Patents Issued in April 9, 2024
  • Patent number: 11953913
    Abstract: There is provided a smart detection system including multiple sensors and a central server. The central server confirms a model of every sensor and a position thereof in an operation area. The central server confirms an event position and predicts a user action according to event signals sent by the multiple sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsien Ko, Yen-Min Chang, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 11953914
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for platooning vehicles or other types of nodes. The platooning may involve receiving a request from a vehicle to initiate a platoon. In response to the request, another vehicle may indicate a desire to form the platoon with the requesting vehicle. Before the platoon is formed, a verification process may be performed to determine the eligibility of the vehicle to join a platoon, which may be based on a rating associated with the vehicle. Once the vehicle is verified, the platoon may be established. Upon establishment, the vehicles may proceed to coordinate actions, and a lead vehicle may be identified for the platoon. Vehicles may request to join and leave the platoon throughout the lifetime of the platoon. The platoon may eventually be dismissed, for example if the lead vehicle leaves the platoon and no one vehicle is willing and/or able to serve as lead vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Brian Bennie, Pramita Mitra
  • Patent number: 11953915
    Abstract: The invention provides, inter alia, a system for the intralogistic transport of products, comprising—a number of vehicles, where each vehicle is designed to turn on a vertical turning axis where, viewed from above, there is a maximum distance amax between the vertical turning axis and a point on the periphery of the vehicle; —a central control device that is designed to transmit control signals to on-board control devices of the vehicles, wherein the central control device and/or the on-board control device of at least a portion of the number of vehicles comprise a digitized grid of grid points that represents a movement area or at least a portion thereof, which grid points are arranged at least partially according to a hexagonal pattern where the distance between neighbouring grid points is equal to distance d, which distance d is greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vanderlande Industries B.V.
    Inventor: Jozef Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Van Eekelen
  • Patent number: 11953916
    Abstract: Devices and methods of a pod that deploys from an aircraft or vehicle and descends to safely land. The pod is configured to be attached to an aircraft or vehicle. The pod includes walls that extend around and form a contained interior space that houses one or more travelers or cargo containers. During flight of the aircraft or vehicle, the pod deploys from the aircraft or vehicle while at an elevation above ground. A landing location is determined for the pod. While the pod is descending, the pod is steered towards and lands at the landing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Dale Laughlin, John William Glatfelter
  • Patent number: 11953917
    Abstract: The present application discloses a geomagnetism-based launching method, a launching device and a dispenser, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The launching method includes the following steps: obtaining the geomagnetic triaxial data at the current time according to a preset heartbeat time; calculating the corrected geomagnetic triaxial data according to the geomagnetic triaxial data at the current moment; calculating an angle value based on the corrected geomagnetic triaxial data, and storing the angle value in the pre-established system data set; the system data set is a set of angle values stored in an iterative coverage method with a fixed length; obtaining the updated system data set by using the Fourier transform algorithm to perform dithering operation on all angle values in the system data set, calculating the accumulated angle difference value of the updated system data set in a preset time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Siyufei Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huanjing Huang
  • Patent number: 11953918
    Abstract: A split control system for UAV incorporating auto pilot is disclosed. Control system comprises a real-time low-level main processor, and a non-real-time high-level co-processor. The co-processor computes desired body rate values and feeds them to the main processor which may be with latency. Main processor computes one or more motor control signals based on the desired body rate values. The main processor also executes a rate damping loop algorithm based on instantaneous body rate values to generate one or more motor control signals to maintain stability of the UAV even in events of latency in desired body rate values from the co-processor. Instantaneous body rate values are either obtained directly from sensors without any latency or obtained by main processor indirectly with negligible latency. Main processor acts as an intermediate between sensors and co-processor by collecting raw sensor data and feeding the data to co-processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ideaForge Technology PVT. LTD
    Inventor: Ashish Bhat
  • Patent number: 11953919
    Abstract: In order to solve the problem in which a flight vehicle flies only in locations having poor communication quality and retained data cannot necessarily reach the ground, this device communicates with a flight vehicle, wherein the device is provided with: a storage means that associates and stores first position information and a first communication rate at which it is possible to communicate at the position of the first position information; an extraction means that, upon receiving information that corresponds to a prescribed second communication rate at which the flight vehicle transmits data, extracts the first position information corresponding to the first communication rate equal to or greater than the second communication rate from the storage means; and an output means that outputs the first position information extracted by the extraction means to the flight vehicle, or outputs the inputted first position information to an instrument that notifies the flight vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11953920
