing. The lid can include a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and define a serpentine flow path within a distal portion of the lid. The lid can be adapted to allow gas flow within the flow path. The solid source chemical sublimator can include a filter that is disposed between the serpentine flow path and the distal portion of the housing. The filter can have a porosity configured to restrict a passage of a solid chemical reactant therethrough.
US11634801B2	Ferritic stainless steel having reduced carbon sludge adsorption for exhaust system heat exchanger and method of manufacturing same Provided is a ferritic stainless steel for an exhaust system heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing the same. The ferritic stainless steel includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, 0.003 to 0.1% of carbon (C), 0.01 to 2.0% of silicon (Si), 0.01 to 1.5% of manganese (Mn), 0.05% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.005% or less of sulfur (S), 10 to 30% of chromium (Cr), 0.001 to 0.10% of titanium (Ti), 0.001 to 0.15% of aluminum (Al), 0.003 to 0.03% of nitrogen (N), 0.3 to 0.6% of niobium (Nb), 0.01 to 2.5% of molybdenum (Mo), and the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, wherein TiN precipitates having a size of 0.1 μm or more are distributed in a surface layer of a ferrite matrix at a concentration of 2.5*104 ea/mm2 or less.
US11634791B2	Coated steel product A hot-dip coated steel product including: a steel product; and a coating layer including a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer disposed on a surface of the steel product, in which the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer includes a Zn phase, an Al phase, and a MgZn2 phase, and contains a Mg—Sn intermetallic compound phase in the Zn phase, and the coating layer has a chemical composition satisfying a predetermined average composition, a total area proportion of the Al phase and the MgZn2 phase is 70% or more, an area proportion of the Zn phase is 30% or less, an average value of cumulative circumferential lengths of the Al phase is less than 88 mm/mm2, and a total frequency in number of the Al phase having a circumferential length of 50 μm or more is less than 100.
US11634790B2	Plated steel sheet A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: more than 5.00% and 35.00% or less, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, in which in a cross section of the plating layer in a thickness direction, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 90%, a lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 μm or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 35% or less.
US11634788B2	Process for recovering metal The invention relates to a process for recovering metals from aqueous solutions or solid feedstocks such as ores and waste. In particular, the invention relates to a method of recovering a target metal using a microorganism and recycling depleted growth media or depleted lixiviant back through the process.
US11634783B2	Methods for detecting fungi in turf grass with a lamp assay having novel primer sets The present invention provides a method for detecting fungal DNA in a turf grass sample with a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay which contains primers for fungal DNA of at least one turf pathogenic fungi selected from Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, Rhizoctonia solani spp., Pythium ashanidematum, Gaeumannomyces graminis spp., Microdochium nivale spp., Magnaporthe poae, Colletotrihum graminicola, Colletotrichum cereale and Pytium ultimum var. ultimum, comprising: subjecting the turf sample to a LAMP reaction wherein the LAMP reaction uses a primer set of four or more nucleic acid sequences with each primer in the set having from 15 to 50 nucleic acids The primers useful in the present method are selected from specifically selected internal transcribed spacer regions or genes of the target fungi to provide improved assay results.
US11634776B2	Method for diagnosis and subtyping of adult onset Still's disease The invention relates to method of diagnosis a subject suffering from Adult-onset Still's disease and further to determine the disease course of the subject suffering from Adult-onset Still's disease.
US11634771B2	Methods of lowering the error rate of massively parallel DNA sequencing using duplex consensus sequencing Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands.
US11634760B2	Method for amplifying target nucleic acid and composition for amplifying target nucleic acid The present invention relates to a method for detecting a target nucleic acid, which induces any surrogate target to be amplified in the presence of the target nucleic acid and is useful for molecular diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis, early diagnosis, cancer diagnosis, genetic related diagnosis, genetic trait diagnosis, diagnosis of infectious bacteria, identification of drug-resistant bacteria, forensic medicine, species identification of organisms, and the like.
US11634752B2	Kit for split-pool barcoding target molecules that are in or on cells or cell organelles The invention provides methods, compositions, kits and devices for the detection of target molecules. In some embodiments, the invention allows for multiplexed target molecule detection.
US11634747B2	Preservation of fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma A method for preserving and processing fetal nucleic acids located within maternal plasma is disclosed, wherein a sample of maternal blood containing fetal nucleic acids is treated to reduce both cell lysis of the maternal blood cells and deoxyribonuclease (DNase) and ribonuclease (RNase) activity within the fetal nucleic acids. The treatment of the sample aids in increasing the amount of fetal nucleic acids that can be identified and tested while maintaining the structure and integrity of the fetal nucleic acids.
US11634744B2	Methods and materials for assessing and treating arthritis This document provides methods and materials involved in assessing mammals (e.g., humans) for arthritis. For example, methods and materials for assessing a mammal's gut microbial diversity to identify the mammal as having arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis) are provided. This document also provides methods and materials involved in treating arthritis.
US11634742B2	Compositions of DNA molecules, methods of making therefor, and methods of use thereof Provided herein are double strand DNA molecules comprising inverted repeats, expression cassette and one or more restriction sites for nicking endonucleases, the methods of use thereof, and the methods of making therefor.
US11634736B2	Methods and materials for the biosynthesis of compounds involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and derivatives and compounds related thereto Methods and materials for the production of compounds involved in the TCA cycle, and/or derivatives thereof and/or compounds related thereto are provided. Also provided are products produced in accordance with these methods and materials.
