Patents Examined by Hua Lu
  • Patent number: 12679684
    Abstract: This application provides a roller, an inspection method for a camera, a camera inspection apparatus, a coil conveying method, a coil conveying apparatus, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The roller includes a roller body and a calibration sheet. The roller body includes a roller surface for supporting a coil; the calibration sheet is located on the roller surface of the roller body and avoids the coil, and the calibration sheet is used for inspection of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuyang Mao, Zhipeng Zhang, Hongyuan Li, Ping Jiang
  • Patent number: 12669917
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a control display method, apparatus, and device, and a medium. The control display method includes: displaying a first group of function controls and a first trigger control in a target interface sidebar and switching the first group of function controls to a second group of function controls in the target interface sidebar for display upon detecting a first trigger operation on the first trigger control. The second group of function controls is adjacent to the first group of function controls in a first switching direction corresponding to the first trigger control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wanli Che
  • Patent number: 12666114
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable storage mediums, and methods for discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document. At a first computing device, one or more media entities associated with an electronic document are obtained from a server. A representation of a subset of the media entities is displayed, and a user selection from the representation of a respective media entity from the subset is obtained. In response, the respective media entity is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Dave Scott Fisher, Vincent Dureau, William Noah Schilit
  • Patent number: 12663769
    Abstract: A mobile device running an application may be used to perform a checkout on a BMS system. The mobile device may be used to obtain configuration information for the BMS system from a remote device, the configuration information including an association of points with particular I/O terminals of BMS controllers of the BMS system. The mobile device may be used install the configuration information on the BMS controllers, and perform a point and wiring checkout of the various BMS controllers before the control logic for the BMS controllers has been fully defined and made available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mudit Agrawal, Juan-Martin Picardi, Nagasree Poluri, Prabhat Ranjan, Deenadayalan Karunakaran, Gil Orenstein, Marco Nostrini, Barnali Chetia
  • Patent number: 12661848
    Abstract: A method for forming a metallic grid structure includes utilizing 3D printing for printing a first layer of a first wall section of the metallic grid structure in a first direction along a first vector offset from a center line of the first wall section by half of a first distance of a first width of the first wall section that is orthogonal to the center line. The method also includes utilizing 3D printing for printing a second layer of the first wall section on the first layer in a second direction along a second vector offset from the first line of the first wall section by half of the first distance of the first width of the first wall section, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, and the first vector and the second vector are disposed on opposite sides of the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Jaroslaw Kurzac
  • Patent number: 12656769
    Abstract: To improve prediction accuracy of a process including a reaction in a chemical plant. A prediction apparatus includes a process data processing unit that performs a predetermined processing process on process data obtained from a chemical plant, and a prediction model generation unit that generates a prediction model having learned features of the process data obtained from the chemical plant, on the basis of causality information that defines a combination of first process data and second process data or a value corresponding to the second process data among the process data obtained from the chemical plant or the process data processed by the process data processing unit. The first process data is used as an explanatory variable. The second process data or the value corresponding to the second process data is used as a response variable. Furthermore, the process data processing unit obtains a value corresponding to a reaction rate of a processing target in a predetermined period by using the process data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Haitsuka, Hidetoshi Kozono, Fumihiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 12638826
    Abstract: In order to support setting in post-processor development, internal information of a numerical controller is acquired, a basic function usable by the numerical controller is extracted based on system information or parameter information, which is the acquired internal information, and the extracted function is output to a post-processor as a configuration file. The post-processor creates a machining program for the numerical controller by referring to the function set in the configuration file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei Irie, Jirou Fujiyama
  • Patent number: 12631283
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the automated or partially automated production of a polymer-enhanced pipe element, which include: providing a first pipe section and a second pipe section, each having a connecting region; detecting in the connecting regions a three-dimensional shape of the first pipe section and the second pipe section; determining a spatial penetration curve as a function of a superposition of the three-dimensional shapes; determining a cut contour, as a function of the penetration curve, in each of the connecting regions of the first pipe section and the second pipe section; generating edge surfaces in the connecting regions of the first and second pipe sections along the respective cut contours; aligning the generated edge surfaces of the pipe sections; and welding the first and second pipe sections along the mutually aligned edge surfaces along the determined spatial penetration curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Cramer