    Abstract: A media playback system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of a media item; a plurality of drones; a controller configured to control the spatial configuration of the drones and, in response to receiving the indication of a media item control the drones to adopt a predefined 3D spatial configuration; a mobile device comprising a camera and a media playback unit, wherein the camera is capable of capturing an image of the plurality of drones; a processor configured to analyse the captured image to determine the media item that corresponds to the predefined 3D spatial configuration; and wherein the media playback unit is configured to play the determined media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DIGITAL & FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher John Crockford
  • Patent number: 11953921
    Abstract: A system may include a user interface and a processor. The processor may be configured to (a) pre-arm multiple actions according to a conditional timeline and any associated trigger events, and (b) output commands to cause the multiple actions to be completed at times consistent with the conditional timeline and any associated trigger events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Krenz
  • Patent number: 11953922
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating and calibrating a paint mixture delivery system includes a positive displacement fluid cylinder and a linear transducer that monitors operation of the positive displacement fluid cylinder. A controller is connected to a servo drive whose operation manipulates the performance of the positive displacement fluid cylinder. Operation of the fluid delivery system is controlled such that the ratio of paint or resin to catalyst or hardener can be accurately controlled and calibration of the discrete fluid flow sensors can be quickly and conveniently calibrated to assure delivery of the respective fluids are the desired mixture ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Autoquip, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Elberson
  • Patent number: 11953923
    Abstract: A control arrangement for an operating system has a plurality of control devices, arranged in a sequential order. Each control device shares information, including operational condition and a real-time measurement of at least one control parameter, with at least one control device in an upstream direction and at least one control device in a downstream direction. The control arrangement also has first and second terminal control devices. The first terminal control device is positioned at a beginning of the sequential order and the second terminal control device positioned at an end of the sequential order. The first terminal control device shares information only with control devices in the downstream direction and the second terminal control device shares information only with control devices in the upstream direction. In some applications, each control device that is not a terminal control device shares information with more than one control device in each direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Barksdale, Inc.
    Inventor: Pascal Choquet
  • Patent number: 11953924
    Abstract: In order to prevent unnatural behavior of a calculated flow rate, provided is a fluid control device in which a fluid control valve and upstream and downstream pressure sensors are provided on a flow path. The device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a flow rate based on measured pressures; and an output unit configured to output the calculated flow rate, and exhibit a zero output function of outputting a zero value regardless of the calculated flow rate when the valve is in a closed state. The device is further configured to switch between execution and stop of the zero output function, and when the valve is in an open state and a difference between the measured pressures of the pressure sensors is larger than a threshold, stop the zero output function and cause the flow rate output unit to output the calculated flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sota Matsumoto, Kentaro Nagai, Yosuke Hisamori, Kazuhiro Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11953925
    Abstract: A linear voltage regulator includes a first driver stage coupled between the error amplifier and the pass transistor of the regulator. A first transistor of the first driver stage has a gate terminal connected to receive the error signal from the error amplifier. A gate terminal of the pass transistor is coupled to receive an output of the first driver stage. The linear voltage regulator includes a compensation circuit for frequency compensation, and a compensation adjustment circuit. The compensation adjustment circuit in the regulator senses a magnitude of the current through the first transistor of the first driver stage, and adjusts a parameter of the compensation circuit based on the magnitude of the sensed current. Sensing the current at the first driver stage provides an indication of the load current drawn from the regulator, and is used for controlling the location of a compensating zero introduced by the compensation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Aura Semiconductor Co., Limited
    Inventors: Arnold J D'Souza, Shyam Somayajula
  • Patent number: 11953926