US11634722B2	Plant gene editing systems, methods, and compositions Systems, methods, and compositions that provide for increased frequencies of plant gene editing in comparison to controls are provided herein. Also disclosed are compositions that provide for editing target genes in plant cells. Systems for modification of a plant genome and/or target plant gene are provided. Methods for modifying a plant cell genome or a target plant gene in a plant cell genome are also provided. Compositions, plant cell cultures, and/or reaction mixtures comprising plant cells, certain agents, and gene editing molecules are also provided herein.
US11634709B2	Methods for preparing analytes and related kits Provided herein are methods for preparing and treating an analyte (e.g., a macromolecule or a plurality of macromolecules, peptides, polypeptides, and proteins) for analysis. In some embodiments, the analyte is prepared and treated in a method that includes the use of bait and capture nucleic acids, solid supports, and reaction mixtures including the bait and capture nucleic acids. In some embodiments, the analyte is coupled to a solid support. Also provided are kits containing components for performing the provided methods for preparing the analytes. In some embodiments, the methods are for preparing an analyte for sequencing. Provided herein are methods for preparing and treating an analyte (e.g., a macromolecule or a plurality of macromolecules, peptides, polypeptides, and proteins) for analysis. In some embodiments, the analyte is prepared and treated in a method that includes the use of bait and capture nucleic acids, solid supports, and reaction mixtures including the bait and capture nucleic acids. In some embodiments, the analyte is coupled to a solid support. Also provided are kits containing components for performing the provided methods for preparing the analytes. In some embodiments, the methods are for preparing an analyte for sequencing.
US11634704B2	Ligand-guided-selection method for screening antigen-specific ligands A Ligand-guided-Selection (LIGS) method for identifying highly specific aptamers against a predetermined antigen of a target is provided. LIGS uses a stronger and highly specific bivalent binder (e.g. an antibody) interacting with its cognate antigen to displace specific aptamers from an enriched SELEX pool. Elution of the displaced aptamers provides aptamers that are specific to the predetermined antigen.
US11634702B2	Cell signaling pathway activation by local AC electric field A method for activating a cell-signaling pathway of interest in a cell, including applying a time-modulated localized alternating current electrical field to the cell, wherein the amplitude and frequency of the localized alternating current electrical field is selected to activate the cell signaling pathway of interest, thereby activating the cell signaling pathway.
US11634701B2	Metabolic pathways with increased carbon yield The present invention relates to the conversion of a carbon source into acetyl phosphate with increased carbon yield. In particular, the invention provides metabolically engineered micro-organisms capable of producing acetyl phosphate from a carbon source with increased carbon yield, which micro-organisms have been transformed with at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a phosphoketolase having sedoheptulose-7-phosphate phosphoketolase activity and which are further genetically modified to have eliminated transketolase activity. The invention also provides methods for the production of chemicals using said micro-organisms.
US11634694B2	Manganese peroxidase, gene thereof, and use thereof in detoxification of mycotoxin The present invention provides use of a manganese peroxidase in the detoxification of mycotoxins, and specifically, the present invention provides five manganese peroxidases (MnP-1, MnP-2, MnP-4, MnP-5, and MnP-6), genes thereof, and uses thereof. The present invention provides five manganese peroxidases (MnP-1, MnP-2, MnP-4, MnP-5, and MnP-6) derived from lignocellulose degradation bacteria, the amino acid sequences thereof being as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 10, and SEQ ID NO: 13.
US11634688B2	Methods and compositions for inducing hematopoietic cell differentiation The invention provides culture platforms, cell media, and methods of differentiating pluriptent cells into hematopoietic cells. The invention further provides pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoietic cells generated using the culture platforms and methods disclosed herein, which enable feed-free, monolayer culturing and in the absence of EB formation. Specifically, pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoietic cell of this invention include, and not limited to, iHSC, definitive hemogenic endothelium, hematopoietic multipotent progenitors, T cell progenitors, NK cell progenitors, T cells, and NK cells.
US11634682B2	Networked incubator operation Aspects of the present invention relate to a networked cell culture incubator and to methods for operating such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes a network interface for communicating with a source of parameter data utilized successfully by other incubators. The incubator receives appropriate parameter data and conducts the incubation process as prescribed by the parameter data so as to provide an improved environment for cell culture growth. The incubator may share its own parameter data with the data source for use by other incubators. The incubator and data source may share other forms of data as well.
US11634667B2	Precursor polyelectrolyte complex compositions in dual chamber dispensing system The invention relates to compositions and methods of treatment employing compositions comprising polyelectrolyte complexes. The compositions include a water-soluble first polyelectrolyte bearing a net cationic charge or capable of developing a net cationic charge and a water-soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing a net anionic charge or capable of developing a net anionic charge. The total polyelectrolyte concentration of the first solution is at least 110 millimolar. The composition is free of coacervates, precipitates, latex particles, synthetic block copolymers, silicone copolymers, cross-linked poly(acrylic) and cross-linked water-soluble polyelectrolyte. The composition may be a concentrate, to be diluted prior to use to treat a surface.
US11634666B2	Methods for spore removal comprising a polysorbate surfactant and cationic antimicrobial mixture Disclosed herein are methods for removing spores from skin, the method including dispensing an effective amount of a composition into or onto an article, wherein the composition includes water and from about 0.04 wt % to about 4 wt % polymeric cationic antimicrobial, nonionic antimicrobial or combinations thereof; contacting a skin surface with the composition; mechanically acting on the skin surface for at least one (1) second while the skin surface is in the presence of the composition; and removing at least a portion of the composition from the surface of the skin, wherein removing the composition also removes spores from the skin surface.
