APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GAUSSIAN BOSON SAMPLING
Granted: June 8, 2023
Application Number:
20230177374
An apparatus includes a light source to provide a plurality of input optical modes in a squeezed state. The apparatus also includes a network of interconnected reconfigurable beam splitters (RBSs) configured to perform a unitary transformation of the plurality of input optical modes to generate a plurality of output optical modes. An array of photon counting detectors is in optical communication with the network of interconnected RBSs and configured to measure the number of photons in…
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD PRODUCTION PLANT WITH DOUBLE OUTPUT SIDE
Granted: June 8, 2023
Application Number:
20230173784
A corrugated cardboard production plant with double output side includes a corrugation unit, configured to form a composite cardboard sheet, the corrugation unit includes a corrugator and a plurality of continuous paper web storing units, and a first processing station arranged downstream of the corrugation unit along a first direction of movement of the composite cardboard. The plant also includes a second processing station arranged downstream of the corrugation unit in sequence along…
SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, INTERFACES AND IMPLEMENTING METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AND MANIPULATING TEMPORAL OR SEQUENTIAL OBJECTS
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168787
Systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods for visualizing time progressions in VR/AR/MR/XR environments, wherein the systems include a processing unit or a processor, a display device, and at least one VR/AR/MR/XR input device, wherein the systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods display projects or structures that have tasks, goals, targets, and/or events that have or will occur in a given time sequence along a time line, wherein the systems and methods also display a selection…
INTERFEROMETER FILTERS WITH PARTIAL COMPENSATION STRUCTURE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168076
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) filter comprising one or more passive compensation structures are described. The passive compensation structures yield MZI filters that are intrinsically tolerant to perturbations in waveguide dimensions and/or other ambient conditions. The use of n+1 waveguide widths can mitigate n different sources of perturbation to the filter. The use of at least three different waveguide widths for each Mach-Zehnder waveguide can alleviate sensitivity of filter…
INTEGRATED SENSOR WITH REDUCED SKEW
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230152229
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel…
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING AND MACHINE LEARNING
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230153668
An apparatus includes a plurality of processing layers coupled in series. Each processing layer in the plurality of processing layers includes a Gaussian unit configured to perform a linear transformation on an input signal including a plurality of optical modes. The Gaussian unit includes a network of interconnected beamsplitters and phase shifters and a plurality of squeezers operatively coupled to the network of interconnected beamsplitters and phase shifters. Each processing layer…
INTERFEROMETER FILTERS WITH COMPENSATION STRUCTURE
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230152515
A photonic switch includes a first waveguide including a first region extending between a first coupler section and a second coupler section and a second region extending between the second coupler section and a third coupler section. The photonic switch also includes a second waveguide including a first portion extending between the first coupler section and the second coupler section, the first portion including at least two first compensation sections each having a different waveguide…
OPTICAL SOURCES FOR FLUORESCENT LIFETIME ANALYSIS
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230152224
Compact optical sources and methods for producing short and ultrashort optical pulses are described. A semiconductor laser or LED may be driven with a bipolar waveform to generate optical pulses with FWHM durations as short as approximately 85 ps having suppressed tail emission. The pulsed optical sources may be used for fluorescent lifetime analysis of biological samples and time-of-flight imaging, among other applications.
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230149741
According to an embodiment, a medical image processing device includes a first image acquirer, a second image acquirer, a direction acquirer, and a movement amount calculator. The first image acquirer acquires a three-dimensional first image obtained by photographing the inside of a body of a patient. The second image acquirer acquires a three-dimensional second image of the inside of the body of the patient imaged at a timing different from that of the first image. The direction…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CRYPTOCURRENCY ASSET TRANSACTION
Granted: May 11, 2023
Application Number:
20230143356
A system and method incudes generating a first target cryptocurrency key pair and a corresponding first target cryptocurrency address. A first cryptocurrency asset is transferred from to the first target cryptocurrency address employing a first cryptocurrency protocol, while providing a first password in a first user device and first user data assigned to a first user with a first vault asset corresponding to the at least one first cryptocurrency asset. The first password is transmitted…
BREATHING RHYTHM RESTORATION SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND INTERFACES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
Granted: May 11, 2023
Application Number:
20230143099
Apparatuses, systems, and interfaces and methods implementing them, wherein apparatuses, systems, and interfaces are configured to assist or aide a user experiencing an adverse breathing event to reestablish a normal or healthy breathing rhythm or pattern quickly and efficiently via simulated breathing rhythms or patterns including audio recordings or simulations, visual recordings or simulations, audiovisual recordings or simulations, or avatar recordings or simulations.
