Metadata peering with improved inodes
Granted: August 6, 2019
Patent Number:
10372684
Example apparatus and methods concern metadata peering that allows a file system to address a file in a local namespace while actually accessing the file using an address used by a shared secondary storage. This allows the file system to operate unmodified and more efficiently in a native mode that addresses files in the shared secondary storage using addresses local to a computer running the file system. An example method accesses an inode associated with a file that is stored in a…
Multifunctional system for damping a ship's motion
Granted: August 6, 2019
Patent Number:
10370069
The invention relates to a device for damping a vessel's motion using a lifting effect, comprising at least one first stabilisation element that extends from the vessel's hull, below the water line, on a side of the vessel, which at least one stabilisation element is configured as a wing, sensor means for sensing the vessel's motion and delivering control signals on the basis thereof, as well as moving means for moving the at least one wing-shaped stabilisation element relative to the…
Battery thermal management system and methods of use
Granted: August 6, 2019
Patent Number:
10369899
Set forth herein are systems and methods for determining battery heating conditions and pre-heating lead times of at least a minute or more, based on input parameters and sets of input parameters, to predictively and dynamically heat a secondary battery so that the battery has a specific power output and performance level when used in an electric or hybrid vehicle application.
Active roll stabilisation system for damping a ship's motion
Granted: July 30, 2019
Patent Number:
10363999
The invention relates to a system for actively damping a ship's motion, comprising at least one first rotatable stabilization element extending from the ship's hull, below the water line, on a side of the ship, sensor means for sensing the ship's motion and delivering control signals on the basis thereof to driving means for rotatably driving the stabilization element for the purpose of damping the ship's motion being sensed, as well as moving means for moving the stabilization element…
Superconducting logic circuits
Granted: July 23, 2019
Patent Number:
10361703
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for implementing logic gates. In one aspect, a circuit includes: (1) superconducting components; (2) heat sources, each coupled to a corresponding superconducting component and configured to selectively provide heat to that component; and (3) a current source coupled to the superconducting components and configured to selectively provide: (a) a first current to bias the components such that combination of the…
Annealed garnet electrolyte separators
Granted: July 23, 2019
Patent Number:
10361455
Set forth herein are pellets, thin films, and monoliths of lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having engineered surfaces. These engineered surfaces have a list of advantageous properties including, but not limited to, low surface area resistance, high Li+ ion conductivity, low tendency for lithium dendrites to form within or thereupon when the electrolytes are used in an electrochemical cell. Other advantages include voltage stability and long cycle life when used in electrochemical…
Randomized compiling for quantum computation
Granted: July 23, 2019
Patent Number:
10360088
In a general aspect, randomized compiling techniques for quantum computing are described. In some aspects, an initial quantum-logic gate sequence is received. A modified quantum-logic gate sequence is generated by applying virtual random gates to the initial quantum-logic gate sequence, such that the initial quantum-logic gate sequence is logically equivalent to the modified quantum-logic gate sequence. The modified quantum-logic gate sequence can be provided to a quantum information…
Apparatus and method for purifying gases and method of regenerating the same
Granted: July 16, 2019
Patent Number:
10352617
A method and device for purifying a process gas mixture, such as a cryogen gas, in which impurity components of the mixture are removed by de-sublimation via cryo-condensation. The gas mixture is cooled to a temperature well below the condensation temperature of the impurities, by direct exchange of the gas mixture with a cooling source disposed in a first region of the device. The de-sublimated or frozen impurities collect about the cooling region surfaces, and ultimately transferred to…
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Granted: July 9, 2019
Patent Number:
10347936
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable…
Lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes with secondary phase inclusions
Granted: July 9, 2019
Patent Number:
10347937
The instant disclosure sets forth multiphase lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having secondary phase inclusions, wherein these secondary phase inclusions are material(s) which is/are not a cubic phase lithium-stuffed garnet but which is/are entrapped or enclosed within a lithium-stuffed garnet. When the secondary phase inclusions described herein are included in a lithium-stuffed garnet at 30-0.1 volume %, the inclusions stabilize the multiphase matrix and allow for improved sintering…
Enrichment of nucleic acid targets
Granted: July 2, 2019
Patent Number:
10337054
Methods and apparatus providing for the isolation of an unknown mutation from a sample comprising wild type nucleic acids and mutated nucleic acids through the application of time-varying driving fields and periodically varying mobility-altering fields to the sample within in an affinity matrix.
Quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing
Granted: June 25, 2019
Patent Number:
10333503
A quantum controller comprises raw pulse generation circuitry, pulse modification circuitry, and output management circuitry. The raw pulse generation circuitry is operable to generate a raw output pulse. The output management circuitry is operable to route one or more output pulses onto a selected one or more signal paths based on to which one or more of a plurality of elements of a quantum processor the one or more output pulses are to be sent. The pulse modification circuitry is…
Database conversion from single monolithic file mode to one table per file and one file per table mode
Granted: June 25, 2019
Patent Number:
10331629
Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments facilitate transitioning a database between two modes. The two modes include a mode where table information for separate tables in the database is stored in a single monolithic file and a mode where the table information for separate tables is stored in separate files. Conventional attempts to make this type of transition lock the database for an unacceptable amount of time. Example methods and apparatus make a copy of a database that is to be…
Doped conversion materials for secondary battery cathodes
Granted: June 18, 2019
Patent Number:
10326135
Battery systems using doped conversion materials as the active material in battery cathodes are provided herein. Doped conversion material may include a defect-rich structure or an amorphous or glassy structure, including at least one or more of a metal material, one or more oxidizing species, a reducing cation species, and a dopant. Methods for fabricating batteries and battery systems with doped conversion material are also provided herein.
Photonic energy storage device
Granted: June 18, 2019
Patent Number:
10326037
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…
Prediction device for skin change from radiation exposure, and verification device
Granted: June 11, 2019
Patent Number:
10315052
Provided is a prediction device for skin change from radiation exposure, the device being capable of precisely predicting a skin reaction to radiation exposure. Also provided are a verification device, a program for the prediction device for skin change, and a program for the verification device. A prediction device (4) for skin change from radiation exposure includes: a radiation information accepting unit (11) that accepts input of radiation information regarding expected exposure to…
System and method for tape layout optimization
Granted: June 11, 2019
Patent Number:
10319406
A magnetic tape for use in a tape drive includes a plurality of tracks and a plurality of media defect characteristics. The plurality of tracks are laid out along a length of the magnetic tape, each of the plurality of tracks being configured to receive data that is organized into a plurality of fixed-size subdata sets each including a plurality of codeword interleaves. The data is laid out on the plurality of tracks in accordance with a tape layout allocation strategy as determined by a…
Systems and methods for deriving spatial attributes for imaged objects utilizing three-dimensional information
Granted: June 11, 2019
Patent Number:
10319101
Various embodiments are directed to deriving spatial attributes for imaged objects utilizing three-dimensional (3D) information. A server may obtain 3D survey data about an object from a pre-existing source. The server may then receive image data describing the object from a user device. The server may then utilize range imagery techniques to build a 3D point cloud from imagery in a pixel space. The server may then utilize horizontal positioning to place the 3D point cloud in proximity…
Document capture using client-based delta encoding with server
Granted: June 11, 2019
Patent Number:
10318592
When different client devices request the same document, most of content of the response from the server (i.e. the response document from a web server) will be the same. Embodiments allow the client devices to use fingerprints, i.e. hashes, sent by a capture system to pinpoint only the changing portions of the document instead of sending the entire document. In various embodiments, the client compares client-generated fingerprints for the document with capture system-generated…
Joint de-duplication-erasure coded distributed storage
Granted: June 11, 2019
Patent Number:
10318389
Methods and apparatus deduplicate and erasure code a message in a data storage system. One example apparatus includes a first chunking circuit that generates a set of data chunks from a message, an outer precoding circuit that generates a set of precoded data chunks and a set of parity symbols from the set of data chunks, a second chunking circuit that generates a set of chunked parity symbols from the set of parity symbols, a deduplication circuit that generates a set of deduplicated…