  • Patent number: 12625479
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting personalized content to a user are described. A smart home system may determine activity data (including present activity data and device usage history) specific to interactions involving a first device, and generate activity embedding data representing the activity data. The smart home system may also receive a first list content for presentment, and generate a second list of content using the first list and the activity embedding data. The smart home system may send the second list to the first device. The first device may determine a third list of content based on the second list and an identify of a user presently interacting with the first device, such that the third list of content is specific to interactions involving the first device and the user. The first device may then present at least one instance of content represented in the third list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Eberhardt, Maisie Wang, Kunal Pramod Ghogale, Emmett Barton, Dustin D Clark
  • Patent number: 12608126
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving a user interaction with a user interface of a client device, determining a current communication mode and a desired communication mode, where the desired communication mode is determined based on the user interaction received by the sensor module. The system further sets the desired communication mode as the current communication mode, and causes presentation of a user interface of the client device based on the desired communication mode being set as the current communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Brody, Matthew Hanover, Chamal Samaranayake, William Wu
  • Patent number: 12607986
    Abstract: Work efficiency and quality are improved. The invention includes: a sensor information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a sensor configured to detect a state of a worker, sensor information indicating a detection result; a work check data holding unit configured to hold in advance, as work check data, an action of the worker assumed from a work procedure; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in work by comparing the sensor information with the work check data. Further, a control unit is provided that is configured to generate flag data including a flag indicating an abnormal level and state information indicating an abnormal state when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality, and transmit the flag data to the management device. A management device transmits instruction information based on the flag data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akinobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12593819
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for detecting carbon emission-involved gas from a ruminant is provided, including: continuously receiving ear tag information of the ruminant in a monitoring range; determining an operation state of a feed supply system based on the ear tag information; and determining, based on collected emitted gas from the ruminant during eating, an emission rate of carbon emission-involved gas in the emitted gas when it is determined that the feed supply system is in a continuous operation state. In the method, apparatus and system, the ear tag information of the ruminant is detected to determine whether there is a ruminant in a detection area and feeding information of the ruminant, then the operation state of the feed supply system is controlled, and an intelligent information technology is used to acquire the emission rate of the carbon emission-involved gas matching the identity of the ruminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Intelligent Equipment Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
    Inventors: Bin Li, Wenwen Zhao, Haifeng Wang, Yuliang Zhao, Jun Zhu, Zejin Chen, Xuewen Liang, Lin Jiang
  • Patent number: 12585245
    Abstract: A numerical value controller includes: a storage unit storing a machining program involving executing canned cycles including a first operation for moving a tool to a return point, a second operation for positioning a drilling position of a workpiece relative to the tool, a third operation for moving the tool from the return point to a hole bottom point, and a fourth operation for moving the tool from the hole bottom point to a terminal point located toward the hole bottom point relative to the return point; a control unit controls relative movement between the tool and the workpiece based on the machining program and moves the tool along curved paths by starting the second operation before the first operation ends and by starting the third operation before the second operation ends; and a distance calculating unit calculates a retraction distance from the workpiece to the return point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Uenishi, Tomohiro Oyamada
  • Patent number: 12578706
    Abstract: A control system includes multiple industrial devices each belonging to one or more communication domains of multiple communication domains set in the same industrial communication network such that industrial devices belonging to the same communication domain communicate with each other. One or more industrial devices of the industrial devices include processing circuitry that stores domain information indicating whether or not the one or more communication domains to which the one or more industrial devices belong is a secure domain in which secure communication is performed, performs security processing related to the secure communication when the domain information indicates the secure domain, and performs the secure communication based on the security processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoya Taki, Koji Inoue