BREATHING RHYTHM RESTORATION SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND INTERFACES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
Granted: May 11, 2023
Application Number:
20230143099
Apparatuses, systems, and interfaces and methods implementing them, wherein apparatuses, systems, and interfaces are configured to assist or aide a user experiencing an adverse breathing event to reestablish a normal or healthy breathing rhythm or pattern quickly and efficiently via simulated breathing rhythms or patterns including audio recordings or simulations, visual recordings or simulations, audiovisual recordings or simulations, or avatar recordings or simulations.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CRYPTOCURRENCY ASSET TRANSACTION
Granted: May 11, 2023
Application Number:
20230143356
A system and method incudes generating a first target cryptocurrency key pair and a corresponding first target cryptocurrency address. A first cryptocurrency asset is transferred from to the first target cryptocurrency address employing a first cryptocurrency protocol, while providing a first password in a first user device and first user data assigned to a first user with a first vault asset corresponding to the at least one first cryptocurrency asset. The first password is transmitted…
INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR WITH CHARGE STORAGE BIN OF VARIED DETECTION TIME
Granted: May 4, 2023
Application Number:
20230137697
An integrated circuit includes a photodetection region configured to receive incident photons. The photodetection region is configured to produce a plurality of charge carriers in response to the incident photons. The integrated circuit includes a charge carrier storage region. The integrated circuit also includes a charge carrier segregation structure configured to selectively direct charge carriers of the plurality of charge carriers directly into the at least one charge carrier…
INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR WITH CHARGE STORAGE BIN OF VARIED DETECTION TIME
Granted: May 4, 2023
Application Number:
20230137697
An integrated circuit includes a photodetection region configured to receive incident photons. The photodetection region is configured to produce a plurality of charge carriers in response to the incident photons. The integrated circuit includes a charge carrier storage region. The integrated circuit also includes a charge carrier segregation structure configured to selectively direct charge carriers of the plurality of charge carriers directly into the at least one charge carrier…
QUANTUM TOMOGRAPHY AND PHOTON SOURCE OPTIMIZATION
Granted: April 27, 2023
Application Number:
20230128679
A quantum computing system includes a photon processing system, a photon analyzer, and a photon source module coupled to the photon processing system and to the photon analyzer. The photon source module includes at least one photon source configured to discharge one or more photons per trigger signal and a photon multiplexer configured to direct the one or more photons to the photon processing system or to the photon analyzer.
TECHNIQUES FOR VIEW CAPTURE AND STORAGE FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Granted: April 27, 2023
Application Number:
20230127790
Techniques can capture, store, and regenerate a view of content in applications (e.g., native applications) on devices (e.g., a mobile device). A capture management system can produce compact data storage of views of content in an application on a device and the efficient search thereof of views of content provided in the application. The views of content can be translated into a transportable data layer, such as HTML, and captured using delta encoding to identify changes and…
PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
Granted: April 20, 2023
Application Number:
20230123000
A device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, a waveguide within the dielectric layer, and a photodetector optically coupled to the waveguide. The photodetector is disposed above the waveguide layer and is monolithically integrated with the substrate. The photodetector is configured to operate at low temperatures, such as below about 50 K or about 20 K. In some embodiments, the monolithic photonic device includes thermal isolation structures and optical isolation…
PLATING APPARATUS, PLATING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRE ROD HAVING THE SURFACE PLATED
Granted: April 20, 2023
Application Number:
20230120376
A plating apparatus (10) is disclosed including a plating tank (9), cathodes (1a to 1f), a holding mechanism (2), at least one anode (3), and a rotation mechanism (4). The plating tank (9) contains an annularly or helically wound substrate (90) together with a plating solution. The cathodes (1a to 1f) are placed inside the plating tank (9). The holding mechanism (2) holds the cathodes (1a to 1f) at positions electrically connected to the outer periphery of the substrate (90) and holds…
METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SETUP, QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SETUP, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
Granted: March 23, 2023
Application Number:
20230090688
A method for determining a quantum communication setup includes providing a component set indicative of a quantum communication setup comprising quantum communication components; selecting an action of a set of actions each indicative of a further quantum communication component; including the selected further quantum communication component in the component set; determining, from the component set, a quantum model; determining, from the component set and the quantum model, a maximum key…