US11634662B2	Liquid detergent compositions with improved rheology A composition that includes of detersive surfactant, external structurant or thickener, and C4-C10 alkyl branched alcohol.
US11634654B2	Polycarboxylic acid-based additives for fuels and lubricants An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
US11634644B2	Fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system and method A fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system for economically and efficiently converting biomass and other combustible materials into bio-oil. The system employs multiple closed loop tubes situated inside the heat exchanger. As a granular solid heat carrier is deposited at the top of the heat exchanger and caused to move downwardly therethrough, heat is transferred from the tubes to the heat carrier which is then transferred to a reactor where it is placed in contact with the combustible materials.
US11634630B2	Phosphor and light source device A phosphor and a light source device having the phosphor having a high internal quantum yield by enabling a large Ce amount, capable of shifting the fluorescence wavelength of yellow fluorescence to the long wavelength side, having satisfactory heat quenching resistance, and excellent in blue light transmittance. The phosphor includes a Ce:YAG single crystal having a Ce amount of 0.7 parts by mole or more when the total amount of Y and Ce is 100 parts by mole.
US11634621B2	Organophilic clays and drilling fluids containing them The organophilic clay comprises a smectite-type clay ion exchanged with quaternary ammonium ions, where at least 75 mol-% of said quaternary ammonium ions are bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium fatty acid esters and at least 90% of the fatty acid moieties of the bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium fatty acid esters have a structure RC(O) with group R being a linear alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 9 to 21 carbon atoms. The organophilic clay is useful for thickening oil based compositions, in particular drilling fluids for drilling oil or gas wells, comprising an oil phase.
US11634614B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, heat-curable resin composition, and dicing-die attach film A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a step of preparing a dicing/die-bonding integrated film including an adhesive layer formed of a heat-curable resin composition having a melt viscosity of 3100 Pa·s or higher at 120° C., a tacky adhesive layer, and a base material film; a step of sticking a surface on the adhesive layer side of the dicing/die-bonding integrated film and a semiconductor wafer together; a step of dicing the semiconductor wafer; a step of expanding the base material film and thereby obtaining adhesive-attached semiconductor elements; a step of picking up the adhesive-attached semiconductor element from the tacky adhesive layer; a step of laminating this semiconductor element to another semiconductor element, with the adhesive interposed therebetween; and a step of heat-curing the adhesive.
US11634610B2	Siloxane polymer compositions and their use The present invention provides a method for covering a substrate, and includes the following operations: (a) admixing at least four different silane monomers and at least one bi-silane to a first solvent(s) to form a mixture, with the proviso that at least one of the silane monomers or the bi-silane comprises an active group capable of achieving cross-linking to adjacent siloxane polymer chains of the siloxane polymer composition; (b) subjecting the mixture to an acid treatment so that the silane monomers are at least partially hydrolysed, and the hydrolysed silane monomers, the silane monomers and the bi-silane are at least partially polymerized and cross-linked; (c) optionally changing the first solvent to a second solvent; and (d) subjecting the mixture to further cross-linking of the siloxane polymer to achieve a predetermined degree of cross-linking, depositing the siloxane polymer composition on the substrate, and optionally curing the deposited siloxane polymer composition.
US11634598B2	Ink jet composition and flameproofing method An ink jet composition according to the present disclosure contains a flameproofing agent and resin particles. The resin particles are preferably urethanic resin particles. It is preferable that a urethanic resin making up the urethanic resin particles is a urethanic resin containing a crosslinking group and the crosslinking group is one or more selected from the group consisting of a blocked isocyanate group and a silanol group. The urethanic resin making up the urethanic resin particles preferably has a polycarbonate skeleton.
US11634595B2	Adhesion promoter for thermoplastic polyolefin substrate An adhesion promoter for non-conductive surfaces is disclosed that combines a polyolefin with co-resins in a colloidal suspension in water. The colloidal suspension in water is prepared from mixing a solid-powder composition that includes the polyolefin and the co-resins with water. The colloidal suspension in water is applied to a low surface energy, non-conductive substrate, such as thermoplastic olefins, in order to make the substrates conductive for electrostatic painting.
US11634589B2	Coating composition and optical member There are provided a coating composition being possible to form a cured film which has excellent transparency and weather resistance, and especially hardness. A coating composition obtained by which a silicon-containing substance as a component (M) and a silica colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 80 nm as a component (S) are mixed, and then the component (M) is hydrolyzed, and the resulting aqueous solution is subsequently mixed with a colloidal particle (C) wherein a component (F) is a modified metal oxide colloidal particle (C) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, which includes a metal oxide colloidal particle (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 60 nm as a core, whose surface is coated with a coating (B) formed of an acidic oxide colloidal particle.
US11634582B2	Curable white silicone formulation, a reflective material for optical semiconductor module and optical semiconductor device A curable white silicone composition that is capable of forming a cured product having a high optical reflectance as well as exceptional light resistance is provided. The curable white silicone composition includes (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least 2 alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) a cerium-containing organopolysiloxane, (C) a white pigment, and (D) a curing catalyst.
US11634579B2	Resin composition, molded body, optical layer, cover member and moving body A resin composition of the present invention is used in an optical layer 10 provided with a first layer (base material layer 1) including a polycarbonate-based resin and a visible light absorber for forming the first layer. The visible light absorber includes a plurality of kinds of light absorbers, and a melting point of a first light absorber having the lowest melting point is equal to or higher than 200° C., in which a melting point of a second light absorber having the highest melting point is equal to or lower than 330° C. The resin composition is such that the viscosity at 260° C. obtainable when a shear rate is 243.2 [1/sec] is equal to or more than 400 Pa·s and equal to or less than 3500 Pa·s.