    Abstract: Voltage regulation schemes for powering multiple circuit blocks are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front end system includes a reference voltage circuit that receives power from a power supply voltage and generates a reference voltage, a group of circuit blocks each selectively enabled by a corresponding one of a group of enable signals, and a programmable voltage regulator that generates a programmable regulated voltage based on the reference voltage and provides the programmable regulated voltage to the circuit blocks. The programmable regulated voltage has a voltage level that changes based on a selection of the circuit blocks that are enabled by the enable signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Bang Li Liang, Guillaume Alexandre Blin, Thomas Obkircher
  • Patent number: 11953927
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bias generating device and a method for generating bias. A bias generating device includes a first diode-connected transistor pair connected to receive a first voltage; a second diode-connected transistor pair connected to receive a second voltage; and a first transistor pair connected to the first diode-connected transistor pair and the second diode-connected transistor pair. The first transistor pair is configured to generate a third voltage in response to the first voltage and the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Perng-Fei Yuh, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Yih Wang
  • Patent number: 11953928
    Abstract: In an embodiment an electric circuit arrangement includes a current generator circuit having a first output terminal and configured to generate an output current, a controller configured to generate control signals to control the current generator circuit, a random code generator configured to generate random codes and a counter configured to generate a count, wherein the current generator circuit comprises a plurality of output current paths and a plurality of controllable switching circuits, wherein each of the output current paths includes a respective electrical component to define a current in the respective output current path, wherein a respective one of the controllable switching circuits is coupled to a respective one of the output current paths to connect the respective electrical component to the first output terminal, and wherein the random code generator is configured to provide a respective code derived from a respective one of the random codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sciosense B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Massimiliano Franzolin, Monica Schipani, Fabrizio Mannozzi
  • Patent number: 11953929
    Abstract: When an operation knob 10 formed of silicone rubber is pushed laterally, a stem 7 tilts with a contact portion (i) as a fulcrum, a push button portion 6b is pushed, and a contact point in a switch mechanism portion 6a operates to turn on a switch circuit. Even if, by a large operating force F3 being applied, the operation knob 10 is extended and the inner surface portion 15, which is a ceiling surface of an internal space 13 of the operation knob 10, rides on an upper end portion 7c, a reinforcing surface 19 provided on the inner surface portion 15 slides on the upper end portion 7c, and the operation knob 10 returns to the initial shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Gorai, Tetsu Numata, Akihiro Kusaka, Shunsuke Kimura, Reiji Koyama
  • Patent number: 11953930
    Abstract: An embodiment electronic pedal apparatus includes a pedal housing and an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly coupled to the pedal housing and configured to move along different movement trajectories when the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly are operated. In an embodiment, the accelerator pedal assembly is compressed and moved upward when the accelerator pedal assembly is operated, and the brake pedal assembly is compressed and moved downward when the brake pedal assembly is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Patent number: 11953931
    Abstract: A pedal assembly includes a housing having a cavity. A pedal arm is at least partially received in the cavity. The pedal arm is configured to move within the cavity relative to the housing. At least two pivot levers are positioned within the cavity and configured to pivot upon a contact by the pedal arm. A spring retainer is formed in the housing. The spring retainer has a spring positioned therein. A spring member is disposed about the spring retainer and is moveable about the spring retainer. At least two sensors are attached to the spring housing. At least two sensor assemblies are positioned in the housing and configured to sense an amount of travel of the at least two sensors. When a load is applied to the pedal pad, the pedal arm contacts the at least two pivot members pivoting the pivot members and moving the spring housing wherein the sensors movement is sensed by the respective at least two sensor assemblies indicative of the amount of depression of the pedal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KSR IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Marty Vanek, James Hartford
  • Patent number: 11953932
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a pedal assembly. The pedal assembly includes a housing, a pedal arm, at least one elongated member, and at least one strain gauge sensor. The pedal arm has a pedal pad on one end. The at least one elongated member is positioned within a cavity and configured to deflect upon a movement by the pedal arm caused from a load applied to the pedal pad. The at least one strain gauge sensor is positioned in communication with the at least one elongated member and configured to sense an amount of the deflection of the at least one elongated member. When the load is applied to the pedal pad, the pedal arm moves and deflects the at least one elongated member, which is sensed by the respective at least one strain gauge sensor indicative of an amount of load applied to the pedal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KSR IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Luu, Lingmin Shao
  • Patent number: 11953933
