Three-dimensional printing with melting point suppression agents
Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number:
12005499
A three-dimensional printing system can include a particulate build material including metal particles. The three-dimensional printing system can include a binding agent applicator fluidly coupled or coupleable to a binding agent. The three-dimensional printing system can include a suppression agent applicator fluidly coupled or coupleable to a melting point suppression agent, the melting point suppression agent including a dispersion of melting point suppression particles. The…
Biometric input device
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001534
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, an input device of a plurality of input switches, a plurality of biometric sensors integrated into each of the plurality of input switches and a processor. The processor configured to receive an indication from a first input switch. The processor receives a biometric data collected by one of the biometric sensors. The processor determines whether the received indication corresponds with a first state in a…
Computing system having a flexible filter assembly
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12004317
Example implementations relate to a computing system having a flexible filter assembly. The computing system includes a chassis having an internal volume, a pair of guide rails, a flexible filter assembly, and a plurality of first electronic components. The pair of guide rails is disposed spaced apart from each other and coupled to the chassis. The flexible filter assembly is disposed within and connected to the chassis via the pair of guide rails. The flexible filter assembly splits the…
System for power consumption balancing in wireless earbuds
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12003911
A first earbud configured to communicate with a user media device and a second earbud. The first earbud includes a battery, a battery monitor configured to determine a power level of the battery, a mode controller. The mode controller is configured to receive a first power level value from the battery monitor and a second power level value from the second earbud and make a determination that the first earbud is operating in a primary mode in which the first earbud receives audio data…
Systems and methods for on the fly routing in the presence of errors
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12003411
Systems and methods are provided for “on the fly” routing of data transmissions in the presence of errors. Switches can establish flow channels corresponding to flows in the network. In response to encountering a critical error on a network link along a transmission path, a switch can generate an error acknowledgement. The switch can transmit the error acknowledgements to ingress ports upstream from the network link via the plurality of flow channels. By transmitting the error…
Common-mode current adjustment in a receiver
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12003279
Examples described herein relate to a method and a system for removing the common-mode current. The receiver includes a photodetector, a common-mode adjustment circuit, an analog front-end, an eye scan circuit, and a control unit. The photodetector generates an input photocurrent responsive to a received optical signal. The common-mode adjustment circuit generates an adjusted input current based on the input photocurrent. The analog front-end generates a differential voltage based on the…
Computing device attention determination
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12002287
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an attention analysis system is described. The attention analysis system includes a database. The database includes 1) images indicative that users are paying attention to corresponding computing devices and 2) images indicative that users are not paying attention to corresponding computing devices. The system also includes an analyzer to extract multiple user position characteristics from a stream of images of a user disposed in…
Server instance allocation for execution of application instances
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001888
Example techniques for allocating a candidate server instance for execution of an application instance are described. In an example, a request for allocation of a candidate server instance from multiple server instances is received. The request for allocation of the candidate server instance comprises allocation parameters to uniquely identify the candidate server instance from the plurality of server instances. Subsequently, operational parameters of the candidate server instance are…
Container-as-a-service (CAAS) controller for private cloud container cluster management
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001865
Embodiments described herein are generally directed to a controller of a managed container service that facilitates selection among bare metal machines available within a private cloud. According to an example, a request is received by a Container-as-a-Service controller from a CaaS portal to create a cluster based at least in part on resources of a private cloud of a customer of a managed container service. An inventory of bare-metal machines available within the private cloud is…
In-service software upgrade with active service monitoring
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001835
A system for performing in-service software upgrade on a network device is provided. In response to a software-upgrade command, the system generates an upgrade database based on a state database storing both a data-plane state and a control-plane state associated with the network device. The network device is managed by a management unit comprising a data-plane-management sub-unit and a control-plane sub-unit, and the upgrade database stores at least the data-plane state to allow the…
Build material composition with metal powder and freeze-dried heteropolymer
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
11998977
An example of a composition includes a host metal present in an amount ranging from about 95.00 weight percent to about 99.99 weight percent, based on a total weight of the composition. A flow additive is also present in an amount ranging from about 0.01 weight percent to about 5.00 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition. The flow additive consists of an organic material that is pyrolyzable at a pyrolysis temperature that is less than a sintering temperature of the…
Selective securing of computing devices with docking stations
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001527
A method of selectively securing a computing device at a docking station may include creating a security key between a security application programming interface (API) and an application executed on the computing device; upon logging into and execution of a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the computing device by a user, registering the application with the security API using the security key; and, upon receipt of a request to remove the computing device from the docking station,…
Systems and methods of resource configuration optimization for machine learning workloads
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001511
Systems and methods can be configured to determine a plurality of computing resource configurations used to perform machine learning model training jobs. A computing resource configuration can comprise: a first tuple including numbers of worker nodes and parameter server nodes, and a second tuple including resource allocations for the worker nodes and parameter server nodes. At least one machine learning training job can be executed using a first computing resource configuration having a…
Job agent-based power-capping of systems
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001256
A technique includes an agent executing on a plurality of nodes while a job is being concurrently executed by the plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes is power-capped by an existing node power consumption budget. The technique includes managing power consumption of the plurality of nodes. The managing includes the agent determining a performance footprint that is associated with execution of the job; and the managing includes the agent determining a second node power consumption…
Scalable microservices-driven industrial IoT controller architecture
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001183
Systems and methods are provided for enabling coexistence of Information Technology (IT) systems and Operational Technology (OT) systems, where advanced computing functionality realized by the IT systems can be applied to legacy applications and incumbent hardware technologies resident in the OT systems. A distributed control node (DCN) implemented between the IT and OT systems may comprise a microcontroller system partitioned into two processor clusters. Microservices associated with…
Developing device with magnetic member having plurality of magnetic poles
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001156
In some examples, a developing device includes a developing container including an opening and to store a developer, a developing sleeve installed in the developing container and partially exposed to an outside of the developing container through the opening, a regulation member upstream of the opening in a rotation direction of the developing sleeve and to regulate an amount of the developer adhered to the developing sleeve and supplied to the opening, and a magnetic member inside the…
Developing device including regulation member with different diameters of central portion and both end portions
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12001151
A developing device may include a housing to accommodate a developing agent, a developing roller to convey the developing agent adhered to an outer periphery of the developing roller to an outside of the housing, a regulation member positioned apart from the developing roller and having a circular cross-sectional shape to regulate a thickness of the developing agent adhered to the developing roller, and a sealing member between the regulation member and the housing to prevent leakage of…
Variable web tensioning
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
11999580
A system (300) is provided having a printer (4) to print printing liquid 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…
Pre-treatments for ink-jet printing
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
11999172
Disclosed herein is a print head arrangement, a printing device and a method of operating a printing device. The print head arrangement comprises a main print head having a plurality of printing nozzles for ejecting a printing fluid and an auxiliary print head having a plurality of pre-treatment nozzles for ejecting a pre-treatment fluid. The print head arrangement further comprises a controller that is to obtain a print medium parameter and to select a subset of the plurality of…
Fluid ejection devices including a first memory and a second memory
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
11999162
An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a plurality of first data lines, a second data line, a first memory element, and a second memory element. The first memory element is enabled in response to first data on the plurality of first data lines. The second memory element is enabled in response to second data on the second data line.