US11634575B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, method of preparing the same, and molded article including the same The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article including the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin including a vinyl cyanide compound-conjugated diene compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer and an α-methyl styrene compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer and 0.4 to 3 parts by weight of an alkoxylated polyethyleneimine, a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention has improved chemical resistance to solvents such as thinner without degradation in fluidity and mechanical properties, and thus has excellent paintability.
US11634570B2	Thermoplastic elastomer composition A thermoplastic elastomer composition that can form a molded article having both high low-temperature impact resistance and high high-temperature impact resistance is provided. A specimen of the thermoplastic elastomer composition 30 mm wide×30 mm long×2.0 mm thick punched out from a central portion of a molded article formed by injection-molding the thermoplastic elastomer composition into a mold cavity 90 mm wide×150 mm long×2.0 mm thick at a cylinder temperature of 220° C., a mold temperature of 50° C., and an injection rate of 25 cm3/sec satisfies the following requirements: (1) an area increase rate S of the specimen after impregnation with petroleum benzine at 23° C. for 24 hours is 20% or less; and (2): a volume increase rate V of the specimen after impregnation with petroleum benzine at 23° C. for 24 hours is 20% or more and 125% or less.
US11634565B2	Caps or closures made from a resin composition comprising polyethylene Described herein are caps or closures made from a resin composition having at least one polyethylene having a density of at least 0.940 g/cm3 when measured following the ISO 1183-2 method at 23° C.; erucamide; and at least 700 ppm based on the total weight of the resin composition of at least one ultraviolet absorber selected from the hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole class. A process for the production of such caps or closures is also described herein.
US11634563B2	Epoxidized natural rubber composite and preparation process thereof The present disclosure provides an epoxidized natural rubber composite and a preparation process thereof, and relates to the technical field of rubber materials. The epoxidized natural rubber composite provided by the present disclosure comprises the following preparation raw materials in parts by weight: 100 parts of epoxidized natural rubber, 1˜30 parts of peanut meal, 0.05˜0.8 parts of surfactants, 0.1˜4 parts of coagulant and 0.2˜12 parts of vulcanization processing aids. The present disclosure utilizes essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids contained in peanut meal to improve the aging resistance of the epoxidized natural rubber. After hot air aging, ozone aging and ultraviolet aging treatments, both the tensile strength retention rate and the elongation at break retention rate of the epoxidized natural rubber composites of the present disclosure can be kept above 83%.
US11634550B2	Methods of improving lofting agent retention using bicomponent fibers Methods of forming a lightweight reinforced thermoplastic core layer and articles including the core layer are described. In some examples, the methods use a combination of thermoplastic material, reinforcing fibers and bicomponent fibers to enhance retention of lofting agents in the core layer. The processes permit the use of less material while still providing sufficient lofting capacity in the final formed core layer.
US11634542B2	High temperature semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers Compositions and methods for a semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units with 4,4′-dihalobenzophenone, and compositions and methods for semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers incorporating 2-benzimidazolinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units with 1,4-bis(4-dihalobenzoyl)benzene are described herein. The Copolymers have advantageous properties, particularly in terms of high glass transition temperatures (Tg), high melting temperatures (Tm), crystallinity and chemical resistance. The copolymers are suitable for manufacturing high temperature and chemical resistance molded systems and other articles of manufacture via injection molding, extrusion, compression molding, coating, and additive manufacturing.
US11634540B2	Polymeric alpha-hydroxy aldehyde and ketone reagents and conjugation method Provided herein are polymeric α-hydroxy aldehyde or α-hydroxy ketone reagents which can be conjugated to amine-containing compounds to form stable conjugates in a single-step reaction. In selected embodiments, the polymeric reagent itself incorporates an internal proton-abstracting (basic) functional group, to promote more efficient reaction. The substituent is appropriately situated, via a linker if necessary, to position the group for proton abstraction, preferably providing a 4- or 5-bond spacing between the abstracting atom and the hydrogen atom on the α-carbon. Also provided are methods of using the reagents and stable, solubilized conjugates of the reagents with biologically active compounds. In preferred embodiments, the polymeric component of the reagent or conjugate is a polyethylene glycol.
US11634539B2	Polycarbonate block copolymers and methods thereof The present disclosure relates to block copolymers comprising, and methods of making thereof, a polycarbonate chain linked to a hydrophilic polymer. Such block copolymers may have the formula B-A-B, where A is a polycarbonate or polyethercarbonate chain and B is a polyether. Provided methods are useful in reducing the amount of waste generated from the synthesis of polycarbonates and provide improved thermal stability and high primary hydroxyl content. Provided block copolymers also have utility as additives in enhanced oil recovery methods, and foam polymer applications.
US11634537B2	Polymerizable composition for optical articles and optical articles made therefrom The present invention is directed to a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a reaction product of: (a) diethyleneglycol bischloroformate, ethyleneglycol bischloroformate, or combinations thereof; (b) allyl alcohol; (c) optionally, a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; and (d) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups; and (B) an organic peroxide comprising at least three peroxide groups. A polymerizate and/or an optical article comprising the polymerizable compositions of the invention are also provided.
