Photodetector with superconductor nanowire transistor based on interlayer heat transfer
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10944038
A photon source includes a photo-pair generator and a detection device. The photo-pair generator is configured to generate a photon-pair in receiving an input signal. A first photon of the photon-pair is output from the photon source via a first optical path. The detection device is configured to receive a second photon of the photon-pair. The detection device includes a transistor that has a semiconducting component that is a source and a drain of the transistor, and a superconducting…
Putter head
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
D912747
Multiple silicon atom quantum dot and devices inclusive thereof
Granted: March 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10937959
A multiple-atom silicon quantum dot is provided that includes multiple dangling bonds on an otherwise H-terminated silicon surface, each dangling bonds having one of three ionization states of +1, 0 or ?1 and corresponding respectively to 0, 1, or 2 electrons in a dangling bond state. The dangling bonds together in close proximity and having the dangling bond states energetically in the silicon band gap with selective control of the ionization state of one of the dangling bonds. A new…
Stair traversing device
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10925782
A stair traversing device comprising a payload body for transporting a payload, a step frame, and a mechanism between the step frame and the payload body to move the step frame relative to the payload body along a cyclical path. The mechanism drives a movement of one of the payload body and the step frame along a first segment of the cyclical path from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration, and drives a movement of the other one of the payload body and the step frame…
Generating a control sequence for quantum control
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10924127
In some aspects, a control system interacts with a quantum system. In some instances, the quantum system includes qubits that respond to a control signal generated by the control system, and the control system is configured to generate the control signal in response to an input signal. A control sequence (which may include, for example, a sequence of values for the input signal) can be generated by a computing system based on a target operation to be applied to the qubits. The control…
Magnetic tape device capable of determining the vertical position of magnetic head based on pattern combinations comprising servo band identifiers
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10923143
A magnetic tape and servo elements of a magnetic head for reading and writing to the magnetic tape can ascertain servo band signals from different servo bands that are vertically aligned and adjacent to one another. When operating in a write or read mode, at least two servo elements can be activated to respond to a write/read operation based on a determined position across a width of the servo bands in the magnetic tape. The determined position is based on various pattern combinations…
Data redirector for scale out
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10922187
Embodiments redirect data from a source to a plurality of deduplication blockpools. In one embodiment, operations include accessing a binary large object (BLOB) that includes a plurality of blocklets, a blocklet having a hash value; upon determining that the plurality of blocklets includes less than a threshold number of blocklets: selecting, according to a first rule set, a target blockpool from among the plurality of deduplication blockpools; upon determining that the plurality of…
Infrared imaging systems and methods for oil leak detection
Granted: February 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10914653
A system for detecting an oil leak can include: at least one infrared imaging sensor; and an imaging analysis computer operably coupled with the at least one infrared imaging sensor. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to control any infrared imaging sensor and acquire infrared images therefrom at any rate and in any duration. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to analyze the infrared images in order to detect an oil leak. The imaging analysis computer can be…
Media drive system with built-in controller for improved functionality
Granted: February 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10908819
A media drive system (310) configured for use with a media drive (314) that performs read/write operations relative to a media cartridge (316) includes a system housing (312). The system housing (312) includes a housing body (312A) and a controller (350) that is secured to the housing body (312A). The controller (350) is configured to control functionality of the tape drive (314). More specifically, the inclusion of the controller (350) as part of the system housing (312) enables the…
Optimization techniques for quantum computing device simulation
Granted: February 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10909286
Computer systems and methods are provided for increasing a rate of simulation for quantum computing devices. A quantum computing device includes a plurality of gates, each of which is coupled to one or more modes. In the provided computer systems and methods, a device definition and state information for the quantum computing device are received. The state information includes a plurality of input patterns, each of which indicates a number of input bosons that correspond to a respective…
Dynamically variable error correcting code (ECC) system with hybrid rateless reed-solomon ECCs
Granted: January 26, 2021
Patent Number:
10903858
Example apparatus and methods control whether and when hybrid rateless Reed Solomon (RS) error correcting codes (ECC) for a message are produced, stored, and distributed. The control may be based on a property (e.g., reliability, error state, speed) of a message recipient. Example apparatus and methods may also control whether and when fountain codes for the message are produced, stored, and distributed. Once again, the control may be based on a property of a message or ECC recipient.…
Selection attractive interfaces, systems and apparatuses including such interfaces, methods for making and using same
Granted: January 26, 2021
Patent Number:
10901578
Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces includes selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.
Superconducting signal amplifier
Granted: January 19, 2021
Patent Number:
10897235
A system includes a first superconducting wire and a second superconducting wire connected in parallel. The system includes a first current source coupled to the first superconducting wire and configured to supply a first current in response to a trigger event. The system includes a second current source coupled in series with the parallel combination of the first superconducting wire and the second superconducting wire and configured to supply a second current. The superconducting wires…
Dynamic episodic networks
Granted: January 19, 2021
Patent Number:
10896255
A method for managing interactions and outcomes includes receiving data describing the propagation of a plurality of items through a system and modeling the propagation of the plurality of items through the system as a plurality of interconnected affinity groups. The method also includes identifying one or more undesirable affinity groups from the plurality of interconnected affinity groups. The method further includes, for each one of the undesirable affinity groups, performing the…
Flexible synchronous file system replication
Granted: January 19, 2021
Patent Number:
10896156
Embodiments include an apparatus for replicating a file system (FS) that stores a file in a first location in a first data storage device, the apparatus comprising a query circuit configured to generate a spatial query that identifies a primary directory tree in the FS, and to receive a response to the query from the FS, where the response identifies a range of the primary directory tree in which a changed file may be found; a scan filter circuit configured to generate a scan filter…
Photonic energy storage device
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10892375
An energy storage capsule for storing energy in the form of photons. The body of the capsule may surround a sealed vacuum environment in which several layers of reactive material are contained, including an inner reflective coating, a first photovoltaic cell, an optical amplification medium, a second photovoltaic cell, and an outer reflective coating, provided in that order. The body of the capsule may also be reflective, for example polished aluminum. Light may be emitted from an LED…
Quantum printing apparatus
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10889892
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.
Thermal management system for vehicles with an electric powertrain
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10889205
This patent application is directed to thermal management systems of vehicles with an electric powertrain. More specifically, the battery system and one or more powertrain components and/or cabin climate control components of a vehicle share the same thermal circuit as the battery module through which heat can be exchanged between the battery module and one or more powertrain or climate control components as needed.
Docking station for a robotic platform
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
D907676
Device for use in lifting, transporting and installing sheet material
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10883281
A device for use in lifting, transporting and installing sheet material has a base, wheels on which the base is supported, a mast that extends upwardly from the base, a carriage that is in engagement with the mast, a supporting head that is mounted to the carriage, and a lifting mechanism to provide support to the carriage in the longitudinal direction of the mast. The wheels include rear wheels that are connected to the rear of the base in a manner that permits steering of the device…