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pedal simulator including a housing, a piston part slidably mounted in an inner space of the housing, and including a plurality of piston rod units, and a plurality of damper parts mounted in the housing, and disposed to face the plurality of piston rod units, respectively, wherein the damper parts are compressed by pressure from the piston rod units facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyun Kim, Myeon Gyu Cha
  • Patent number: 11953934
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a memory system that generates a multiplied timing signal from a reference timing signal. During operation, the system receives a reference timing signal. Next, the system produces a multiplied timing signal from the reference timing signal by generating a burst comprising multiple timing events for each timing event in the reference timing signal, wherein consecutive timing events in each burst of timing events are separated by a bit time. Then, as the reference clock frequency changes, the interval between bursts of timing events changes while the bit time remains substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick A. Ware
  • Patent number: 11953935
    Abstract: Examples of clock generators with very low duty cycle distortion (DCD) are provided. A clock source and driver generate a main clock signal and a complementary clock signal that are input to a chopper circuit, which also receives complementary chopper control signals from a non-overlapping generator circuit. The chopper circuit is controlled to pass the main clock signal as a first output signal when the chopper circuit is in a first state, and pass the complementary clock signal as a second output signal when the chopper circuit is in a third state. In a second state, which occurs during each of the falling edges of the main clock signal, the chopper circuit holds the previous state, and does not transmit the falling edges of the main clock signal. The rising edges of the main clock signal is used to derive the rising and falling edges of the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Suvadip Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11953936
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: an oscillator to output a clock signal on a first line; a switch coupled to the first line; and a voltage divider coupled to the switch. The switch may be controlled to output the clock signal through the voltage divider via the first line to a pin in a non-reset mode and prevent the clock signal from being provided to the pin in a reset mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Eugenio Carey
  • Patent number: 11953937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for synchronizing a clock of VBE in a HVDC system capable of increasing reliability by synchronizing the clock of the VBE in the HVDC system to suppress harmonic generation and generate duplicate clock to supply stable clock to submodules. The apparatus for synchronizing the clock of the VBE in the HVDC system comprises an operation board for creating a reference clock and an interface board for controlling submodules on or off being synchronized to a reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11953938
    Abstract: The present technology proposes techniques for generating globally coherent timestamps. This technology may allow distributed systems to causally order transactions without incurring various types of communication delays inherent in explicit synchronization. By globally deploying a number of time masters that are based on various types of time references, the time masters may serve as primary time references. Through an interactive interface, the techniques may track, calculate and record data relative to each time master thus providing the distributed systems with causal timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Peter Hochschild, Alexander Lloyd, Wilson Cheng-Yi Hsieh, Robert Edman Felderman, Michael James Boyer Epstein
  • Patent number: 11953939
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to clock management systems and methods. An example method involves a computer identifying an inaccuracy in a local clock of a client device based on a data bundle received from the client device. The data bundle can include information associated with an occurrence of an event in the client device. In one embodiment, the inaccuracy in the local clock of the client device is identified by detecting a time difference between a timestamp contained in the data bundle and a reference time standard. The timestamp can correspond to a time of occurrence of the event in the client device or to a time of transmission of the bundle by the client device. A corrective action may be taken to address the inaccuracy in the local clock, such as, by applying a time shift to at least a portion of the information contained in the data bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Oversec, UAB
    Inventors: Lukas Baltrenas, Gvidas Uzkuras
  • Patent number: 11953940
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light-transmitting structural plate, some optical microscopic structures, an optical film, a base plate and some light emitting elements. The light-transmitting structural plate has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The optical microscopic structures are regularly arrayed and formed on the first side or the second side. The optical microscopic structure has an inclined surface connecting at a connecting line and forming an angle ranging between 30 degrees and 150 degrees with a corresponding inclined surface of an adjacent one of the optical microscopic structures. The optical film is located on the first side. The base plate is separated from the second side by a space. The light emitting elements are located inside the space and disposed on the base plate. The light emitting elements respectively emit a light ray to the light-transmitting structural plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Chang, Shu-Ching Peng, Yu-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 11953941