US11634536B2	Tufted carpet including polyethyleneterephthalate bulked continuous filament A polyethylene terephthalate bulked continuous filament is manufactured by steps of melt-spinning, multi-step stretching a polyethylene terephthalate chip and a master batch chip for coloring, passing through a texturing nozzle, cooling, and winding and has an elastic modulus of 1.00E+07 to 5.00E+09 Pa at a temperature range of 10° C. to 200° C., the filament being manufactured by steps of melt-spinning a polyethylene terephthalate chip and a master batch chip for coloring, multi-step stretching, passing through a texturing nozzle, cooling, and winding.
US11634534B2	Degradable silyl-containing thermosetting networks A process of: providing a polyfunctional compound selected from polyisocyanate, polyacrylate, and polyepoxy; and reacting the polyfunctional compound with a hydroxyl- or amine-terminated silyl-containing compound. The polyfunctional compound and the silyl-containing compound are at least difunctional. A thermoset made by this process.
US11634532B2	2-part reactive urethane resin composition and method for producing thereof Provided is a material having an excellent sound-absorbing performance which can be easily applied to the desired area at the operation site and which can effectively prevent sound leakage. The material includes an open-cell soft polyurethane foam prepared from a 2-part reactive urethane resin composition prepared from a polyisocyanate component and a polyol-containing component, wherein the polyol-containing component comprises a polyol component, catalysts, a foam stabilizer, an amine compound having primary or secondary amino groups, and carbon dioxide; wherein an average sound absorption coefficient of said polyurethane foam is 30% or more, measured in accordance with JIS A 1405-2:2007 for 63 hertz to 5000 hertz; and the length of liquid-dripping is within 300 mm.
US11634509B2	Fibrous cellulose, method for manufacturing same, and resin composition A fibrous cellulose having an excellent resin reinforcing effect, a method for manufacturing the fibrous cellulose, and a resin composition having high strength. The fibrous cellulose is microfiber cellulose having an average fiber diameter of 1 μm or more, and is hydrophobically modified. The method for manufacturing fibrous cellulose includes defibrating raw material fiber to obtain microfiber cellulose with an average fiber diameter of 1 μm or more, and hydrophobically modifying the microfiber cellulose. Further, the resin composition contains the fibrous cellulose and resin.
US11634506B2	Heterodimeric proteins The invention provides novel heterodimeric proteins including heterodimeric antibodies.
US11634503B2	Antibody drug conjugates (ADC) that bind to 158P1D7 proteins Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 158P1D7 protein and variants thereof are described herein. 158P1D7 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in glioblastoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, and breast cancer. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
US11634490B2	Blocking antibodies against CD47 and methods of use thereof Provided are anti-CD47 antibodies or fragments thereof that can bind to the extra cellular domain of the CD47 protein. The antibodies or fragments thereof can effectively block the interaction between human CD47 and its ligand SIRP alpha and enhance the phagocytosis activity of macrophages to engulf cancer cells. Some of these antibodies or fragments do not induce in vitro hemagglutination and therefore can be suitably used as therapeutic agents with reduced off-target effects.
US11634478B2	Human immunodeficiency virus neutralizing antibodies and methods of use thereof The invention provides broadly neutralizing antibodies directed to epitopes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. The invention further provides compositions containing HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, and methods for diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection.
US11634474B2	Human serum albumin mutant Disclosed are a human serum albumin mutant that can be linked to a physiologically active protein to increase the stability of the protein in the blood, as well as a resulting protein produced by linking with the mutant. The protein produced by linking with the mutant consists of a human serum albumin mutant comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO:3 or an amino acid sequence that, in comparison with it, lacks not more than 10 amino acid residues and/or has not more than 10 amino acid residues replaced, with the proviso that the asparagine residue occurring at position 318 and the threonine at position 320 from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO:3 are preserved and linked by peptide bonds via a single amino acid residue (X) except proline placed between those two amino acid residues, and a physiologically active protein linked to the mutant.
US11634473B2	Method and device for fast dissolution of solid protein composition Provided are methods and devices for dissolving solid protein compositions, such as solid compositions comprising fibrinogen, in an aqueous solvent. The methods comprise use of a closed container containing a volume of solid fibrinogen composition and a head space wherein the pressure within the headspace is sub-atmospheric. Aqueous solvent is introduced into the container while maintain the sub-atmospheric pressure, and subsequent to addition of the solvent, the size of the headspace is decreased to bring the pressure to atmospheric pressure. The devices are suitable for use in the disclosed method.
US11634472B2	Treatment of monogenetic disorders The present invention relates to a nucleic acid expression cassette, in particular for the expression of a human liver-specific and/or liver-expressed protein and/or preferably physiologically active domains and/or fragments thereof in a patient suffering from a monogenetic disorder caused by a mutation in the gene coding for the liver-specific and/or liver-expressed protein.
US11634469B2	Vesicular stomatitis viruses This document provides methods and materials related to vesicular stomatitis viruses. For example, vesicular stomatitis viruses, nucleic acid molecules encoding VSV polypeptides, methods for making vesicular stomatitis viruses, and methods for using vesicular stomatitis viruses to treat cancer are provided.
US11634468B2	Parathyroid hormone variants The invention relates to parathyroid hormone (PTH) variants and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. The invention further relates to PTH compositions with improved serum half-life and peak-trough ratios, and methods of controlling serum calcium levels with the PTH variants and compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to methods of treating hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism with the PTH variants and compositions of the invention.
US11634465B2	Analogues of VDAC1-derived peptides The present invention relates to peptides comprising analogues of VDAC1-derived peptides having improved pharmacokinetic characteristics compared to the native parent peptides, which are effective in impairing cell energy production, in inducing apoptosis and cell death, particularly of cancerous cells, in eliminating cancer stem cells and in reducing symptoms associated with fat accumulation in liver cells particularly with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and symptoms associated thereto.
