Characterizing an optical element
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11128098
A method and apparatus for characterizing an optical element. The optical element is part of a laser and is mounted on a translation stage to scan the optical element transverse to an intracavity laser beam. A performance characteristic of the laser is recorded as a function of position of the optical element.
Method and apparatus for clearing a well bore
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11125040
Methods and apparatuses are provided for clearing a wellbore using a component for milling and a component for suctioning within a wellbore. Obstructions such as ball frac seats, bridge plugs, or formation material can be milled within a wellbore. As a result, larger, unrestricted, diameters can be obtained within the liner/wellbore. The cleared wellbore can allow for various remedial tools to be run into the liner/wellbore. In addition, the milled particles can be suctioned/vacuumed up…
Underwater measurement of bioelectric signals
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11123012
A system and method of measuring bioelectric signals generated by an individual, inclusive of humans or other living organisms, comprises a plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors being constituted by a capacitive-type sensor. Sensor has an associated insulated layer of material preventing the conduction of direct current between an electrode and individual, wherein a bioelectric signal of individual can be measured underwater.
Secure transmission of electronic health records via blockchain
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121877
The present disclosure provides a method for securely transmitting electronic healthcare records between computing devices in communication. A request is received to access a database of electronic health records, checking for an authorization requirement, and generating a token associated with the authorization requirement and the received request. The token corresponds to a block in a Blockchain. The block includes a cryptographic hash of a previous block, a timestamp, and transaction…
System and method to increase surface friction across a hydrophobic, anti-fouling, and oleophobic coated substrate
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120978
A system and method to increase surface friction across a hydrophobic, anti-fouling, and oleophobic coated substrate. The substrate has a hydrophobic surface defined by a surface friction. The system works to increases the surface friction, or roughness, across the hydrophobic surface. The increase in surface friction is accomplished by generating power through an ion source to create an ion cloud. The ion cloud is generated in proximity to the substrate. The ions interact with the…
Unstructured footnotes in electronic mortgage documents
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120206
Unstructured explanatory information is added to an electronic mortgage form and other borrower/applicant documentation. When a user wishes to document or explain any entry or data, the user may add and insert an explanatory footnote into the electronic mortgage form and other borrower/applicant documentation. The user may enter a keyboard command or other instruction for locating and formatting the footnote. The user enters/types the text of the footnote, which may also include or…
Clock generation for a photonic quantum computer to convert electrical pulses into a plurality of clock signals
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11119385
A system for generating clock signals for a photonic quantum computing system includes a pump photon source configured to generate a plurality of pump photon pulses at a first repetition rate, a waveguide optically coupled to the pump photon source, and a photon-pair source optically coupled to the first waveguide. The system also includes a photodetector optically coupled to the photon-pair source and configured to generate a plurality of electrical pulses in response to detection of at…
Integrated photodetector with direct binning pixel
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11112361
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 at least one 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…
Vapor cells for imaging of electromagnetic fields
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11112298
Vapor cells are disclosed that include a dielectric body having a first surface and a second surface. The dielectric body includes a plurality of walls extending from the first surface to the second surface. A perimeter wall surrounds an open volume of the dielectric body and interconnected walls are arranged within the open volume to partition the open volume into a plurality of cells. Each cell has a first opening defined by the first surface and a second opening defined by the second…
Methods and devices for impedance multiplication
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11108172
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting circuits. In one aspect, an electric circuit includes: (1) a first superconducting component having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a constriction region between the first terminal and the second terminal; (2) a second superconducting component having a third terminal and a fourth terminal; and (3) a first electrically-insulating component that thermally…
Hybrid system including photonic and electronic integrated circuits and cooling plate
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11107799
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to integrating photonic integrated circuits and electronic integrated circuits in a same package. A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a die stack on the semiconductor substrate. The die stack includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die. The PIC die includes a PIC substrate and a photonic integrated circuit formed on the PIC substrate. The EIC die includes an EIC substrate and an…
Propeller-powered watercraft system and method of remote-controlled waterway navigation
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11104410
A propeller-powered propulsion system and method of remote-controlled waterway navigation is configured to navigate a waterway in a navigation route while being controlled remotely, and being tracked by a GPS system. The watercraft provides a watercraft body that carries a propeller subassembly having multiple propellers that operate independently of each other for variable propulsion and steering. A mobile communication device transmits a command signal to a receiver in the propeller…
Tapered connectors for superconductor circuits
Granted: August 24, 2021
Patent Number:
11101215
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and circuits for reducing or minimizing current crowding effects in manufactured superconductors. In some embodiments, a superconducting circuit includes: (1) a first component having a first connection point, the first connection point having a first width; (2) a second component having a second connection point, the second connection point having a second width that is larger than the first width; and (3) a connector…
Techniques for view capture and storage for mobile applications
Granted: August 24, 2021
Patent Number:
11100275
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…
Data protection of container persistent storage with changed block tracking
Granted: August 24, 2021
Patent Number:
11099765
Embodiments include methods, apparatus, or processors configured to access a tracking enabled storage volume associated with a container; perform a full backup of the storage volume, where performing the full backup includes defining a full backup point; perform a first incremental backup of the storage volume based on the full backup point, where performing the first incremental backup includes defining a current backup point; determine whether a backup termination condition has been…
Cryogenic probe card
Granted: August 24, 2021
Patent Number:
11099211
The various embodiments described herein include methods for testing low temperature components. In some embodiments, a cryogenic testing system includes: (1) a cryostat chamber configured to maintain a sample at temperatures below a threshold temperature, where the sample includes a two-dimensional array of components to be tested, the two-dimensional array comprising a first number (n) of columns and a second number (m) of rows; (2) a probe card including: (a) a set of n column…
Optical reading of a security element
Granted: August 17, 2021
Patent Number:
11093726
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element, the security element comprising a number of emitters that are each capable of exhibiting a different emission response to excitation of the number of emitters; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using first emission…
Amplifying, generating, or certifying randomness
Granted: August 3, 2021
Patent Number:
11080021
A security test logic system can include a non-transitory memory configured to store measurements from a measurement apparatus, the measurement outputs comprising indications of presence or absence of coincidences where particles are detected at more than one detector at substantially the same time, the detectors being at the end of different channels from a particle source and having substantially the same length. The system can include a processor configured to compute a test statistic…
Storage array supporting multi-thread access
Granted: August 3, 2021
Patent Number:
11079970
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for supporting multiple concurrent thread access to a storage array. In one example, a storage array includes a plurality of storage devices each divided into at least N subdivisions. A volume includes a set of subdivisions including a subdivision in each of M different storage devices. Memory management circuitry receives first data and second data for storing in the storage array and selects a first volume for storing the first data and a…
System and methods for electrokinetic loading of sub-micron-scale reaction chambers
Granted: July 27, 2021
Patent Number:
11072827
Apparatus and techniques for electrokinetic loading of samples of interest into sub-micron-scale reaction chambers are described. Embodiments include an integrated device and related apparatus for analyzing samples in parallel. The integrated device may include at least one reaction chamber formed through a surface of the integrated device and configured to receive a sample of interest, such as a molecule of nucleic acid. The integrated device may further include electrodes patterned…