    Abstract: A wearable device for an attraction system includes a display, a projector oriented at a first oblique angle with respect to the display and configured to project an image onto the display, and a microphone oriented at a second oblique angle with respect to the display. The microphone is configured to receive audio waves deflecting off the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen
  • Patent number: 11953942
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device having multiple screens is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first screen, a worm rod, a moving member, at least one second screen, and at least one linking rod. The worm rod is rotatably disposed on the first screen. The moving member is coupled to the worm rod to move along the worm rod when the worm rod rotates. The second screen is movably disposed on the first screen. The linking rod is pivotally connected between the moving member and the second screen. When the moving part moves along the worm rod, the second screen is driven to move away from or closed to the worm rod by the linking rod, so that the second screen moves out of the first screen or is accommodated behind the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11953943
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a base housing; a display housing that includes a front side, a back side and a display panel on the front side that spans an intermediate portion and wing portions of the display housing, where the wing portions fold over the front side of the intermediate portion, where the wing portions open to form a continuous front facing viewable display, and where the wing portions open and fold over the back side of the intermediate portion and meet to form a substantially continuous back facing viewable display; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing to the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Denis Leite Gomes, Carlos Eduardo Dias Duarte, Alanderson Salomao Goncalves
  • Patent number: 11953944
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a display including a flat portion, a first side portion extending from one side of the flat portion, and a second side portion formed extending from another side of the flat portion; and a frame including a flat part disposed under the flat portion of the display, a first side part formed at a first edge of the flat part, and a second side part formed at a second edge of the flat part, the flat part being disposed between the first side part and the second side part. The display includes an external protective layer and a panel module disposed under the external protective layer. The first side part includes a first support portion and a second support portion formed adjacent to the first support portion and having a step difference with the first support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Min Choi, Soon Woong Yang, Jong Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 11953945
    Abstract: A body part of a camera includes a display that is at least partially flexible. A display part of the display includes a first display part and a second display part that are integrally formed. A hinge part that connects the first display part to the second display part to be rotatable relative to each other is provided in the vicinity of a bendable part located at a boundary of each display part. The display is bendable in accordance with rotation of the hinge part with the bendable part as a starting point. An operation member is disposed on a back surface of the second display part, and the operation member is exposed to the outside in a bent state of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Fukuyo, Takashi Yoshida, Yohei Yamada, Kazuki Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11953946
    Abstract: A portable keyboard structure includes a plastic substrate, multiple metal support plates, a plastic bottom cover and multiple buffer members. The plastic substrate has a mounting surface, the metal support plates are mounted on corners of the mounting surface, the plastic bottom cover is disposed corresponding to the mounting surface and in conjunction with the plastic substrate clamps and secures the metal support plates, and the buffer members are respectively configured corresponding to the metal support plates. Each buffer member includes a fixing portion and a protection portion, the fixing portion are respectively disposed at the corresponding metal support plates, and the protection portions respectively envelop corners of the plastic substrate. Thus, the weight of the keyboard structure is significantly reduced, the production cost is lowered, and certain structural strength and fall-resistance are maintained at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yao-Kun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11953947
    Abstract: A flash drive includes a main housing, a USB adapter unit mounted in the main housing and extending out of the main housing, an inner housing movably connected to the main housing, and a flash memory unit including a flash memory that is mounted in the inner housing, and a USB-A plug that is connected to the flash memory. The inner housing is operable to move, with respect to the main housing, between a USB-C position, where the USB-A plug is electrically connected to the USB adapter unit to allow for data transfer therebetween, and a USB-A position, where the USB-A plug is detached from the USB adapter unit to prevent data transfer therebetween, such that data is transferable to and from the flash memory via the USB-A plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEW CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-chien Chou, Tal Volk
  • Patent number: 11953948
