DROPLET PCR
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240207857
A droplet PCR system is described herein. The droplet PCR system comprises a chamber having a heating surface, a droplet dispenser to dispense PCR-reagent-containing droplets into the chamber, a heater disposed onto the heating surface of the chamber to heat a layer of fluid adjacent the heating surface, and a controller to control the heater to produce a pulsed heat flux.
REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240214434
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a computing device is described. The computing device includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing executable instructions. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to run a connection broker module to assign a host device to a remote device for a remote desktop connection. The host device is assigned from a pool of host devices available to host the remote desktop connection.…
WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE DETECTION WITH PHOTOSENSORS
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240213819
An example device includes a wireless charging circuit to wirelessly charge a portable electronic device. The device further includes a first photosensor positioned within an effective charging range of the wireless charging circuit, the first photosensor to output a first signal, and a second photosensor positioned outside the effective charging range, the second photosensor to output a second signal. The device further includes a control circuit connected to the wireless charging…
PREDICTION OF EFFICIENCY OF APPLICATION EXECUTION
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240211365
Computerized methods of classifying compute-intensive and memory-intensive applications are disclosed. A maximum efficiency for a user application is identified. A peak performance for a machine implementation is identified under one or more Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. Actual performance and resource usage of the application implementation using one or more performance vectors is measured and compared with the maximum efficiency and the peak performance. One or more areas of…
SKEW DETECTION
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240210870
According to some examples, a skew detection device comprises a first roller rotatable around a first axis, a second roller rotatable around a second axis, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first sensor measures a first rotation parameter from the first roller and the second sensor measures a second rotation parameter from the second roller. A movement of a print media over the device rotates the first contact roller and the second roller, and a controller determines a skew of the…
MEDIA WEB TENSIONING
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240208253
A system (300) is provided having a printer (4) to print ink onto a web (6) of media (8). The system (300) has a winding roller (10) on which to roll the web (6) of media (8) after printing. A tensioner (12) to vary the tension in a portion (14) of the web (6) of media (8) is also provided. The portion (14) is a portion of web which is being rolled onto the winding roller (10). Also provided is controller (16) to control the tensioner (12) to vary the tension based on the time taken for…
DEFORMATION FACTORS BASED ON TENSION AND MEDIA ADVANCEMENT DATA
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240208249
A printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a platen to hold a media thereon, the media moveable along a media path direction; a displacement mechanism to move the media over the platen and along the media path direction; a media advancement sensor to measure the displacement of the media; and a controller. The controller to control the displacement mechanism to move the media over the platen at a tension; to determine, through the media advancement sensor, media…
PRINT APPARATUS MAINTENANCE
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240208228
A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus comprises a print fluid application unit having a plurality of nozzles through which print fluid is to be deposited onto a printable medium during a printing operation. The print apparatus also comprises a nozzle cleaning surface to engage nozzles during a nozzle cleaning operation. The print apparatus also comprises a scanning unit and a controller. The controller is to control the print fluid application unit to deposit print fluid…
DIRECTING FLUID
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240208214
In one example a fluid ejection device comprises a housing and a deflector arm. The housing comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion defining a fluid ejection aperture therebetween. The fluid ejection aperture is to direct fluid towards a roller. The deflector arm is movable within the fluid ejection aperture between first and second positions. In the first position, the deflector arm is proximate the second housing portion to thereby direct fluid between the…
PRINTING WITH MEDIA ROLL CHANGES AND NONPRODUCTION FRAMES
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240208203
In an example of the disclosure, first and second print jobs are received at a printer. The first and second print jobs each include production frames. The first and second print jobs are printed with a media roll change occurring during printing. A first finishing device information nonproduction (“FDIN”) frame and a second FDIN frame are printed. The first and second FDIN frames include coded information regarding the first print job and the second print job, respectively. The…
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BASED AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS
Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number:
20240205180
Techniques for determining a status of exchange of audio messages between a source computing device and a destination computing device are described. In an example, an audio input is received from a user from a source computing device. A source audio message and a source text file are then generated based on the audio input. The source audio message is then sent to the destination computing device. A destination text file is then received from the source computing device, where the…
INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT ASSEMBLY WITH SHUTTER STRUCTURE
Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number:
20240201618
An intermediate transfer belt assembly includes an intermediate transfer roller located on an inner side of an intermediate transfer belt to support the intermediate transfer belt, an accommodation portion to accommodate foreign matter, the accommodation portion having an inlet open toward the intermediate transfer belt, and a shutter to open or close the inlet.