US11634457B2	Methods of reducing level of one or more impurities in a sample during protein purification The present invention provides novel and improved protein purification processes which incorporate certain types of carbonaceous materials and result in effective and selective removal of certain undesirable impurities without adversely affecting the yield of the desired protein product.
US11634456B2	Method for the purification of collagen A process for the extraction of collagen from collagen-containing matter, wherein the process comprises; incubating the collagen-containing matter in an acidic solution to form an incubant, then diafiltrating the incubant to substantially purify solubilised collagen within the incubant, thereby forming a retentate, then separating the soluble and insoluble matter of the retentate to remove the remaining insoluble matter, wherein the soluble matter is a substantially pure collagen solution.
US11634453B2	Neuroactive steroids substituted in position 10 with a cyclic group for use in the treatment of CNS disorders Provided herein is a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n, R19, R5, R3a, R6a, R6b, R1, R2a, R2b, R4a, R4b, R7a, R7b, R11a, R11b, R12a, R12b, R17b, R15a, R15b, R16a and R16b are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) and methods of using the compounds, e.g., in the treatment of CNS-related disorders.
US11634448B2	Metabolic labeling and molecular enhancement of biological materials using bioorthogonal reactions The present application provides methods of functionalizing an organ or tissue of a mammal by administering a nutrient (e.g., peracetylated N-azido galactosamine Ac4GalNAz) to the mammal or by culturing an organ or tissue in a bioreactor containing such nutrient. The present application also provides methods of selectively functionalizing extracellular matrix (ECM) of an organ or tissue of a mammal by administering a nutrient (e.g., peracetylated N-azido galactosamine Ac4GalNAz) to the mammal. In some aspects, the present application provides a decellularized scaffold of a mammalian organ or tissue comprising an extracellular matrix, wherein the extracellular matrix of the decellularized scaffold is functionalized with a chemical group that is reactive in a bioorthogonal chemical reaction, such as an azide chemical group. The present application also provides biological prosthetic mesh and mammalian organs and tissues for transplantation prepared according to the methods of the application.
US11634441B2	Group 5 metal compound for thin film deposition and method of forming group 5 metal-containing thin film using same A group 5 metal compound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is represented by any one of the following and : In and , M is any one selected from group 5 metal elements, n is any one selected from an integer of 1 to 5, R1 is any one selected from a linear alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and a branched alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 are each independently any one selected from hydrogen, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US11634416B2	Combination treatments comprising administration of 1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridines The present invention provides 1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-7-amines of formula (I) as PDE1 inhibitors together with a second compound which compound is useful in the treatment of a psychiatric disorder and their combined use as a medicament, in particular for the treatment of psychiatric and/or cognitive disorders.
US11634413B2	Neprilysin inhibitors In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where X, Ra, Rb, R2, and R7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are prodrugs of compounds having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; methods of using these compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.
US11634405B2	Compounds with tubulin polymerisation inhibitory activity and immunomodulatory properties The present invention relates to the Compound of following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound and a method for preparing such a compound.
US11634402B2	(3aS,4aR,5S,7aS,9R,9aR)-2,2,5,8,8,9a-hexamethyloctahydro-4H-4a,9-methanoazuleno[5,6-d][1,3]dioxole The compound (3aS,4aR,5S,7aS,9R,9aR)-2,2,5,8,8,9a-hexamethyloctahydro-4H-4a,9-methanoazuleno[5,6-d][1,3]dioxole, compositions and consumer products comprising the compound, methods of making the compound, and the various uses of the compound.
US11634401B2	Process-scale synthesis of urolithin A Disclosed are methods for preparing a salt of urolithin A and, in turn, urolithin A. The methods are advantageous for the large-scale preparation of urolithin A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11634396B2	Opioid receptor modulators Provided herein are opioid receptor modulators and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds.
US11634382B2	Process of preparing 3-fluoro-5(((1R,2aR)-3,3,4,4-tetrafluoro-1,2a-dihydroxy-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[cd]inden-7-yl)-oxy)benzonitrile Disclosed herein are processes for preparing certain intermediates useful in the synthesis of 3-fluoro-5-(((1S,2aR)-1,3,3,4,4-pentafluoro-2a-hydroxy-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[cd]inden-7-yl)oxy)benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11634378B2	Compounds and methods targeting GPER in calcium disorders The present disclosure provides compositions and method targeting GPER for the treatment of cancers, such as breast cancers and leukemias, gallstone disease, and for conferring of neuroprotection on a subject. Also disclosed are high throughput assays for identifying antagonists of GPER.
US11634371B2	Advanced adsorptive separation processes for molecular class separation A method for separating classes of hydrocarbon compounds from a feed stream including a hydrocarbon mixture is disclosed. The method includes the steps of passing a feed stream through a plurality of separation units arranged in a series in any order, wherein each separation unit has an adsorbent material; and separating classes of hydrocarbon compounds from the feed stream. When one of the plurality of separation units comprises an adsorbent material that is a metal organic framework selected from a zirconium, hafnium, cerium, or titanium-based metal organic framework, then another plurality of separation units includes an adsorption material that is different from the metal organic framework. The method is conducted in a liquid phase. The method can also use a single separation unit with a continuous cyclic bed apparatus. The method can be combined with refining and downstream processes.