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a portable computer includes an apparatus body, a first clamping member rotatably coupled to the apparatus body, configured to support a first side of a computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a first edge of a display of the portable computer, a slider coupled to the apparatus body to be reciprocally movable, a second clamping member rotatably coupled to the slider while being spaced apart from the first clamping member, configured to support a second side of the computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a second edge of the display of the portable computer, and a locking and unlocking unit installed on the apparatus body and configured to selectively restrict or allow movement of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: COMXI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Ju Bae, Dong Keun Oh, Hyun Soo Lim, Yong Seop Lee
  • Patent number: 11953949
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing. The first housing may comprise: a hinge module including a hinge; a first plate connected to the hinge module; a second plate facing a direction opposite the first plate; and a first side frame surrounding a first space between the first plate and the second plate. The second housing may comprise: a third plate connected to the hinge module; a fourth plate facing a direction opposite the third plate; and a second side frame surrounding a second space between the third plate and the fourth plate. The first housing and the second housing may be configured to fold or unfold with regard to each other using the hinge module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungchul An, Seungki Choi
  • Patent number: 11953950
    Abstract: An articulated hinge that can hold a folded part of a flexible display sheet that deforms following the opening and closing of the first and second casings, and an electronic gear using this articulated hinge, an articulated hinge couples the first and second casings of an electronic gear in a foldable manner by a relative folding motion between the open and closed positions where an articulated hinge is arranged on the back side of a flexible display sheet attached over the inner surfaces of both the first and the second casings is disclosed. The articulated hinge has a frame portion, wherein an odd number (1+2n, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) of vertical frames are arranged in parallel along a width direction, where its shorter-side direction is the width direction and its vertical direction is a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KEM HONGKONG LIMITED
    Inventor: Tetsuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11953951
    Abstract: A display device including: a first elastic member, a display portion disposed on the first elastic member; and a sensing material layer disposed between the first elastic member and the display portion, wherein the display portion including a first island pattern, a second island pattern, and a slit, wherein the first island pattern and the second island pattern are spaced apart from each other with the slit therebetween, and each of the first island pattern and the second island pattern includes a pixel, and wherein the sensing material layer overlaps the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, Young Dae Kim, Hee Na Kim, In Kyung Yoo
  • Patent number: 11953952
    Abstract: An input device includes a touch plate having a central axis and a top surface with three outer points evenly spaced away from the central axis. A touch sensor is used to detect a user touch on the top surface at the first outer point, and a support mechanism supports the touch plate and is configured to translate the touch plate at the second and third outer points upon application of the user touch and translation of the touch plate at the first outer point. Translation of the three outer points is substantially equal along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Thomas R. Matzinger, Bradley J. Hamel, Ryan P. Brooks, Scott J. Krahn, Arka P. Roy
  • Patent number: 11953953
    Abstract: An avionics unit assembly for an aircraft can include an avionics unit (e.g., an underwater locator device, “ULD”), and a battery to power the avionics unit. The avionics unit assembly can further include a housing that encases the avionics unit and the battery. The housing includes a vent port for exhausting an emission from the housing during a failure of the avionics unit. The avionics unit assembly can further include one or more of a suppressor that filters the emission, a shield element that is resistant to chemical and/or thermal effects of the emission, and a bracket for mounting the avionics unit to a surface. A method integrating the avionics unit assembly onto a forward aircraft bulkhead at a mount location under an aircraft radome and for manufacturing the avionics unit, and an aircraft including the avionics unit are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ramon L. Cuenca, Shellini P. Dowell, Thomas A. Jessett, Fadl I. Khalil, Warren S. Ng, Scott B. Vacknitz, Collis M. Walker, Archibald A. Gray, James C. Russell, Charles O. Adler
  • Patent number: 11953954
    Abstract: A variable holder module secures a variety of different expansion cards that may be installed within a computer or other information handling system. The holder module has a multi-sided component that is orientable according to which expansion card is to be secured within the computer. Each side of the component may thus correspond to a different one of the expansion cards. Once the expansion card is determined, a human or robotic picker need only orient component to the side that corresponds to the make/model of the expansion card. The holder module is thus adaptable to secure many different expansion cards that may be installed within the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jing-Tang Wu, Tung-Yi Chen, Andrew O. Ingalls
  • Patent number: 11953955
