Data reduction for storage volumes
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11934678
In some examples, a system identifies resource contention for a resource in a storage system, and determines that a workload collection that employs data reduction is consuming the resource. The system identifies relative contributions to consumption of the resource attributable to storage volumes in the storage system, where the workload collection that employs data reduction are performed on data of the storage volumes. The system determines whether storage space savings due to…
Photo-etched chassis cooling walls
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937407
An electronic component enclosure includes a plurality of wall structures defining outer walls of the enclosure. Each wall structure has an internal fluid channel for circulation of cooling fluid. The enclosure further includes at least one partition structure disposed within the outer walls and having an internal fluid channel in sealed fluid communication with the internal fluid channel of at least one of the plurality of wall structures. The internal fluid channel of at least one of…
Latch assemblies for electronic devices
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937389
In one example, an electronic device housing may include a first cover, a second cover, and a latch assembly to detachably connect the first cover and the second cover. The latch assembly may include a first bracket to fixedly engage with the first cover, a latch to slide back and forth along the first bracket between a lock position to hold the second cover and an unlock position to release the second cover, an elastic member disposed between the latch and the first bracket to generate…
Wideband routing techniques for PCB layout
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937373
One aspect of the instant application provides techniques to reduce the amount of crosstalk on single-ended signals in the pin field region of an integrated circuit device on a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB can include a plurality of layers and an array of vias comprising a plurality of rows configured to route signals across layers. An inner layer of the PCB can include first and second signal traces positioned between first and second adjacent rows of the vias, the first signal…
Managing mutually exclusive access to network slices
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937170
Examples relate to managing mutually exclusive access to network slices in a communications network. A unified data management (UDM) node implementing a UDM network function of the communications network receives, from a session management function (SMF) node, a session registration request for accessing a first network slice to which a user equipment (UE) seeks access. Responsive to receiving the session registration request, the UDM node determines whether the UE has an active session…
Acoustic echo cancellation
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937076
Acoustic echo cancellation for a video conference system is described. A location of a person in a room can be determined. An audio signal received from the location of the person can be captured using beamforming. An acoustic echo cancellation parameter can be determined based in part on the audio signal captured from the location of the person. Acoustic echo cancellation can be performed on the audio signal using the acoustic echo cancellation parameter.
Face detection guided sound source localization pan angle post processing for smart camera talker tracking and framing
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11937057
A videoconferencing system includes a camera acquiring image data and a microphone array acquiring audio data. Image data is used in conjunction with sound source localization (SSL) data to locate a talker depicted in the image data. SSL processes the audio data and determines SSL pan angle values indicative of an estimated direction of a sound. Columns of pixels in an image are associated with bins. A bin count is incremented for each SSL pan angle value of the audio data that falls…
Region of interest based image data enhancement in a teleconference
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11936881
A system for updating/magnifying regions within one or more data frames containing a region of interest while regions outside the region of interest are not updated or are updated less frequently. Edge devices are thereby able to surgically apply super-resolution algorithms to relevant regions of image frames, thereby leveraging their overall effectiveness.
Customizable onscreen display reference points
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11935500
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may receive a set of customizable characteristics corresponding to an onscreen display reference point. The onscreen display reference point may be composed based on the set of customizable characteristics. The onscreen display reference point may be stored in nonvolatile memory. The onscreen display reference point may be rendered on a display, wherein the rendering is independent of a video stream.
Classification of hardware components
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11934840
Approaches for classifying hardware components of a computing device using a classification system are described. In an example, by the classification system, a hardware configuration information of the computing device installed within a networked environment is obtained. The hardware configuration information may thus be processed based on a system classification model. The system classification model is to classify hardware components of the computing device as one of a plurality of…
Secure configuration of a headless networking device
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
RE49876
The secure configuration of a headless networking device is described. A label associated with the headless networking device is scanned and a public key is determined. scanning a label associated with a networking device. A configuration process is initiated for the networking device using the public key associated with the networking device that was determined based on the scanned label.
Developer unit seals with fluid channels
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11934114
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a developer unit seal is described. The seal includes a first sealing member to contact an end cap of the developer unit. The first sealing member has ports to align with rollers that are to protrude into the end cap. The seal includes a second sealing member to contact the first sealing member. The second sealing member has ports to align with the rollers. Channels are disposed between the first sealing member and the second…
Flat-form imaging for microscopic objects
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11932844
An example apparatus includes a sampling layer to position microscopic objects thereon, a light encoding layer to encode light from passing through the microscopic objects of the sampling layer, the light encoding layer having a substantially flat form, and an imaging layer to capture an image of the sampling layer, the image being encoded by the light encoding layer.
Print component having fluidic actuating structures with different fluidic architectures
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11932014
A print component includes an array of fluidic actuation structures including a first column of fluidic actuating structures addressable by a set of actuation addresses, each fluidic actuating structure having a different one of the actuation addresses and having a fluidic architecture type, and a second column of fluidic actuating structures addressable by the set of actuation addresses. Each fluidic actuating structure of the second column has a different one of the actuation addresses…
Printing apparatuses with vacuum systems
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11932007
A vacuum system for a printing apparatus comprises a structural member. The structural member comprises a fluid conduit to be connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum system comprises a coupling. The coupling comprises a first end and a second end defining a fluid passage therebetween. The coupling is attached to the structural member at its first end thereby connecting the fluid passage of the coupling to the fluid conduit of the structural member. The second end of the coupling…
Material phase detection in additive manufacturing
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931967
Examples of methods for detecting a material phase are described herein. In some examples, a kernel is predicted based on an input corresponding to an object and based on a machine learning model. In some examples, the machine learning model is constrained with a physical model. In some examples, a material phase is detected based on the kernel.
3D printing computer application 3D printing using the same
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931964
A method is disclosed for generating a 3D printing file containing an object model of a part having a body and an integral electronic component. To generate the 3D printing file, a processor receives at least one geometry specification of the part to be printed and at least one component performance property of the electronic component to be printed integral to the part. An object model is determined by the processor in accordance with the at least one geometry specification of a part to…
Object cleaning
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931961
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of cleaning a 3D object on a platform. The method comprises generating with a cleaning module a cleaning airflow to remove powder particles from a 3D object and an extraction airflow to extract any removed powder particles, determining a quantity of powder particles in the extraction airflow, and moving the cleaning module relative to the platform based on the determined quantity of powder particles.
Powder based 3D printing
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931806
In one example, a memory having instructions thereon that when executed cause a 3D printing system to repeatedly form each of multiple successive layers of powdered build material on a platform and apply a functional agent to build material in each layer, create a pressure difference across a thickness of build material on the platform, and increase the pressure difference over an extent of build material on the platform as the build material on the platform gets thicker.
Sequenced droplet ejection to deliver fluids
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931738
An example method includes providing fluid to a chamber. The chamber feeds a first channel terminating at a first droplet ejector and a second channel terminating at a second droplet ejector. The method further includes sequencing ejection of droplets at the first droplet ejector and the second droplet ejector to induce negative pressure to provide a sequenced output flow of the fluid through the first channel to a first target microfluidic network and through the second channel to a…