US11634364B2	Boron carbide composite and production method therefor The present disclosure provides a boron carbide composite material having a novel composition with excellent mechanical properties, and a production method therefor. The boron carbide composite material has high fracture toughness and may be applied as a lightweight bulletproof ceramic material. The boron carbide composite material is a boron carbide/silicon carbide/titanium boride/graphite (B4C—SiC—TiB2—C) composite material. The composite material may overcome a technical limitation on increasing the fracture toughness of the boron carbide composite material, and may be produced as a high-density boron carbide composite material using a reactive hot-pressing sintering process at a relatively low temperature. The boron carbide composite material having excellent mechanical properties may be applied to general industrial wear-resistant parts and nuclear-power-related industrial parts, and particularly, may be actively used as a lightweight bulletproof material for personal use and for military aircraft including helicopters.
US11634361B2	Polymer fibers for reinforcement of cement-based composites The present invention relates to a polymer composition for forming fibers for reinforcement of cement-based composites, polymer fibers made from the composition and methods of making the polymer fibers. The polymer composition comprises an olefin polymer and a bonding agent comprising vinyl alcohol based polymer, a pozzolanic material or a combination thereof.
US11634355B2	Ceramic glass powder and solar cell metallization paste containing ceramic glass powder The present disclosure discloses a ceramic glass powder and a solar cell metallization paste containing the ceramic glass powder, and belongs to the technical field of solar cells. The present disclosure provides a novel formula mode of a glass powder including a crystallization nucleus component and a glass network component, that is, a formula of a ceramic glass powder that has a special crystallization behavior, a low crystallinity before sintering and a high crystallinity after the sintering, and a conductive metallization paste containing the ceramic glass powder is further obtained. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that by using metallization pastes in the prior art, a balance between corrosion of a silicon wafer and an ohmic contact is difficult to achieve. The efficiency of a solar cell is improved.
US11634349B2	Two-stage biogas production system for anaerobic digesters A multi-stage system comprising a digester, a bioreactor, a scrubber, a biofilter, and a membrane filter extracts and purifies biogas from a wastewater feed. The digester separates raw biogas from wastewater, the wastewater is then purified with a three-stage bacterial process in a bioreactor. The scrubber receives raw biogas from the digester under pressure, dissolving waste gases and purifying the methane, which can be further condensed and purified in the membrane filter. The bioreactor receives waste gases from the scrubber and membrane filter, with the ammonia portion of the waste gases rising through water from the bioreactor and being converted by annamox bacteria into nitrogen gas. The multiply recycled gas and water feeds produce a biogas having high purity and reduced atmospheric emissions of waste gases.
US11634348B2	System and method for treating hydrocarbon-containing feed streams A water processing system includes a pretreatment system disposed within the water processing system. The pretreatment system may treat a feed stream including oil and brine and to generate a first brine stream. The pretreatment system includes a first filtration system that may receive the feed stream, the first filtration system may separate the feed stream into a hydrocarbon stream and an intermediate brine stream, the intermediate brine stream includes a plurality of minerals, and the hydrocarbon stream includes water, the oil, and suspended solids. The water processing system also includes a mineral removal system fluidly coupled to and disposed downstream from the first filtration system. The mineral removal system may receive and remove the plurality of minerals from the first brine stream output from the pretreatment system. The mineral removal system includes a first mineral removal unit that may remove a first portion of the plurality of minerals from the first brine stream and to generate a second brine stream. The water processing system also includes a hydrocarbon removal system disposed within the pretreatment system and fluidly coupled to the first filtration system. The hydrocarbon removal system may receive the hydrocarbon stream, to recover the oil, and to generate a recovered oil stream.
US11634347B2	Separable outer enclosure for turbo blower Provided is an outer enclosure for a turbo blower in which a turbo blower is installed, which includes a housing forming an exterior of the outer enclosure, an outside air inflow chamber which is a space partitioned in one side inside the housing and which communicates with the outside through an outside air inlet, an inverter chamber which is a space partitioned in the other side inside the housing, a motor chamber which is a space partitioned in an upper portion of a space positioned between an inverter chamber and the outside air inflow chamber, and in which a turbo blower including an intake nozzle communicating with the outside air inflow chamber is positioned, and a first refrigerant discharge port is positioned on one side, a refrigerant inflow chamber which is a space in a lower portion of the motor chamber and which communicates with the outside through a refrigerant inlet, in which the upper and lower portions of the inverter chamber are in communication with the motor chamber and the refrigerant inflow chamber, respectively, and the refrigerant inflow chamber is communication with the motor chamber.
US11634331B2	Methods for producing advanced carbon materials from coal A method of producing advanced carbon materials can include providing coal to a processing facility, beneficiating the coal to remove impurities from the coal, processing the beneficiated coal to produce a pitch, and treating the pitch to produce an advanced carbon material such as carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, resins, polymers, biomaterials, or other carbon materials.
US11634328B2	Magnet module, production apparatus of nanocarbon dispersion liquid using magnet module, and production method of nanocarbon dispersion liquid A magnet module used for producing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid, comprising: a pipe portion having a first opening connected to a shearing module, and a second opening at both ends; and a magnet disposed in the pipe portion, wherein a medium liquid containing the carbon nanotube defibrated by the shearing module is supplied through the first opening, and after a ferromagnetic impurity attached to the carbon nanotube is attracted to the magnet and removed, the medium liquid is discharged from the second opening.
US11634325B2	Absorber column and process for cleaning crude synthesis gas The invention relates to an absorber column and to the use thereof for separation of unwanted, especially acidic, gas constituents, for example carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, from a crude synthesis gas by absorption with an absorbent, especially under low load states of the absorber column in relation to the synthesis gas velocity. According to the invention, a defined concentration of carbon dioxide in the clean synthesis gas is established by mixing at least a portion of the absorbent regenerated by flash regeneration with the absorbent regenerated by means of hot regeneration prior to the recycling thereof into the absorber column.