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism is applied to an interface card assembly and an electronic apparatus. The fixing mechanism includes a movable window and an operation component. The movable window is slidably disposed on a casing of the interface card assembly. The operation component has a fixed end and a free end opposite to each other. The fixed end is disposed on the movable window. The free end is detachably engaged with the casing to position the movable window. The movable window is positioned on one of a first region and a second region of the casing for respectively fixing interface cards with different sizes to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Li Huang, Wei-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11953956
    Abstract: A replaceable frame assembly is disclosed, which comprises: a base plate, a first fixing unit, a second fixing unit, a front panel, at least one first electrical connection interface, a second electrical connection interface, a third electrical connection interface, and a fixation plate. The replaceable frame assembly is adopted for accommodating an expansion card module, and can be disposed in a case of an electronic device. After being disposed in the case, an electrical connection end of the first electrical connection interface is embedded into an electrical slot that is disposed on a main board, such that the expansion card module communicates with the main board through the second electrical connection interface, the third electrical connection interface, the first electrical connection interface, and the electrical slot, thereby making the expansion card module become a functional electronic module of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LANNER ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Shih-Tai Hung
  • Patent number: 11953957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a computer environment are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks can be used to adjust one or more flow control valves, of a liquid cooling system for a data center, to control a variation in liquid flow rate across the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 11953958
    Abstract: A display includes: a display panel; and a panel bottom sheet disposed below the display panel, the panel bottom sheet including: a first heat dissipation layer; a second heat dissipation layer over the first heat dissipation layer, including a first opening formed completely through the second heat dissipation layer in a thickness direction; a heat dissipation coupling interlayer between the first heat dissipation layer and the second heat dissipation layer, and a heat dissipation substrate on the second heat dissipation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Woo Lee, Boo Kan Ki, June Hyoung Park, Sun Hee Oh, Dong Hyeon Lee, Jeong In Lee, Hyuk Hwan Kim, Seong Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11953959
    Abstract: A hybrid apparatus for charging electric vehicles and mining cryptocurrency is provided. The apparatus may comprise an electric power input associated with a rated maximum power capacity, an electric vehicle charger, a cryptocurrency miner and a power coordinator. The electric vehicle charger may have at least one vehicle power outlet and a maximum charger power draw from the electric power input. The cryptocurrency miner may have multiple cryptocurrency mining computers and a maximum miner power draw from the electric power input. Each mining computer may have an adjustable intensity level. The power coordinator may be configured to determine mining power availability within the rated maximum power capacity after prioritizing power demand by the electric vehicle charger, and to direct the cryptocurrency miner to continue mining cryptocurrency by adjusting the intensity levels of the mining computers such that the cryptocurrency miner consumes not more than the mining power availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hestia Heating Incorporated
    Inventors: Joel Landry, Christopher Wayne Searle, Robert Walter Burton, Curtis John Doran
  • Patent number: 11953960
    Abstract: A system can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device a controller coupled and configured to provide power to the first non-light-emitting, variable transmission device; and a router configured to provide power and control signals to the first controller. In an aspect, the controller includes a first connector; the router includes a second connector; and a cable including a third connector and a fourth connector at different ends of the cable. The first and third connectors are coupled to each other, and the second and fourth connectors are coupled to each other. In another aspect, the system can include other non-light-emitting, variable transmission devices, and controllers. The system can be configured to perform a method of controlling the system that includes determining power requirements for the controllers and allocating power to the controllers corresponding to the power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Greer, Troy Liebl, David Buszmann
  • Patent number: 11953961
    Abstract: An electric switch-mode power converter comprises: a parameter predictor for predicting and updating at least one regulator parameter of a regulator controlling a switching device of the converter, a performance feedback signal generator for providing a performance feedback signal indicative of a performance of the conversion operation, wherein the parameter predictor is configured to predict an update of the regulator parameter based on the performance feedback signal and during update intervals, the intervals being during the power conversion operation and being separated by pauses without update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Salman Nazir, Benjamin L. Schwabe
  • Patent number: 11953962
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of cores each comprising a multi-threaded core to concurrently execute a plurality of threads; and a control circuit to concurrently enable at least one of the plurality of cores to operate in a single-threaded mode and at least one other of the plurality of cores to operate in a multi-threaded mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Ragland, Guy M. Therien, Ankush Varma, Eric J. DeHaemer, David T. Mayo, Ariel Gur, Yoav Ben-Raphael, Mark P. Seconi