  • Patent number: 12572265
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for synchronous delivery of a media file to multiple user computers. A first user computer can receive a first request for playing a media file at a first information display of the first user computer and can receive a second request for a synchronous session comprising synchronously displaying at least a portion of the media file at the first information display and a second information display of a second user computer. The second user computer can display content other than the media file on the second information display, receive the request from the first user computer to join the synchronous session, and enter the synchronous session. The method can include termination the synchronous session by at least terminating the synchronously displaying of the at least a portion of the media file at the first user computer and the second user computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Inventor: Robert Taylor
  • Patent number: 12560909
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining and controlling automated layer pick operations. A computer system can receive, from a warehouse management system, a layer pick planning request for at least one order and determine an initial feasible solution for completing the request. The computer system can determine: initial batches of pallets based on grouping destination pallets that require layers of items from same source pallets, corresponding batch scores, initial locations of the pallets based on assigning locations in a pick area to the source and destination pallets, corresponding location scores, initial schedules for the initial batches based on determining an order of tasks to complete each batch, and corresponding schedule scores. For each batch, the computer system can iteratively adjust the initial schedule, initial locations based on the adjusted schedule, and initial batches based on the adjusted schedule and adjusted locations. The computer system can then identify a heuristic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventor: René van Eekelen
  • Patent number: 12560914
    Abstract: An automatic inspection system includes a wireless slave device and a wireless master device. The wireless slave device includes a sound collection unit that collects sound generated from an inspection target object, an analysis unit that analyzes the collected sound to obtain a degree of difference between the collected sound and normal sound learned in advance and sound state information of the collected sound, as an analysis result, a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits data including the analysis results to a wireless master device, and a power supply unit that supplies power to the sound collection unit, the analysis unit, and the wireless communication unit. The wireless master device is configured to perform processing of receiving and managing the data from the wireless slave device, and transmitting the analysis result extracted from the data to a monitoring terminal that monitors a state of the inspection target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Reiso Sasaki, Kazuo Ono
  • Patent number: 12560922
    Abstract: An industrial plant and method for graphically representing synchronous relationships, wherein the industrial plant includes a first control device in which a first user program executes, a second control device in which a second user program executes, and a plurality of drives which are controlled and/or regulated by the user programs, where objects are assigned to the drives in the user programs, synchronous relationships exist between the objects, the user programs have a plurality of different flow structures which have an influence on the synchronous relationships between the objects such that a synchronous relationship is either an active synchronous relationship or an inactive synchronous relationships, and where an apparatus for graphical representation of synchronous relationships is provided between the objects to simplify diagnosis of synchronous operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Piotr Jarosz, Ronny Klier, Thomas Scherf, Sven Schneider
  • Patent number: 12561048
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method for form generation, method for form data processing and apparatus, and electronic device. The method for form generation includes: in response to receiving a generation instruction for a second form in a display page of a first form, displaying an initial second form and a field selection item, a second field indicated by the field selection item being associated with a first field in the first form; and determining a target second field based on a selection operation on the field selection item and generating a second form based on the target second field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiqi Wan, Yuhan Chen
  • Patent number: 12560907
    Abstract: A numerical value controller includes a storage unit that stores a machining program involving executing a plurality of canned cycles each including a first operation for positioning a drilling position of a workpiece relative to a tool, a second operation for moving the tool from a return point to a hole bottom point, and a third operation for moving the tool from the hole bottom point to the return point; a control unit that controls movement between the tool and the workpiece based on the machining program and that moves the tool along curved paths by starting the second operation before the first operation ends and starting the first operation in a subsequent canned cycle before the third operation ends; a distance calculating unit that calculates a retraction distance; and a curvature calculating unit that reads a positioning command for the drilling position for the subsequent canned cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Uenishi, Tomohiro Oyamada