US11634322B2	Integration of thermochemical water splitting with CO2 direct air capture The present disclosure is directed to the integration of direct air capture of carbon dioxide with thermochemical water splitting, the latter optionally driven by solar energy. The disclosure is also directed to a process comprising extracting carbon dioxide from an air stream by contacting the air-stream with an alkali metal ion-transition metal oxide of empirical formula AxMO2 (0.1
US11634321B2	Hydrogen storage product and method for manufacturing same The hydrogen storage product comprises one or more reduced-graphene oxide layers functionalized with a boron species and decorated with an alkali or alkaline earth metal. Each layer of the structure further comprises boron-oxygen functional groups comprising oxygen atoms bonded to boron atoms. The hydrogen storage product has a composition suitable for physisorption of hydrogen molecule, and operates to reversibly store hydrogen under operating conditions of low pressure and ambient temperature.
US11634318B2	MEMs using outgassing material to adjust the pressure level in a cavity The present disclosure provides a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) structure, including a device substrate having a first region and a second region different from the first region, a capping substrate bonded over the device substrate, a first cavity in the first region and between the device substrate and capping substrate, wherein the first cavity has a first cavity pressure, a second cavity in the second region and between the device substrate and capping substrate, wherein the second cavity has a second cavity pressure lower than the first cavity pressure, a passivation layer in the first cavity, an outgassing material over the passivation layer, wherein the outgassing material comprises a top surface and a sidewall exposed to the first cavity.
US11634314B1	Dosing accuracy Flow control assemblies are provided. The flow control assemblies include a cap having a flow control system with an inlet port having an inlet valve and an outlet port having an outlet valve, wherein the flow control system achieves a Dosing Accuracy (DA) of about 100 or less according to the following formula: DA = [ ( Po - Pc ) ( Vd - Ls ) ] where, Po is a pressure to open the outlet valve (mmH2O), Pc is a pressure to close the outlet valve (mmH2O), Vd is a diameter of the outlet valve (mm), and Ls is a length of the valve opening (mm).
US11634312B2	Refrigeration systems for rapidly cooling food and drinks Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks. Some machines include a refrigeration system to cool food or drink in a pod. The machines include an evaporator defining a receptacle sized to receive the pod. The evaporator includes an inlet port to receive refrigerant and an outlet port to discharge refrigerant.
US11634308B2	Lifting platform The invention relates to a lifting platform, in particular moveable lifting platform, for lifting vehicles with two base assembly halves (14), which are respectively firmly arranged to one another with a middle part (15) via a connecting point (45, 46), wherein the middle part (15), with a connecting section (48), is detachably fastened to a lateral surface (49) of a housing (21) of the base assembly half (14) to form the connecting points (45, 46) with, respectively, a lifting device (24) arranged on the base assembly half (14), which device is transferable from a starting position arranged on the base into a working position (32), and which respectively comprises a carrier (31) on an end region of the lifting device (24), and each carrier (31) receives at least one support arm (34), wherein the middle part (15) is connected with the respective housing (21) of the base assembly half (14) with one another and are aligned with respect to each other through a form-fit plug connection (51).
US11634303B2	Elevator car and method of making same An elevator car for transporting people and goods and having a floor panel, at least three side panels, and a roof panel together forming a door opening. The floor panel, at least one side panel, and the roof panel are unitarily formed of a thermoplastic synthetic resin. A force-spreading element substantially more rigid than the panels is fixed in or on an face of one of the side panels or the roof panel. A hoist system for the car is fixed by fasteners to the load-spreading element.
US11634302B2	Elevator belt monitoring apparatus and blade contact An elevator belt monitoring apparatus includes a housing for receiving an elevator belt and a plurality of blade contacts which are operable to pierce the belt and engage the spaced parallel cords arranged within the belt. A plurality of bridge contacts are connected with adjacent pairs of elevator belt cords and signal contacts are connected with cords at the outer edges of the belts. The signal contacts are connected with a monitoring device which sends and receives signals to the contacts to provide an indication of the condition or deterioration of the belt.
US11634295B2	Roll-dispensed stock container A roll-dispensed stock container is provided with fixation strips attached to the body of the container and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the container. Roll-dispensed stock is secured by the fixation strips when the lid of the container is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the roll-dispensed stock of a desired length.
US11634286B2	Multilayer hydrodynamic sheath flow structure A microfabricated sheath flow structure for producing a sheath flow includes a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid, a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel, a primary focusing region for focusing the sample within the sheath fluid and a secondary focusing region for providing additional focusing of the sample within the sheath fluid. The secondary focusing region may be formed by a flow channel intersecting the primary sheath flow channel to inject additional sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel from a selected direction. A sheath flow system may comprise a plurality of sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip.
US11634285B2	Conveyor with guide rails to support a divert unit A conveyor that includes a conveyor frame, a first guide rail assembly, a divert unit having a switch assembly, and an alignment key is described. In this regard, the first guide rail assembly is positioned on a first portion of the conveyor frame such that rails of the first guide rail assembly extends along a length of the conveyor. In some examples, the first guide rail includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail positioned parallel to the first guide rail. Further, the first guide rail defines a groove along a length of the first guide rail assembly. Furthermore, according to some examples, the switch assembly defines a key slot. The key slot is adapted to enable the alignment key to pass through the key slot and further into the groove of the first guide rail, thereby, aligning the switch assembly on the first guide rail.

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