DEVELOPMENT DEVICE HAVING ROTATABLE WIPER WIPING OPTICAL SURFACE OF LENS
Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number:
20240201617
A developing device includes a housing to accommodate toner, a rotation member installed in the housing, a lens including an optical surface oriented in an axial direction of the rotation member, and a wiper installed in the rotation member and configured to repeatedly wipe the optical surface while the rotation member rotates and supported by the rotation member so as to be movable in the axial direction.
DIELECTROPHORESIS SEPARATOR CROSS-OVER FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number:
20240201130
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a dielectrophoresis (DEP) separator, an electrical field generator, a tracking system, and a controller. The DEP separator is to separate a plurality of different particles. The electrical field generator is coupled to the DEP separator to apply a frequency to the DEP separator. The tracking system is to track a movement of a type of particles in the DEP separator. The controller is in communication with the…
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE WITH LINE-SHAPED ENERGY BEAM
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240190072
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an additive manufacturing system is described. The additive manufacturing system includes a build material distributor to deposit layers of powder build material on a bed and an agent distribution system to deposit an agent on a layer of powder build material in a pattern to form a slice of a three-dimensional object. The additive manufacturing system also includes an energy delivery system to generate a line-shaped beam of energy…
FILE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON RECORDED EVENT DATA AND FILE DATA ASSOCIATIONS
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240193126
An example method includes: storing, for an account identifier representing a user account, event data for events associated with the account identifier and file data for files owned by the account identifier; tracking associations between the event data and the file data, each association representing a recorded access of a file during an event; obtaining a set of parameters for a file retrieval request; comparing the set of parameters and the associations between the event data and the…
MAGNETIC PORT COVERS FOR COMPUTING DEVICES
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240192732
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of ports, a magnetic field sensor, a magnetic port cover, and a processor. A subset of ports of the plurality of ports are deactivated and covered with the magnetic port cover. The magnetic field sensor is coupled to each one of the plurality of ports. The processor is communicatively coupled to the magnetic field sensor. The processor is to detect removal of the magnetic port cover from a…
PHOTO-DEFINABLE HYDROPHOBIC COMPOSITIONS
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240192599
A photo-definable hydrophobic composition (“composition”) is presented. The composition can include from about 0.01 wt % to about 20 wt % of a polyether modified siloxane and from about 80 wt % to about 99.99 wt % of a polymeric photoresist. The polymeric photoresist can be selected from an epoxy-based photoresist, a bisbenzocyclobutene-based photoresist, a polyimide-based photoresist, a polybenzoxazole-based photoresist, a polyimide-polybenzoxazole-based photoresist, an admixture,…
PRINT MATERIAL USAGE ESTIMATION
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240190137
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for estimating an amount of print material available in a print material reservoir of a printer. In an example there is disclosed a method comprising determining a first value for an amount of print material contained within a print material container. The method may further comprise determining, after a printhead maintenance event comprising ejecting print material into a spittoon, a second value for the amount of print material…
WEB SHIFT COMPENSATION
Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number:
20240190123
According to examples, an apparatus may include a first feed element and a second feed element, in which a web is to be fed to the first feed element and from the first feed element to the second feed element. The apparatus may also include a controller that may determine whether the web exiting the second feed element is shifted from an intended position and based on a determination that the web is shifted from the intended position, cause the first feed element to be moved laterally a…
